' The play is full of humanity. It's not necessarily a migrant story either; it's truly a story about the human condition, about what we do when we're forced to make difficult choices and how we live with the consequences.' - Australian Stage. SILENCE is about the secrets and spirits that haunt us from within. A family reunited by a death anniversary have to face the possessiveness of history and put the past to rest. A play for three Vietnamese women, Silence deals with the universal themes of war, betrayal, loss and love, and will feature bunraku puppetry.