'Dinner' at Playlovers

DINNER IS ABOUT TO BE SERVED… Playlovers next production, “Dinner” by Moira Buffini and directed by Dean Schulze, is now in rehearsal and is looking great. At first glance, “Dinner” sounds like one of those old-fashioned English mysteries – an isolated house on a foggy night, a tense gathering of distinctive personalities, a unexpected visitor with car trouble. But it has closer affinities with “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” despite the fact that the ostensible occasion of the dinner is the celebration by his wife Paige of Lars’ latest best-selling book, it is soon clear that the pair have long since fallen into a poisonous relationship characterized by barbed exchanges. The other guests include Wynne, the flaky artist who has turned up without her politician husband after a falling out, and scientist Hal with his new trophy wife, newsreader Sian. They are all served by a silent waiter whose main duty seems to be to bring drinks with increasing regularity. Into this well-to-do middle-class knees-up comes Mike, the stranger whose van has run into a ditch in the fog. This is one dinner party you’ll be glad to observe from the safety of the theatre. The food is execrable (it begins with some kind of pond-slime concoction called Primordial Soup and goes downhill from there), the guests are at each others throats and it becomes increasingly obvious that the hosts are on less than amicable terms. The cast for “Dinner” is:- Paige………………..Sue Darge Lars…………………Glen Hunting Wynne………………Janelle Hammond Hal…………………..Paul Williams Sian………………….Shannyn Nicholas Mike…………………Cary Hudson Waiter………………..Kuki Dhanjal The season includes 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30 June and 1 July at 8pm and 25 June at 7pm. Tickets are $17 Adult, $14 Concession/Group Booking (10+) Venue: Hackett Hall, Draper St Floreat Bookings: through BOCS 9484 1133 – www.bocsticketing.com.au Web: www.playlovers.org.au Please note that coarse language and smoking on stage is present during the play.