Mini-Australian theater fest this June
:
Australian Theatre Company's
'Double Feature'
of two
Australian plays plus 'Works by Women'
free reading series
WHAT:
L.A.'s Australian Theatre Company offers a mini Australian theater festival, including a '
Double Feature' of two celebrated Australian plays that were made into movies and ATC's
second annual free reading series - all over the course of 3-1/2 weeks.
• Speaking in Tongues by
Andrew Bovell - A noir psychological thriller that is a theatrical jigsaw puzzle of parallel stories: two couples set out to betray their partners... a lover returns from the past... a husband doesn't answer the phone... and a neighbor is the prime suspect when a woman disappears. Winner of the Australian Writer's Guild's AWGIE Award for Best Stage Play.
• The U.S. premiere of
Ruben Guthrie by
Brendan Cowell - An affecting and darkly comic look at alcoholism and the impact of Australia's drinking culture. A heady cocktail of fizzy humor and touching revelation about a Sydney adman who spirals high, then crashes hard, it's the story not only of his battle with the bottle - but also of the city that won't let him put it down. Is it un-Australian to refuse a drink?
• Works by Women Free Reading Series
- Five Australian plays written and directed by women over the course of four Wednesdays in June
. Enjoy free admission and Australian refreshments.
WHEN:
Speaking in Tongues - June 6
-
June 27
:
• Mondays at
8 p.m.: June 6 (
opening night), June 13, June 27
• Tuesday at
8 p.m.: June 21
• Thursday at
8 p.m.: June 16
• Fridays at
8 p.m.: June 10, June 24
• Saturday at
4 p.m.: June 18
• Saturdays at
8 p.m.: June 11, June 25
• Sundays at
3 p.m.: June 12, June 26
• Sunday at
7 p.m.: June 19
Ruben Guthrie - June 7
-
June 28
:
• Monday at
8 p.m.: June 20
• Tuesdays at
8 p.m.: June 7 (
opening night), June 14, June 28
• Thursdays at
8 p.m.: June 9, June 23
• Friday at
8 p.m.: June 17
• Saturdays at
4 p.m.: June 11, June 25
• Saturday at
8 p.m.: June 18
• Sunday at
3 p.m.: June 19
• Sundays at
7 p.m.: June 12, June 26
Works by Women Free Reading Series - June 8
-
June 29
:
• Wednesday,
June 8 at
8 p.m.:
Neighbourhood Watch by
Lally Katz (When an unlikely friendship forms between a lost twenty-something and a Hungarian octogenarian, lessons are learned about the tragedies of war, loss and resilience)
• Wednesday,
June 15 at
8 p.m.:
Jump for Jordan by
Donna Abela (A Jordanian-Australian family struggles to find its way)
• Wednesday,
June 22 at
8 p.m.:
Medea
by
Kate Mulvany and
Anne-Louise Sark
(An edgy, modern and clever Australian retelling of Euripides' tragedy)
and
Permission to Spin by
Mary Rachel Brown
(Absurd, funny and darkly thrilling - a kiddy pop star's work is being used to torture terrorists off shore)
• Wednesday,
June 29 at
8 p.m.:
Anaconda
by
Sarah Doyle (A disturbing, touching and a fascinating insight into the underground culture of boarding school abuse).
WHERE:
Matrix Theatre
7657 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(west of Stanley Ave., between Fairfax and La Brea)
TICKET PRICES:
• One play: $34.99
• Two plays ("Double Feature"): $50
• Works by Women reading series: FREE
HOW:
(323) 960-4443 or www.AustralianTheatreCompany.com
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