STORIES FROM THE 428


Wed 24 Mar - Sun 4 Apr 2010 Box office opens 7.30pm/ 8.00pm Show Start on Wed,Thurs, Fri & Sat. Box office opens 4.30pm/ 5.00pm show start on Sunday


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4 directors + 2 Weeks + 8 Writers = Stories from the 428

Thousands of people everyday travel on the buses and trains of Sydney - to work, to school, to meet friends or family. Though a necessary part of life in the city - public transport is an unknowing catalyst to creation. Many of us use our train or bus rides to message friends, read a book, write a card, read a newspaper, make notes in a diary - and the buses become a form of mobile office - taking us from A to B while we make plans or take notes.

Harnessing the talents of some of Sydney’s most dynamic writers, Stories from the 428 finds the sublime and extraordinary in the everyday bus ride and transports it on stage.

Inspired by conversations, scenes from the bus window, overseen text messages or perhaps the person sitting across from them, a group of 8 playwrights per week will collaborate to create a surprising, unique and surprising theatrical experience centred around the 428 bus route.

You never know - you could have been the inspiration for this play!

Frequently funny and sometimes sad, this season is a love letter to the Marrickville area - written about and for people who live here and beautifully written by some of Sydney’s most loved and celebrated playwrights.

Donna Abela / Vanessa Bates / Kit Brookman / Rebecca Clarke / Tahli Corin / Matt Edgerton / Joanna Erskine / Lexi Freiman / Noelle Janaczewska / Sime Knezevic / Patrick Lenton / Ned Manning / Jasper Marlow / Brooke Robinson / Alison Rooke / Phil Spencer.

The show will be presented at Sidetrack Theatre for a two-week season opening Wednesday 24th March running until the 4th April, 2010.

PROXY


Wed 14 April - Sun 2 May 2010 Box office opens 7.30pm/ 8.00pm Show Start on Wed,Thurs, Fri & Sat. Box office opens 6.30pm/ 7pm show start on Sunday


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When author Sarah Wehnter attempts to play out her fantasy through the life of her book’s protagonist, all hell breaks loose…including her fictional character.

Writer: Kosta Nikas
Director:  Subra Velayutham
Cast: Pat Brennan, Barbara Gouskos, Sarah Mawbey, Simone Oliver, Scott Milling.

Synopsis:
The story of a female author, her agent husband and the imaginary heroine of her novel, MAXINE; three characters locked in a relationship,  which is ultimately tested by their inner desires for freedom.

The storyline is an acrobatic feat that juggles drama, suspense, mystery and comedy with such balance, that PROXY qualifies as a modern piece for this zeitgeist.

PROXY is packed with such sexual vigour and employs a unique theatrical device, to explore the inner worlds of the protagonists’ minds to a level of effectiveness; it is bound to leave the audience tongue-tied.