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Curve 8 presents
The Underpants
Adaptation by Steve Martin
A play by Carl Sternheim
Directed by Sean Collins
The Underpants is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
In Steve Martin’s adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 farce, Louise Maske’s world turns upside down when she finds her underpants around her ankles during a parade for the King. Her dogmatic, puritanical husband Theo is shocked and appalled, sensing a scandal that may spell his financial ruin. To avert disaster, Theo offers their spare room for rent, oblivious his potential boarders are would-be suitors… whose passions have been ignited by a glance at his wife’s underpants!
As entanglements grow, the absurdity of human behaviour casts a comic criticism on gender politics, sexual enslavement and undeserved fame.
16 April – 3 May
Preview 16 April at 8pm
Opening 17 April at 8pm
Thurs – Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm
Tickets: $27 Full, $22 Concession, $10 Groups 10+, $18 Preview
Bookings: 03 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St
Prahran
Melways: Map 2L Ref J10
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