Theatre: Joe Orton's *The Ruffian on the Stair* The Dog Theatre, Footscray
Joe Orton’s The Ruffian on the Stair is being put on at the new The Dog Theatre in Footscray.
Directed by Alice Bishop, who directed my play Pawn Shop for Short & Sweet a couple of years ago (and who I write with for ITCH Productions) and featuring Matthew Molony, who was also in Pawn Shop. I think this is the first time this Orton piece has been produced in Australia and it was chosen specifically for this theatre.
Deets:
When – Nov 19 to 30.
Where: The Dog Theatre
42a Albert Street, Footscray VIC
PH: 0413 998 057
“Mike and Joyce are a poor London couple living together in a small bedsit apartment. She is a former prostitute; he an ex-boxer turned hitman. Their miserable existence takes a turn for the worse when a menacing young man named Wilson (Molony), arrives on their doorstep, looking for a room and revenge. Alice Bishop directs the play, originally written for radio, which presented audiences of the day with a confronting mix of murder, incest and homosexuality.”
onetonshadow - Minister of Tees
I’ll bring the kids.
Hop Dac
replied
yes, family fun for everyone.
bellmusker
I’ve only just noticed this and now I’m too late – and I’m a huge Orton fan :-(
Hop Dac
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it was pretty good. that little theatre in footscray is a winner.