Season 2012

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Play 1

9 March -
24 March

Money and Friends

by David Williamson

Sitting out on The Great Australian Deck enjoying a cold Chardy or robust Aussie red, and cooking up a steak on the Beefeater. Life couldn't be better. Views out over beautiful Crystal Inlet, and greenies coming down to eat off your hand (parrots, that is, not tree-huggers). Nothing to worry about - apart from the occasional bit of dry rot in the planks in your deck - because you have good reliable friends to come to your assistance if times get tough. This idyllic scene of birds, beer and barbies in a picturesque "sea-change" bay is disrupted for one of the clan by a financially and emotionally damaging law suit. Suddenly he needs a considerable sum of money to avoid bankruptcy. The ducking and weaving of his "good friends" make great comedy and biting satire in this play of modern bad manners.

directed by Leo Wockner

Play 2

1 June -
16 June

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

by Steve Martin

Ooh, la la! Paris! Sipping absinthe in a cosmopolitan bar in Montmartre - in the noughts. We travel on an American passport, and rub shoulders with a famous Spanish artist, a famous German scientist, and a famous American singer - who may or may not be still with us. It is the beginning of a new century, filled with promise and prophesy, culture and colour, science and sex. The universe is ours for the taking - if we can only grasp it. The play is set in a small bar the Lapin Agile (the Frisky Rabbit) - where artists meet to declare their manifestos. In the author's zany and unpredictable style, it looks at our hopes and aspirations. It takes a satirical look at celebrity and innovation in art and science, technology and politics - no topic is off the menu in this quirky and thought-provoking play.

directed by Rod Thompson

Play 3

31 August -
15 September

En Suite

by Joe O'Byrne

With Ireland becoming so much a part of Europe, Bed and Breakfast cottages that cater to the continental tourists are a part of the landscape. This play follows a family who are operating such an establishment (which proudly boasts "B&B + en suites" - unlike the flea pit down the road!!). The arrival back from America of an almost forgotten brother turns up items of family history some would prefer to forget. The skeletons in the closet of a land steeped in Catholic history appear, quite literally, when least expected.

directed by Samantha Tierney

Play 4

23 November -
8 December

Diary of a Scoundrel

by Alexander Ostrovsky

It's Russia at the end of the Tsarist rule. Crumbling buildings and aristocrats, grandiose in their self-importance, are all too easily taken down by our "too clever by half" protagonist - a "wannabe", a futurist who understands the value of influence, how to acquire it and how to channel it to his own ends. No Wikileaks in this era, but in this line of work, one must be oh so careful when one puts pen to paper. The scoundrel, Gloumov, flatters, misleads, and generally cons his way up through society. Our hero has a relatively easy time of it, playing off the clairvoyants, charlatans, matchmakers, matriarchs, grafters and graspers who inhabit his world. Is it any wonder the peasants revolted?

directed by Anne Monsour

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