The Last Tuesday Society
30 July 2103 ONLY
Malthouse theatre
malthousetheatre.com.au
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Melbourne's Last Tuesday Society are everything that is wonderful and insane about independent theatre in our town.
It's weird, but this month, they are in a grown up theatre, at the Beckett at the Malthouse, for the next in their Pimp My Play series.
How do you pimp a play?
- Take a play.
- Divide up the scenes amongst the collaborating artists.
- Put all the pieces back together in order.
- Present theatrical equivalent of Frankenstein to horrified/delighted audience.
And the play is Don's Party.
Don's freaking Party! The play David Williamson wrote in 1971 when he wasn't boring. The play about an election night in 1969 where there was a tiny chance that Labor would win. The play with 70s decor and moustaches before they became retro chic. The play that became a film at a time where nuding up was compulsory and gender politics meant voting like your husband and getting back into the kitchen to put some kabana and Coon on a toothpick and poking it into half a pineapple.
Don's freaking Party! The play David Williamson wrote in 1971 when he wasn't boring. The play about an election night in 1969 where there was a tiny chance that Labor would win. The play with 70s decor and moustaches before they became retro chic. The play that became a film at a time where nuding up was compulsory and gender politics meant voting like your husband and getting back into the kitchen to put some kabana and Coon on a toothpick and poking it into half a pineapple.
Hosted by Richard Higgins and with performers including Bron Battern, Telia Nevile, Matt Kelly and glorious folk from from The Sister's Grimm, post, The Suitcase Royale and I'm trying to kiss you, it may be the best production of a David Williamson play ever.
And if I were David Williamson, I'd hire a private jet to ensure that I didn't miss it.
Buy your tickets HERE. I've bought mine. There may be some at the door, but is it worth the risk?
And if I were David Williamson, I'd hire a private jet to ensure that I didn't miss it.
Buy your tickets HERE. I've bought mine. There may be some at the door, but is it worth the risk?
