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Inaugural season: Four playful dramas - marriage mishaps; medical mix-ups; family fall out; and Melbourne Cup dreaming - packed into one simmering showcase which have won audience plaudits in several sell out Blackheath Theatre Company’s recent short play seasons.
The plays:
RAINING ON MY PARADE
A woman scorned, or a husband outfoxed. A tale that explores the creative conflict of a successful literary couple where the credit may not be publicly recognised nor the rewards fairly shared. But the spirited revelation by the wife invites the audience into some titillating secrets. And the climax brings the curtain down on a satisfying literary justice.
SWEET DREAMS, BABY
The Melbourne Cup, famed as the race that stops the nation, is one of Australia’s biggest wagering events. The play is set inside a typical small business office which is about the hold its annual Melbourne Cup lunch. Then one of the staff announces she has dreamed about the winning horse three nights in a row. As her colleagues’ rush to declare how they plan to spend the winnings, they misread her vital clues to the winner.
TWO CHAIRS
A troubled relationship between a vulnerable son and a father whose life focus was on surviving his own fractured childhood is the centrepiece of this drama. This poignant play gives them a belated chance to reconcile. Truths and misunderstandings are laid bare as the pair fumble their way through memories that define their present state. A mysterious “counsellor “is the catalyst to a surprising climax.
TWO MUCH POLY WHATSIT
Two male friends spar about their own recent medical adventures. One believes his condition is serious but is set straight by a female professor of rheumatology. The comic dialogue nevertheless highlights the underlying recognition of the imbalance of medical care available when a regional community brings its broken bodies, worrisome wounds or terrible traumas and asks for help.
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Prince of Wales Opera House, Gulgong NSW, 101 Mayne St,Gulgong,NSW,Australia, Mudgee
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