Counting and Cracking

Counting and Cracking is a play by Australian playwright S. Shakthidharan (better known as Shakthi). Theatre director Eamon Flack is credited as associate writer. The three-and-a-half hour play is based on the playwright's family story, and follows four generations from 1956 to 2004, from Sri Lanka to Australia. It had its world premiere January 2019 at the Sydney Festival, with the same production staged as part of the Adelaide Festival in March 2019.

The play won seven Helpmann Awards, including Best Play and Best New Australian Work, as well as other awards.

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