Curtin’s Performance studies and the Hayman Theatre Company proudly present…

HANDSOME DOGS

A play by John Freeman

Handsome Dogs promises to be something of an event: played outdoors in the dying light of a west coast sunset ... with a little music, a bit of disguise and a glass of wine ... for those who catch our barman’s eye.

There’ll also be plenty of theatre. And what is theatre, if not a palace of bliss for the souls of the dead, a permanent present, crowded with ghosts of the past? The ghosts of this performance’s past cast large shadows: the ghost of Euripides teaches lessons about war, Brecht's ghost takes us down avenues of truth. In this company, Handsome Dogs wallows in the moral low ground. Where ancient Greek theatre had its amphitheatre of choral song, we have a scaled down version housing women in wigs, moustachioed men in flared trousers and an ad-hoc band of musos doing their best impression of a half-drunk house band in a roadside bar.

So don’t leave it too late to book your seats for this spectacle as there is strictly only 3 performances!

Directed by John Freeman

Performed by Violette Ayad, Mikaela Cotton, Melissa Dusting, Elizabeth Frodsham Kyle Kash-Gregory, Josh Magee, Lucas Marie, Kirsty Marillier, Hannah Mason, Jordan Nix, Emma O’Sullivan, Georgie Perrott, Matthew Randall, Verity Softly, Jade Unwin & Charles Wu

The Band: Bass: Daniel Woodgate Drums: Heather Jerrems Guitars: Sarah Bazeley, Leigh Brennan & Charles Wu

HANDSOME DOGS

Dates/times: 7.30pm November 24-26, 2011

Venue: Atkinson Forum, Curtin University, Kent Street Bentley

Tickets: $15 all tickets Bookings: 9266 2383 or L.Brennan@curtin.edu.au

Blog: http://blogs.curtin.edu.au/humanities/2011/11/03/curtin%e2%80%99s-performance-studies-and-the-hayman-theatre-company-proudly-present/