PLAY FOR BREAKFAST

FREE EVENT

Tuck into a delicious, nutritious play for breakfast and you can have your cake and eat it, too. Or bagel. Or muffin. The Play for Breakfast series is all about grabbing a coffee and a snack, and enjoying some great local, national and international plays every morning. And the portions are bite-sized, too – running at 30 – 40 minutes, Play for Breakfast is the ideal way to start your day.

Mon 15 – Sat 20 Feb
Shopfront, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts

Director
Michael Futcher

Cast
Paul Bishop, Tim Dashwood, Sue Dwyer, Sophie Mathisen, Anthony Standish

The Sweet Science of Bruising by Elise Grieg

Mon 15 at 9am

When the going gets tough, Liza gets going and sets about learning to box. With her father as coach, the sparks soon start to fly in a new play that promises both drama and comedy.

Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls by Katherine Lyall-Watson

Tue 16 at 9am

A collection of gutsy and lusty fables adapted from Danielle Wood’s successful book about the ‘stout booted, stout-hearted’ eponymous heroine Rosie Little.

The Life and Death of Dan Kelly by Matthew Ryan

Wed 17 at 9am

Dan, youngest brother of Ned, died at the siege of Glenrowan at the age of 19. Was he a bloodthirsty ruffian, a weakling or a misunderstood kid? And what if he faked his own death?

Transparency by Suzie Miller

Thu 18 at 9am

Simon and Jess are deeply in love – they can see each other’s souls. Simon’s soul though is well-hidden, as is his vicious past and its endless, nasty repercussions. Transparency was produced in 2009 by Ransom Productions in Belfast.

A Boy, A Man by Lachlan Philpott

Fri 19 at 9am

Separated from his mother, a young boy goes missing in Disneyland. Years later his life seems normal, stable, happy. Then he disappears again. What if someone you loved vanished without a trace? A Boy, A Man (then titled Colder) won the R.E Ross Trust Award and was short-listed for the 2007 Griffin Award.

Fixer by Lydia Adetunji

Sat 20 at 9am

When terrorists attack an oil pipeline in the north of Nigeria journalists swarm, as do consultants, spin doctors and fixers, those hoping to make a buck by negotiating between cultures.

Stovepipe by Adam Brace

Sat 20 at 10.30am

The story of a private soldier in Iraq trying to track down what happened to his buddies. Described as “thrilling, refreshingly muscular drama” by London’s Evening Standard and “the most exciting theatrical thriller in town” by the Daily Telegraph.