By Peter Douglas
AFTER its sold-out shows of ‘Bums’ and ‘Come Back for Light Refreshments After the Service’ in the Dandenongs over the past two years, Hobo Playhouse is returning to the hills with another comedy/drama – ‘Me and My Friend’.
This terrific play – featuring Steve Cooper, Jeff Jones, Belinda Winthrop and Michelle Zintschenko – will be performed at The Gem Theatre in Emerald for one show only on Saturday, November 5, at 8pm.
‘Me and My Friend’ was written by Gillian Plowman and it is both hilarious and heart-breaking at once.
A black comedy, the play explores the relationships between two ‘odd’ couples who have been released prematurely from mental hospital care.
In the downstairs flat are Oz (Steve Cooper), who has never recovered from his mother’s death, and Bunny (Jeff Jones), whose ‘workaholism’ led to estrangement from his wife.
Upstairs are Robin (Belinda Winthrop), a middle-class housewife who has a secret from her past, and Julia (Michelle Zintschentko), whose obsessive thoughts of men drew her into prostitution.
Tickets are $25/$15.
For bookings, visit: www.trybooking.com.au/MTOX
