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Up for Grabs Company:
Cast: Garry McDonald, Tina Bursill, Angela Punch McGregor, Simon Burke Director: Venue: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
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Sound Grabs "As with a good piece of art, a writer hopes that there's more in the work than meets the eye" - David Williamson
A slick performance from the entire award winning cast (aggregate years of experience) brings to life this artistic, comic and sexual farce. You can come away with some great quotes, my personal favourite being - "The more education you have, the more you realise that your so-called knowledge is little more than a huge mental junk box of other people's opinions". Helen Dallimore (Simone) is mesmerising in her quest to "slam the bag" and make a name for herself, as a young and gorgeous art dealer. Not as ruthless as some (I can attest to having met some corkers in my time, the older female art dealer being someone to be very scared of), Simone is in a race for time, when time, literally, means money.
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Garry McDonald (Manny), well, has he ever let us down? Such a performer, a wealth of experience that enables him to cruise through his character. Tina Bursill (Dawn) is elegant and eloquent - with a wardrobe that suits her character to a tee. Simon Burke, Kirstie Hutton, Angela Punch McGregor and Felix Williamson - a wonderful, effervescent line-up of excellence. Under
the directorship of Gale Edwards, the set design of Brian Thomson (the
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fast-paced, current view of dealers dealing, wielders wheeling and dot.com
couples trying to sort themselves a place in the ever-changing scheme
of things. This latest epistle from David Williamson will not let his
fans down. It embraces everything you have come to know and love about
his work - insight into what makes different people tick in a given situation.
with music (Max Lambert) and lighting (John Rayment) that is faultless,
you are launched into this comedy the moment you arrive, never letting
you off the hook until the moment it ends. Leaving the Drama Theatre,
and the Opera House (cool breeze, dark night, Harbour Bridge glowing,
the city glittering like a treasure chest, shimmering on the harbour,
the smell of salt air in your nostrils - oh, I digress) you could hear
the audience, filtering past, discussing the play at length. Discussing
the characters, how they interwove, what it all meant. Yes, this can only
be a good thing!!!.