That's right folks...and about time too!

Blak Yak Theatre Inc will "mount" its next production from Wednesday, July 28th at The Studio @ Subiaco Theatre Centre.

Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation, provides a wonderfully cheesy comic vehicle for a very pertinent and timely message about humankind and our fixation on war. The play was the script of choice for last year’s Lysistrata Project, which saw more than 350 theatre companies all over the world stage a simultaneous play reading on the 3/3/03, protesting against the war in Iraq.

Lysistrata, an Athenian woman fed up with war, rallies together the women of Greece to seize the Treasury, stage a sex strike and force the men of each warring faction to come home and sign a truce.

This makes for a fast-paced and bawdy affair, including the pompous Magistrate’s antics of male domination and the celibacy-sworn Myrrhine’s relentless teasing of her sex-starved, phallus-laden husband. Meanwhile, the Chorus of Old Men and Chorus of Old Women square off in a hilarious battle of wits and guts, ultimately resulting in a reunion of genders, ages and political positions.

Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation plays from 8pm, July 28-31 and August 4-7 at The Studio, Subiaco Theatre Centre, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco. Tickets are available through BOCS on 9484 1133 or at the venue.

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