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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

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