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Brighton Beach Memoirs Premiere Season BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS by Comedy-Dramas American Theatre Has 1983, W,el,-\ SEPTEMBER, 1985 Vol 8 No 9 ISSN 0314 - 0598 A publication of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust Brighton Beach Memoirs Premiere Season BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS by comedy-dramas American theatre has 1983, "I laughed and I cried although Neil Simon ever had. " The play went on to win the dangerously I enjoyed it more when I Directed by Ron Link Best Play Award of the 1983 NY Drama was laughing than when I was crying. " 'aligned by Laurence Eastwood Critics Circle. The Australian premiere of ~t includes: Sandra Webb, Jill Perry­ BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, as BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS man, Judi Farr, Tim Conigrave and the name suggests, is a memory play and opens at the York Theatre on November Miles Buchanan we can make the assumption that it has 2. It is directed by American director York Theatre more than a hint of autobiography. It Ron Link and stars Jill Perryman and deals with seven members of a middle­ Judi Farr. The boy, Eugene, is played by eil Simo'n is synonymous with com­ class Jewish family in Brooklyn during Miles Buchanan who played the young N edy; at the mention of his name a the depression years. The hero of the boy in TORCH SONG TRILOGY. whole string of successful plays and films play is a fifteen-year-old boy in the clos­ come to mind - PLAZA SUITE, THE ing phases of puberty whose mind is full ODD COUPLE, BAREFOOT IN THE of fiercely fantasised dreams of baseball BOOKING INFORMAnON PARK, and THE GOODBYE GIRL to and dimly fantasised images of girls. Mon Nov 4 to Sat Nov 16 name just a few. But his latest play which The action is a collection of minor crises Mon to Sat at 8 p.m. has just chalked up its I,OOOth perfor­ faced on a day-to-day basis. Eugene Wed and Sat at 2 p.m. mance on Broadway is considered by eavesdrops (through the walls or AETT $17.90 (except Fri and many critics to be his finest work. through his imagination) on his cousins' Sat evg) Reviewing its premiere season at the Los privacy, after finding that he's in love G.P. $21.90 Angeles Ahmanson Theatre in 1982, with one of them. And he seeks counsel Pens/Stud $14.90 (except Fri and Variety magazine said "For this one, from brother Stanley, who's experienced Sat evg) Simon has put away his bag of tricks and in affairs of the heart - and sex. "I en­ Two AETT tickets per member gotten down to some real, insightful joyed it a lot, " said Clive Barnes review­ writing that results in one of the finest ing the Broadway opening in March 2 Stoppard play for STC THE REAL THING by Tom Stop pard Directed by Richard Wherrett Cast includes Jacki Weaver and John Bell Settings and Costumes by Roger Kirk Drama Theatre, S.O.H. toppard has done it again. Following S his remarkable plays ROSEN­ CRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, JUMPERS and TRA VESTIES, British playwright Tom Stoppard has come up with a romantic comedy which won the New York Tony Award for "Best Play" of 1984. This time he's written about the domestic dif­ ficulties of a group of nimble-tongued 'The Waltz o{ the Wealthy' - a scene {rom ADIOS CHA CHA theatre people. Indeed there's so much playacting going on that it's often hard Plea for Third World Off the Wall Humour to distinguish the play from the real thing. Hence the title. ADIOS CHA CHA devised by Sidetrack PURE PUPPET ADULTERY devie On the surface, THE REAL THING is Theatre and directed by Richard Bradshaw Puppeteers: Steve Coupe, Greg Howard, a throwback to the comedies of Oscar Directed by Don Mamouney Wilde, Noel Coward and Philip Barry. Performance Space Sue Wallace Off Broadway Theatre This is love among the leisure classes, in which aristrocrats of style spend their lthough unfamiliar to mainstream time polishing epigrams and tiptoeing A audiences, Sidetrack Theatre is one ust when you thought it was safe to into one another's penthouse souls. But of the most respected theatre companies J take the children to puppet theatre, THE REAL THING also has a heart - in Australia. Its plays are controversial along comes the Sydney Puppet Theatre warm and throbbing with the domestic and cultivate new ground in the perform­ with PURE PUPPET ADULTERY. It's passion to which anyone can succumb. ing arts. a nonsense play devised and directed by Their production of ADIOS CHA Australia's internationally renowned CHA will be presented at the Perfor­ puppeteer Richard Bradshaw specifically mance Space throughout September. It is for the Sydney Puppet Theatre. The a powerful drama, full of hope and show deals with adult topics - abortion laughter and music about life in a Third (does not sitting on an egg constitute World mining town where "el patron" abortion?), the arms race Gust an armless has taken over land which should be piece of puppetry) and bestiality (we growing beans to grow carnations for the witness the effects not the act), and that export market. The play asks why people age-old question of which came first the in the Third World are taking up arms emu or the egg. The company's pra against their governments; why little release pointed out that some may fin. Nicaragua and Cuba seem so threatening Egg Scrutiating; which was so to the world's great powers and why the excruciating we had to repeat it. kidnapping of a few Americans is allow­ The cast includes an average suburban ed to overshadow the murder, rape, couple (height 142 cm/ weight 5 kgs and maiming and disappearance of thousands nothing between their ears) and their pet by armies which America has trained and emus, a granny (no one is quite sure Jackie Weaver and John Bell will star in equipped? whose) and her dead cat, as well as hun­ THE REAL THING Sidetrack is anxious that the play dreds of sausages and eggs. They'll all be Jacki Weaver and John Bell star in this should work for the migrant community at the Off Broadway Theatre from Sydney Theatre Company production and therefore is inviting different migrant September 5 and teenage children will be which will be directed by Richard Wher­ groups to speak with the audience after very welcome. rett at the Drama Theatre. each performance and if they wish to pre­ BOOKING INFORMATION sent their national food for supper. BOOKING INFORMATION Thu Oct 17 to Sat Nov 16 Thu Sep 5 to Sat Oct 5 . Mon to Sat at 8 p.m. BOOKING INFORMATION Tue to Sat evg Sat mat at 2 p.m. Until Sat Sep 28 Late show Fri at 10:30 p.m. AETT $19.00 (Mon to Thu) Tue to Sat at 8 p.m. Sat mat at 4 p.m. G.P. $22.00 AETT discount $1.00 AETT discount $2.00 Pens/Stud $16.00 (Mon to Thu) Bookings on 699 5091 Bookings on 692 0964 Two AETT tickets per member 3 The Australian Opera CANDIDE and THE VENETIAN Glasgow revisited TWINS, and more recently STEAMING, 1986 Season MEN SHOULD WEEP by Ena Lamont and IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST by the Los Angeles-based Centre Theatre he Australian Opera recently an- Stewart T Directed by Doreen Warburton Group. nounced details of its 1986 season Bookings for the 10th Anniversary which includes a two-month summe; Designed by Robert Kemp Q Theatre, Penrith Concert can be made through the s~ason from January 4 to March 1 and a Seymour Centre on 692 0555. An AETT fIve-month winter season extending from concession will apply but details had not lasgow in the 1930s will be rEcreated June 5 to November 1. The seasons will been confirmed as we went to press. include the return of many of the com­ G when the Q Theatre presents the pany's most popular works and will be Australian premiere of MEN SHOULD highlighted by six new productions. Of WEEP between September 4 and 29. Robyn Archer Cabaret particular importance will be the MEN SHOULD WEEP was written in 1947 by former Glasgow nurse Ena La­ premiere of Richard Meale's VOSS to a THE 1985 SCANDALS by Robyn mont Stewart and was revived at the 1982 libretto by David Malouf, based on Archer Edinburgh Festival where it received Patrick White's novel. VOSS will com­ Directed by Robyn Archer and John critical acclaim. It is an extraordinarily bine the unique talents of director Jim Gaden moving and original play about the way Sharman and designers Brian Thompson Musical direction by Andrew Bell women survived in the 30s in the East • Lu.ciana Arrighi. Other new produc- Cast: Robyn Archer, John Gaden An- s mclude two twentieth century End of Glasgow. It finds in the lives of drew Bell and Yantra de Vi/der ' Maggie Morrison, her family and masterpieces, Britten's PETER GRIMES Belvoir St. Theatre and ~enotti ' s THE CONSUL, as well as neighbours, not only all the tragedy that Tchalkovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN and appalling housing, massive unemploy­ ment and grinding poverty can produce ollowing the success of KOLD KOM­ Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE. F FORT KAFFEE in 1978, THE PACK Another highlight will be Joan but also a rich vein of comedy - the sense of the ridiculous and the need for a OF WOMEN in 1983, and the London Sutherland's world renowned interpreta­ production of CUT AND THRUST tion of the title role in Donizetti's comic good laugh that keeps people going in difficult times.
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