Skip to main content

Article: Big Scary Animal on Stage! - Queensland Theatre Door 3 Program

A blistering legal drama that exposes our insatiable appetite for high profile assault case leads Queensland Theatre’s 2024 DOOR 3 program.

 

The Norman Mailer Anecdote, written by local BAFTA and EMMY award-winning screenwriter, Anthony Mullins, is set amongst Brisbane’s upper middle class and spins on questions of reimagined realities and the lies we convince ourselves are true.

 

Helen is poised to finally make equity partner at her law firm — that is, until her husband Marshall, a career novelist, drops a bombshell. He has been accused of an historical sexual assault. Over one night of heavy drinking, they will claw at one another, love hard and hate hard, as they attempt to make sense of their uncertain future.

 

The Norman Mailer Anecdote is directed by Julian Curtis – returning from Hollywood for his stage directorial debut. Julian was a lead in the EMMY nominated cast of Are You Afraid of the Dark - Outstanding Children’s Series (2024) and nominated at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

 

The cast includes well known Brisbane actors Christopher Somers (Elvis, The Water Diviner, The Bureau of Magical Things and Sweet Tooth) and Zoe Houghton (Upright, Joe v Carole, Wanted) and fresh NIDA graduate Hattie Clegg Robinson making her professional stage debut.

 

Anthony Mullins was the award-winning writer behind Safe Harbor (SBS) and Paramount +’s Five Bedrooms. The Norman Mailer Anecdote will be his stage debut. The play is produced by local company Big Scary Animal and supported by well-known local arts identity, Philip Bacon.

 

It opens at the Diane Cilento Studio at Queensland Theatre TODAY! Performances start at 6pm Wednesday to Saturday. Tickets available from: https://queenslandtheatre.com.au/plays/the-norman-mailer-anecdote

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

We Will Rock You // Spotlight Theatre

  It’s the year 2300 and live music has been banned from the iPlanet. Everyone wears the same clothes, thinks the same thoughts and walks about in a brain-dead-ga-ga-haze. Across the desert, a bunch of Bohemians are looking for their ‘Rhapsody’ in the rocky rubble of Tottenham Court Tube Station. With the help of Buddy and Scaramouche, our deranged lead, Galileo, must find the axe buried in the remains of Wembley Stadium and save the iPlanet.  The Set Design by Director Clay English is simple yet extremely effective. The highlight of the set is an amazing and impressive 8m x 2m LED screen that not only provides backdrops for all the scenes but doubles as a live feed from a smartphone. Unfortunately, opening night brought with it a few technical glitches. But despite the struggles with the live feed and some incorrect projections, the cast and crew recovered professionally. As the season progresses, the technical issue are sure to be straightened out. The Lighting Design by Cla...
Post a Comment
Read more

Article: Cast of Titanique revealed! - Michael Cassel Group

Producers Michael Cassel and Eva Price today confirmed the ‘kooky krazy’ cast who will set sail aboard the award-winning splash hit TITANIQUE when it makes its Australian premiere exclusively in Sydney at The Grand Electric from 12 September 2024. The irresistibly funny and irreverent send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic, driven by the songs of pop icon Céline Dion, TITANIQUE has become one of New York’s most sought after tickets. Tickets for the Sydney season are on sale now at titaniquemusical.com.au . Inserting herself directly in the narrative as Céline Dion is music theatre and cabaret legend Marney McQueen who will share her very short, 90-minute story of her journey on the Titanic. Drew Weston will play the dreamer Jack Dawson opposite Georgina Hopson as the sweet ingenue Rose Dewitt Bukater while Australian stage and screen darling Matt Lee plays Victor Garber. Stephen Anderson also joins the company as Rose’s overbearing mother Ruth, a...
Post a Comment
Read more

Avenue Q // Beenleigh Theatre

  Review by Jake Goodall Head on down to the Crete Street theatre for a fantastic and hilarious night out! Avenue Q tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighbourhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life. However be warned, whilst you may see some puppets and bright colours don’t be fooled! This production is for adults only! The set designed by Tayla Simpson and Daniel Dosek was simple and effective. The set utilised a two tiered platform with three doors up stage, with a beautifully painted backdrop filling the entire stage. Perry Sanders’ Lighting Design was a delight. Sanders used colouring and patterns throughout the dance numbers reminiscent of a rave. The costumes designed by Tayla Simpson were brigh...
Post a Comment
Read more