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Bookings open: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!!

Sun, 13 Aug 2006, 08:26 pm
ksamg20 posts in thread
Melville Theatre Company presents… Cat on the Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams Directed by Susan Hayward Synopsis: It is the story of a Southern family in crisis, focusing on the turbulent relationship of a wife and husband, Maggie "The Cat" and Brick Pollitt, and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening gathering at the family estate in Mississippi, ostensibly to celebrate the birthday of patriarch and tycoon "Big Daddy" Pollitt. Brick, an aging football hero, has neglected his wife and further infuriates her by ignoring his brother's attempts to gain control of the family fortune. Brick's indifference, and his nearly continuous drinking, date back to the recent suicide of his friend Skipper. Although Big Daddy has cancer and will not celebrate another birthday, his doctors and his family have conspired to keep this information from him and his wife. His relatives attempt to present themselves in the best possible light, hoping to receive the definitive share of Big Daddy's enormous wealth. Featuring Katherine Gauci as Maggie the Cat, Kirk Goodsell as Brick Pollitt, Mark Kont as Big Daddy and Rosemary Longhurst as Big Mama Performance dates: 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Sept. at 8pm & 10 Sept. at 2pm (Note: Wed 6 and 13 are primarily for schools but public is welcome) Venue: Melville Theatre (Roy Edinger Centre) Cnr Stock Rd and Canning Hwy, Palmyra Tickets: $15 Full / $12 Conc. Bookings: 9330 4565 For more info: http://www.meltheco.org.au/index.html Come and see this famous play that questions the phycology of the human being, the loneliness we all face, the lack of communication there is between human beings and the mendacity that we all live in to save our face.

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