Picasso at the Pavilion

Castle Hill Players complete their 2022 season of plays at the Pavilion Theatre with Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, from October 18 to December 10.

The production is directed by CHP veteran Dave Went (The Cripple of Inishmaan, How the Other Half Loves, Wanted: One Body, Leading Ladies), and dedicated in loving memory to the late Jewell Johnson.

Albert Einstein meets Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before Einstein transformed physics and Picasso set the art world on fire. These two geniuses banter and muse on the century passed and the century yet to come. Montmartre locals - including the bartender and his mistress, Picasso's agent and his date, an elderly philosopher, a Countess, and an idiot inventor - round out the ensemble and stamp their own indelible mark on proceedings. The final surprise patron to join the merriment at the Lapin Agile is a charismatic, dark haired, time traveller with blue suede shoes. But no spoilers… you’ll simply have to attend “Picasso” (at the Pavilion!)

Renaissance man Steve Martin’s hit first play Picasso at the Lapin Agile is wildly inventive, revelling in ribaldry, witty wordplay, and a healthy sense of the absurd.

By Arrangement with Origin Theatrical on Behalf of Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals Company.

Castle Hill Players present Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By Steve Martin, directed by Dave Went
18 November to 10 December
Wed, Fri, Sat 8pm; Sun 4pm
The Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill
Tickets $30 Adult, $25 Concession

Information & bookings: 9634 2929 or https://paviliontheatre.org.au/picasso/

The Pavilion Theatre is located within the Castle Hill Showgrounds, Castle Hill

Photographer: Penny Johnson