A Commercial Farce

Enter stage right Bill, who drives a clapped out '68 Jag and wears second hand clothes. He's an experienced theatre director on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There are less than 24 hours until the curtains go up and this production, in which he's invested all his money, is unravelling... fast. Jules is the latest fresh-faced television star of Murder Squad. He's been bought in as the name that's going to sell the tickets. Without him the show is doomed. But when Jules fails to perform the simplest of acting tasks - his insistence of finding 'his character' works against the rules of the genre - Bill's raison d'Áªtre becomes teaching his young pupil the very meaning of farce. From the formidable comic pen of The Pitch and The China Incident comes Peter Houghton's new take on a time honoured tradition of the theatre... "A sharp comedy that unstitches the conventions of comic theatre itself while delivering hearty laughs at the expense of the industry." THE SUNDAY AGE Performances Friday 8 April, 8.00pm Saturday 9 April, 2.00pm and 8.00pm Starring Peter Houghton and Tim Potter Director Aidan Fennessy Set & Costume Design Anna Cordingley Sound Ben Grant Lighting Matt Scott Presented by QUT Gardens Theatre and A Malthouse Melbourne Production