This week, theatre correspondent Peter Kemp looks ahead at the must-see shows.
1812 Theatre
Rose St.
Ferntree Gully
Confusions
Confusions consists of a series of five interconnected one-act plays; Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth’s Fete and A Talk in the Park.
First staged in 1976, the scenes are all loosely linked by characters or locations, but more subtly through the common underlying themes of obsession, isolation and human desire for companionship.
Ayckbourn shows his comedic genius with five stories that runs the gambit of comic technique from situation comedy to outright farce.
Season: February 9 – March 4. www.1812theatre.com.au ph. 9758 3964
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
38-41 Castella St
Lilydale.
Family Values.
A celebrated federal judge, his son, a born-again Christian. His daughter, a Border Force officer. Her partner, the captain of a Border force ship. His other daughter, a left-wing activist. His wife who has worked all her life to keep the family together. Saba, an asylum seeker on the run from Nauru.
On the eve of his birthday, is it too much to expect his wife and three children to celebrate with him?
Season: February 9 – 25. Bookings: www.lilydaletheatre.com or 9735 1777.
The Gem Community Theatre
9 Kilvington Dve.
Emerald
Play Reading –Heir and Grace by Will Mithen
An exciting new, funny, proactive, au courant, locally written script makes its debut at Gemco Theatre. Gemco seeks actors, 3-4 women and 3-4 men to take part in this project.
The Plot:
The most progressive family that never existed finds their usually harmonious relationships are thrown into discord when their sister proposes one of her four brothers could donate sperm so her partner can conceive a genetically related child – but who’s DNA would confer the best qualities?
Season: Saturday 11 February 8pm – 10.30pm.
For more information and to become part of the team to get this project off the ground please call Mandy McGarrigle on 0432 787 519.
