MORDIALLOC THEATRE COMPANY
ANNOUNCES
SEASON 2009
The MTC Board has accepted the PAC’s recommendation of the following plays and directors for its 2009 season.
PLAY 1 Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
Director: Judy Corderoy, 6-21 February
At the core of the melodramatic black comedy are the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy's home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Past resentments bubble to the surface as they're forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their lives. Each sister is forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" she has committed.
Awards:
1981 NY Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play
1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Nominations:
1982 Tony Awards for Best Play
1982 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play
PLAY 2 Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Director: Vicki Smith, 24 April - 9 May
The play focuses on a couple, Becca and Howie, trying to cope with the death of their son, while Becca’s well-meaning mom and off-kilter sister attempt to lift their spirits, each in her own inimitable way.
Awards: 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Nominations: Tony Award for Best Play
PLAY 3 Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon
Director: Eric Heyes, 26 June - 11 July
A hilarious spoof of the best of the Agatha Christie traditions, this English whodunnit twists and turns with side-splitting antics and ever-increasing merriment and confusion.
Set in a country manor house in the glorious 1930’s, the colourful cast of characters guaranteed to delight include – Bunting the Butler; Colonel Charles Craddock with the prerequisite stiff upper lip; the bumbling local inspector and his Constable; and a well meaning local sleuth Miss Maple, who seems to attract murder wherever she goes. Add to this a high society debutante, a shady French art dealer and his moll, and supporting cast, and you have the perfect recipe for uproarious fun and hysterical happenings. But following the mysterious death of the house’s owner, will the murderer be unmasked before every one else has met their doom, or will the audience die laughing first? The perfect end of year play!
PLAY 4 Minefields and Miniskirts by Terence O’Connell, adapted from the book by Siobhan McHugh
Director: Shane Ryan, 4 - 19 September
In a series of interconnected monologues, this Australian play brings to life a collage of true stories: a volunteer, a journalist, a nurse, an entertainer and the wife of a veteran relive the emotional years of the Vietnam War.
By turns poignant, moving and funny, this cleverly written play intersperses songs from the 60s and 70s with personal narratives to achieve a sense of what this era meant for a generation of Australian women.
PLAY 5 'Allo 'Allo by: Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft
Director: Tim Long, 13 - 28 November
Based on the popular British television series, this uproarious comedy relates the adventures of a hapless café owner in occupied France.
He and his wife have stashed a priceless portrait stolen by the Nazis in a sausage in their cellar, where two British airmen are also hiding until the Resistance can repatriate them.
Communications with London using the wireless that is disguised as a cockatoo add to the many embarrassments this intrepid proprietor endures in the company of his patrons.
News that the Fuhrer is scheduled to visit the town inspires tricksters disguised as Hitler to frequent the cafe.
Meanwhile Rene summons all the wit he can muster to save his cafe and his life.