Date/Time
Date(s) - 25 Mar 2017
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC)
GoTheatrical! open captioned performance on Saturday, 25 March 2017 at 2.30pm
Booking details: http://merrigong.com.au/shows/the-outside-man.html
Captions are displayed on screens at the side of the stage. Please check the seat map or mention live captioning when booking to ensure you are in the best position to make use of this service.
The Outside Man
Conceived by Anne-Louise Rentell, Daryl Wallis and the ensemble
LOVE. We all want it. We all need it. We all like to sing about it.
Venture down a dark, rain-drenched alley, through an unmarked doorway to the depths of your subconscious, and step into cabaret night at The Sweet Wrapper Club.
Here, love doesn’t promise a happy ending. There’s no walking hand-in-hand on a beach in the glow of a glorious sunset. This is a world of dream vampires, lonely catbirds, bearded clowns, and hibernating bears. It is a song sung with a mouthful of fairy floss.
Featuring an ensemble of performers, some of whom are perceived to have intellectual disabilities, The Outside Man is a new Merrigong work with a unique artistic vision resulting from our long-term partnership with The Disability Trust.
An anarchic performance in which our learnt experience of romantic love is hijacked and reimagined, The Outside Man is a brave, new and outrageously original musical theatre work, from the team that brought you The Man Who Dreamt the Stars in 2014. Featuring live musicians including Daryl Wallis (Dead Man Brake, Landscape with Monsters), The Outside Man is an entertaining, imaginative and touching exploration of our ability to love.
Recommended for ages 13+. Contains adult themes.
Director
Anne-Louise Rentell
Composer/Musical Director
Daryl Wallis
Set Designer
Katja Handt
Dramaturg
Caleb Lewis
Cast
Malcolm Allison
Elsie Croker
Ricky Gamble
Ethan Green
Rachel Head
Phillip Prentice
Christian Tagliaferro