God of Carnage for Macedon

Peace talks between the parents of two eleven year old boys implicated in a park altercation involving stick hitting and name calling have broken down. A lounge room brawl ensued after pleasantries over coffee and cake crumbled.

Herein lies the premise of the Mount Players (Victoria) latest theatrical offering - God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, running from August 26 to September 17.

God of Carnage Director Natasha Boyd said the expose of parents behaving badly has a punchy pacey script, and is performed with symbolic staging and classy production values.

“The professionalism of this production is mind blowing. Through the whole process, the cast and crew have praised the experience as somewhat magical. Anyone who comes to see the show is destined to witness something quite special.

“I feel quite blessed as I have been given a brilliant script to work with, and the four actors bring it to life with exceptional comic timing, high energy and character understanding expected of professionals.

“The play has been sometimes described as Virginia Woolf on steroids. It’s a 90 minute real time window into the moment when two pairs of parents sit down to discuss and resolve an incident between their children at a local park. The façade of civility disintegrates as parental pedantries make way for sniping and upmanship, brawling and name calling when a couple of bottles of outstanding rum are brought into the mix.

“This play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy 2009 and also Best Play as well as Best Direction and Best Actress in a play at the 2009 Tony Awards. It was a massive hit for Melbourne Theatre Company in 2009.

“The performances are only 90 minutes long. It’s about a 45 minute drive to the Mount Players Theatre (Smith St Macedon) from Melbourne, so the 8pm shows will be over by 9.30pm and theatre patrons could be home by 10.30pm,” said Ms Boyd.

Bookings can be made by calling (03) 5428 1557 or 1300 463 224 or online at http://www.themountplayers.com

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