"Identity" - a season of One Act Plays

 PRODUCTION
September, 2011
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Venue:
Port Cineaste Building

"Identity" - a season of One Act Plays

Lis Hoffmann; Lis Hoffmann; Alan Robinson

Cody Fern; Lis Hoffmann; Aaron Skinner & Thomas Dimmick

After a hiatus of a couple of years, Harbour Theatre is proud to present as our Fourth Production for 2011:

"identity" - a Season of One Act Plays that is guaranteed to have something for everyone.

"RULES OF THE GAME" written and directed by Lis Hoffmann
Estranged sisters Kerry and Jacquie Northey come from a proud betting family. But they're doing more than wrangling about the terms of their father's will. This time the stakes are really high.
By Special Arrangement with Stella Theatre Company

"PURSUIT" by Lis Hoffmann, directed by Cody Fern
Marlene is desperately chasing her 70's glory days as a touring rock musician. Britt is chasing her elusive boyfriend Dean. Their uneasy mother/daughter relationship is shattered by the arrival of sexually ambiguous Paula chasing the woman she believes is her birth mother. Sometimes, catching up with your dreams is not all it's cracked up to be.
By Special Arrangement with Stella Theatre Company

"ERICA AND ME" written by Alan Robinson, directed by Aaron Skinner and Thomas Dimmick
Simon is unlucky in love; hopeless, to be precise. His ineptitude with the opposite sex is causing ructions at work as his boss, Mr Collings, a fully fledged family man, has started to question his promotional potential. Desperate for a stab at the big time Simon tells a little white lie and invents the perfect woman: Erica. His boss is so impressed he invites himself and the snobby Mrs Collings over to make her acquaintance. As Simon takes desperate measures to make fantasy a reality, he unwittingly discovers how women can sometimes be like buses.
By Special Arrangement with Lazy Bee Scripts

SEASON DATES:
September 9th, 10th, 16th, and 17th 2011, commencing at 8pm
MATINEE: Sunday September 11th & 18st commencing at 2.00pm.

VENUE:
Port Cineaste Building
70 Adelaide Street, Fremantle
(next to Princess May Park, opposite Woolworths)
For membership enquiries please contact 9433 6260.

PARKING:
There is plenty of parking nearby, but please note that many streets around the theatre are metered parking, even in the evening. To avoid a parking fine please refer to and obey any street signage. Also, please allow sufficient time to secure parking before the show to avoid disappointment as you will not be allowed into the theatre once the curtain is up.

BOOKINGS:
Tickets are $20 Full, $18 concession and $15 for full-time students or children under 15.
Direct Harbour Theatre Booking Line: 08 9433 6260
Please follow the instructions and speak clearly, leaving your name, contact phone number, the night you wish to attend and the number of seats (including how many are full, concession or student). Someone from Harbour Theatre will only be in contact if there is any problem with your booking
PLEASE NOTE: There are no BOCS booking for this season, so payment is by cash at the door - There are NO credit/EFT facilities.

For a really great night out, have a meal at Clancy’s Fish Pub before the show (just a short stroll across the park from the theatre). Ask for your Harbour Theatre Meal Deal between 6:00 - 6:30pm to receive a discount – good times, great food and a fantastic show all add up to a top night out in Fremantle!


8pm

Harbour Theatre Booking Line

08 9433 6260

$20 Full, $18 concession and $15 for full-time students or children under 15

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Short Review of identity
Author: jamesforte
Date: 10/09/2011 - 13:02

Attended Harbour Theatre's season of one-act plays ("Identity") last (Friday) night. Great fun!

The two plays by Lis Hoffmann "Rules of the Game" and "Pursuit" professionally produced and competently directed. The acting was solid - Lynda Butler was wild and scary as Marlene.
No. More than that - the acting was excellent. Such that there was a danger of both plays' overall messages being lost as we were swept up in the moment by moment drama of the ladies' lives.

Personally I feel that the sets were a little too detailed, complex and decorative (for example, the three lights laboriously draped over the back wall). A simpler design would have resulted in less time
being taken with the set changes and thus less interruption to the flow of the drama.

No scene changes for the third play, "Erica and Me" by Alan Robinson. Just straight British Farce from the word Go. The laughs were continuous.
Our hero manfully and noisily battled the cooking utensils in the kitchen (offstage) whilst suffering a deluge of Ericas. The girls were great.
Norm Heath and Ann Speicher splendidly represented the (baffled) older generation with the lady having all the best lines.

I see from the programme that some of these plays will also be at Darlington's Hills Festival and at DramaFest.

Identity is recommended as being right up there with the other sets of one-acters (Yakfest and KADS) that I've seen recently.


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