boy girl wall

METRO ARTS INDEPENDENTS 2009 boy girl wall, 14 – 29 August, Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts Co-presented by Metro Arts Independents and The Escapists www.metroarts.com.au boy girl wall Co-presented by Metro Arts and The Escapists An inanimate love story. Tom works in an office and spends his nights searching for supernovae from the balcony of his bedsit. Ivy is writing her second children’s book "The Man With Ideas Coming Out Of His Ears", but she has writers block. They live next door to each other. Their building (not its residents) has decided they belong together. This is the summer it all happens. A man in a suit produces a piece of chalk from his pocket and proceeds to mark out a pair of small rooms...speaking in a mixture of third and first person, switching between locations, times and characters both animate and inanimate we are taken through the summer that a pair of strangers become lovers. Using illustration, manipulation, shadow puppetry, physical theatre and classic storytelling The Escapists (Attack of the Attacking Attackers!) bring you a one person show about a boy, a girl and an apartment block. WARNING: Patrons with asthma or breathing difficulties are advised to sit towards the rear of the theatre as this production contains heavy use of chalk. Created by Lucas Stibbard, Matthew Ryan, Jonathon Oxlade, Neridah Waters and Sarah Winter. Season: 14 to 29 August, Wednesday to Saturday 7:30pm Opening: Friday 14 August, 6:30pm for 7:30pm Preview: Thursday 13 August, 7:30pm Artist Talk: Wednesday 19 August after performance Where: Sue Benner Theatre Tickets: Adults $20, Concession $16, Preview/Groups (10+) $12 Bookings: (07) 3002 7100 or www.metroarts.com.au