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The Popular Mechanicals
State Theatre Company South Australia
Adelaide Festival Centre - Space Theatre
6 Nov 2015 to 28 Nov 2015
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Tickets
Adult - $58.00
Concession - $49.00
Under 30s - $31.00
Groups* 10+ (per tkt) - $49.00
Duration -
2 hours
Tour Dates and Locations
6 Nov 2015
28 Nov 2015
Adelaide Festival Centre - Space Theatre
Tickets & Sessions:
$31 - $58 ...more
Adult - $58.00
Concession - $49.00
Under 30s - $31.00
Groups* 10+ (per tkt) - $49.00
Fri 06 Nov 8:00pm
Sat 07 Nov 8:00pm
Mon 09 Nov 6:30pm
Tue 10 Nov 8:00pm
Wed 11 Nov 6:30pm
Thu 12 Nov 8:00pm
Fri 13 Nov 8:00pm
Sat 14 Nov 2:00pm
Sat 14 Nov 8:00pm
Tue 17 Nov 6:30pm
Wed 18 Nov 6:30pm
Thu 19 Nov 8:00pm
Fri 20 Nov 8:00pm
Fri 20 Nov 8:00pm
Sat 21 Nov 2:00pm
Sat 21 Nov 8:00pm
Sun 22 Nov 3:00pm
Sun 22 Nov 3:00pm
Tue 24 Nov 6:30pm
Wed 25 Nov 11:00am
Wed 25 Nov 6:30pm
Thu 26 Nov 8:00pm
Fri 27 Nov 8:00pm
Sat 28 Nov 8:00pm
Booking Website
6 Apr 2017
13 May 2017
Wharf 2 Theatre (Sydney Theatre Company)
Tickets & Sessions:
TBC ...more
TBC
Previews 6 Apr 7 Apr 2017
Season 10 Apr 13 May 2017
Performance start times
Preview performances 7.30pm
In-season performances Wed Sat 7.30pm; Mon & Tue 6.30pm;
Wed 1.15pm; Sat 2.15pm
Schools Days Tue 2 May Thu 4 May 11.30am; Tue 9 May Thu 11 May 11.30am
Booking Website
1 Nov 2017
4 Nov 2017
Canberra Theatre Centre
Tickets & Sessions:
$25 - $65 ...more
Premium $65.00
Premium Concession $60.00
Premium groups 8+ $60.00
Premium Under 27 $55.00
A-Reserve $55.00
A-Reserve Concession $50.00
A-Reserve groups 8+ $50.00
A-Reserve Under 27 $45.00
B-Reserve $35.00
B-Reserve Concession $30.00
B-Reserve groups 8+ $30.00
B-Reserve Under 27 $25.00
Gala Opening Wednesday 1 November, 8pm
Thursday 2 November, 8pm
Friday 3 November, 8pm
Saturday 4 November, 2pm & 8pm
Booking Website
StageCenta App
Synopsis
Presented by State Theatre Company
By
Keith Robinson, William Shakespeare and Tony Taylor. From the original direction by Geoffrey Rush
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the theatre this
evening
Shakespeare’s greatest clowns—the rude mechanicals from
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
— take centre-stage in this wild reimagining of what might have happened off-stage during the Bard’s most loved comedy. Perhaps the most famous group of amateur thespians of all time, the cast of the play-within-a-play
Pyramus and Thisbe,
bumble their way through rehearsals, misadventures and sheer idiocy in an hysterically funny mix of verse, song and dance.
Using snippets of the existing text of
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
along with a gloriously cod version
of Shakespearean English, the play exalts in its own roughness, extravagance of expression and frequent obscenity—in the nicest possible way.
Clowning, vaudeville, slapstick, farce, stand-up comedy and bad puppetry come together with both witty badinage and fart jokes to create an anarchic and thrillingly unhinged carnival that revels in its own theatricality.
First directed by Geoffrey Rush in 1987,
The Popular Mechanicals
holds a special place in the Australian comedic canon and is ripe for revival with a cast of our best theatrical clowns, led by the inimitable Amber McMahon and directed by former Sydney Theatre Company Resident Director Sarah Giles. A perfect end-of year romp that promises to lift the roof in the silliest ways imaginable.
Media
Canberra Times Preview
Sarah Giles Artsound Interview
Stage Whispers Review
In Daily Review
Scenestr Review
In Daily Preview
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