Directed by Ariane Koek

Cast

    Nick Silver (Nicotiana sylvestris) Rufus Sewell

    Marvel (Mirabilis jalapa) Jon Glover

    Zed (Zephyranthes drummondii) Ifan Meredith

    River (Oenothera macrocarpa) Colleen Prendergast

    Moonbeam (Ipomoea alba) Josette Simon

    Cereus Grand (Selenicereus grandiflorus) Fiona Shaw

Janice Kerbel’s Nick Silver Can’t Sleep tells a narcotic tale of thwarted desire for love and sleep set in an urban garden on a moonless night. Its characters are all nocturnal plants.

Nick Silver (Nicotiana sylvestris), a nocturnal subtropical perennial in bloom, longs for Cereus Grand (Selenicereus grandiflorus), an exotic climbing perennial who blooms just one night a year. The two plants are destined, botanically, never to be together.