CHECKOUT The Musical (FRINGE WORLD 2012)

WEEPING SPOON PRODUCTIONS presents CHECKOUT - The Musical FRINGE WORLD FESTIVAL 2012 10 Year anniversary edition! Written and Directed By Jane Raitt Music by Ethan Tomas BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Welcome to Super Savings, a local supermarket that brings you more! Run by six hopeless misfits completely unaware of their own peculiarities. When their beloved store manager Yasmin is murdered, everyone is a suspect, but who done it? Was it Vince the footy obsessed deli boy; the psychic Fruit stacker Rhys; Wendy the animal loving vegetarian; the food loving Italian Conchetta; the flirty Tiffany or the lovably confused foreigner Alexei? Take an all star cast, a frantic whirlwind of song and dance, a murdered store manager, a manic investigator and you have CHECKOUT - The Musical. A comedy musical murder-mystery like no other! "Hilarious, entertaining, and best of all, ORIGINAL" – TheatreAustralia “Owes allegiance to Rocky Horror Show, Grease and Hair” – THE WEST AUSTRALIAN This show is presented by Weeping Spoon Productions, a Perth-based international award-winning independent production house. Weeping Spoon is the company behind the hit shows GREED, Deathtrap, ZACK ADAMS: LOVE SONGS FOR FUTURE GIRL and The Adventures Of Alvin Sputnik. Visit the website at www.weepingspoon.com for more information. Starring Ethan Tomas (Cloudstreet, Gabba Gabba Hey!), Rhoda Lopez (Miss Saigon, Marx & Venus) Jane Raitt (Bitter Art, Lost is my Quiet) , Shane Adamczak (Zack Adams, The BIGg Hoo-Haa!), Paul Grabovac (Renegade Productions), Rebecca Fiorentino (Original Cast) with Kath Healy (The BIG Hoo-Haa) and Alix Jordan. ABOUT THE COMPANY Weeping Spoon Productions is an international multi-award winning independent theatre company based in Perth, Western Australia. Co-founded by a group of professionally trained actors, Weeping Spoon Productions has become one of the most prolific theatre companies in Perth. They generate a plethora of high quality theatrical productions using a variety of creative mediums such as stage, film and animation. The company’s most recent success includes 2010/11 Tours of LOVE SONGS FOR FUTURE GIRL and Tim Watts’ THE ADVENTURES OF ALVIN SPUTNIK: DEEP SEA EXPLORER (which is touring extensively in association with Perth Theatre Company). “Weeping Spoon is an innovative young company that constantly challenges theatrical styles” -Post Newspapers “Weeping Spoon Productions put on a fantastic show…it is not only intriguing, captivating and exciting but funny and thought-provoking... simply spectacular.” - Xpress Magazine