Up For Grabs

A sexy comedy about the new religion – art.

Gale Edwards (The White Devil) directs David Williamson for the first time in this punchy piece with the tension of a thriller and the pyrotechnic wit of Williamson at his best.

Art as commerce or art for beauty? How many lines would you be prepared to cross to obtain your heartÂ’s desire?

A Brett Whiteley comes quietly onto the market. Not just any Brett Whiteley, one of his very best. And sharp young art dealer Simone (Helen Dallimore) has to sell this work for two million dollars if it kills her. Which it very nearly does.

ItÂ’s now Friday and Simone has until next Tuesday to juggle the appetites of her dilettante clients and close the deal of her career.

Dawn (Tina Bursill) is the steely academic who's jumped the wall to the corporate world. Kel and Mindy (Felix Williamson, Kirstie Hutton) are the millionaire dot.com couple with the habits only fast money can buy. Manny and Felicity (Garry McDonald, Angela Punch-McGregor) are the wealthy empty-nesters looking to fill the emotional void with trophy art.

As the reserve price of the painting surges, relationships begin to crack, old enmities surface and twenty year old sexual secrets find their way back into bedrooms.

ItÂ’s a dangerous game of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? at lightning pace. With biting humour, Williamson brings us a seamlessly structured and elegant piece of writing. Wonderfully drawn, volatile characters pushed to their limits, as they immerse themselves in the new religion - art.

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