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
• Join us on facebook: www.facebook.com/aussietheatreco/
Posted By Suzanne on
May 05, 2016 12:08 pm |