Happy Dagger Theatre presents Oleanna

Happy Dagger Theatre presents Oleanna by David Mamet August 31 – September 16, 2006 September 19 - September 30, 2006 DownStairs at the Maj Book at BOCS 9484 1133 or www.bocsticketing.com.au “I don’t want revenge. I want understanding.” Oleanna tells the story of John, a free thinking university professor on the verge of attaining tenure, and Carol, his student on the verge of failure. We witness the aftermath of Carol’s sexual harassment claim and the brutal degeneration of their relationship from cordial to savage as a bitter battle for power erupts, spirals in on itself and twists from sanity and reason to primal emotion. David Mamet, (Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Glengarry Glen Ross) is ranked with Miller, Albee and Shepard as one of America's finest living playwrights. Oleanna is one of his most controversial and celebrated masterpieces. His use of broken dialogue is masterful -sentences stretch out like a row of jagged stones. In their Australian debut, Happy Dagger Theatre Company unites Mamet with an outstanding creative team, who between them have won no less than five Equity Guild Theatre awards: Jon Green, Andrew Hale, Nick Higgins, Renee McIntosh, Kingsley Reeve, Marcelle Schmitz and Bryan Woltjen. “There can be no tougher or more unflinching play than Oleanna.” Harold Pinter. The Blue Room Theatre 53 James St, Northbridge Bookings Ph 9227 7005 or www.pacs.org.au Runs:Preview Thurs 31Aug & Fri 1Sept) Opening Night:bSat 2 Sept, Season: Mon 4-Sat 9 Sept, Mon 11-Sat 16 Sept Time: Mon @ 6pm, Tues – Sat @ 8pm Schools shows: 1, 6, 8, 13,15 Sept @ 11am $10 per student,teachers complimentary 6+ Tickets: Full $24/Conc $18, Blue Room Members Full $20/$Conc $15 DownStairs at the Maj, 825 Hay St, Perth The Brainbox Project Season:Tuesday 19 to Saturday 30 September, 2006 Times:Tues/Wed/Thurs @ 7.30pm Fri/Sat @ 8.30pm Tickets:Standard $35 / Conc $25 / Fulltime Students $10 all performances Bookings:BOCS Ticketing 9484 1133 or www.bocsticketing.com.au By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists play Service Inc, New York