Before The Embrace at Newtown Theatre until October 24

a contemporary comedy about the aching desire for fulfilment and the absurd agony of choice. Before the Embrace is a mischievous comedy. A play about a film, a film about a life, a life about to fall apart. Stuart is one of Sydney’s hottest young artists. He makes films. Now he’s shooting his friends. It’s the only humane thing to do. But when Stuart points the camera all hell breaks loose. How do you film a life? How do you live a life worth filming? At turns poetic and whimsical, cutting and sharp, Before the Embrace is Saturn's Return meets Candide - a razor sharp satire from critically acclaimed writer Paul Gilchrist. What the critics are saying: "Before the Embrace is a thoroughly enjoyable night of mischievous satire, however let the directionless in the audience be warned, this is a production that really makes you sit up and examine what you’re doing with your life.” http://www.altmedia.net.au/theatre-before-the-embrace/12278 “Sort of a ‘Moliere-does-the-masses‘ in a modern frame; the play waltzes in and out of everyday lives…. The deft performances create real empathy which is the strength of the work when you get past all the cleverness and snappy repartee.” http://5thwall.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/before-the-embrace/ Newtown Theatre, Cnr King & Bray St, Newtown October 6 – 24, Tuesday to Saturday 8pm Tix: $25 / $20, Tuesdays – pay what you can (min$12) Bookings: 85073034 or www.newtowntheatre.com.au