Olentangy Music
In association with
The Bakehouse Theatre
Presents

The Mark Twain You Don’t Know.

Writer and performer Chris Wallace presents a 19th century Mark Twain for a 21st century audience in an hilarious one man show that will leave you laughing, crying stunned, provoked and challenged.

The show consists mainly of works that were never meant to be published, never meant to be performed or both. In one piece, Mark Twain takes on the Bible. In another he takes a bawdy, ribald romp through Elizabethan England. Another shows the other side of war. This surprisingly edgy and contemporary Mark Twain is balanced with a charming, mini-musical of the classic, Huckleberry Finn

Wallace who was born in America and has been a resident of Australia since 1994 will be familiar to Australian audiences from his many acting appearances on shows like “Stingers,” “Blue Heelers,” “Wildred” and others, plus countless television ads.
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Before coming to Australia, Wallace had acting, writing and producing careers in New York and Hollywood. “In the Balance,” a wildlife film he wrote and narrated, won the Silver Award at the New York International Film and Television Festival. “New York: A Great Place to Live” was the kick-off event of the city’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration. He was also a regular on the top daytime drama, “All My Children.”

Chris developed a passion for the study of Mark Twain when he came upon the famous author’s childhood home in Hannibal, Misouri. “I want people to realize how deep Mark Twain really was,” Wallace says. “He was as much a philosopher as he was a humourist.” Wallace adds, “The way he focuses on religion or our sexual habits or the way we kill one another are words for every generation. The fact that he does it with such humour is an enormous bonus.”

This is an edgy, irreverent, hilarious Mark Twain who speaks with a voice that has lost none of its power “Chris Wallace uses his impressive acting skills to bring the words of the master to life”

WHEN: March 28 to April 12 at 8pm

WHERE: Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide

BOOKINGS: 82270505 or book@bakehousetheatre.com

TICKETS: Adults $23/ Concession $20/Groups of 10 or more$18

MORE INFORMATION: www.bakehousetheatre.com