PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Corruption. Politics. Loyalty. Fear.
Mate. Brother. Ally.
Don’t look away.
The media are savaging him, a Royal Commission has just been launched, and Patrick Barlow is in it neck-deep. At least he has his mate Dench to count on…
Multi award-winning writer/director Aidan Fennessy’s dynamic and topical play is a darkly compelling, bitingly funny exploration of the relationship between masculinity and the thirst for power … in whatever echelon you might happen to inhabit.
CAST & CREATIVES
Writer Aidan Fennessy
Director Aidan Fennessy
Set & Costume Design Aidan Fennessy
Lighting Design Matt Scott
Sound Design Russell Goldsmith
Production/Stage Manager Shae Attril
Cast
Peter Houghton
Joe Petruzzi
DATES & TICKETS
Previews 31 Jan - 3 Feb | Season 4 Feb - 5 Mar
Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 2pm
Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn.
“Fennessy’s biting satire…maintains a simmering dangerous energy in all scenes…Houghton and Petruzzi are versatile … they deliver Fennessy’s acerbic dialogue with comic assurance.”
★★★★
- Herald Sun -
“Fennessy has crafted the perfect Red Stitch show – a vehicle to showcase two actors at the height of their powers.”
– Arts Hub -
“Joe Petruzzi and Peter Houghton deliver outstanding performances, shifting character with ease and maintaining impressive tension.”
– Maggie Journal -
“Frighteningly accurate and devastatingly funny…”
– Arts Review -
“Gripping from start to finish…current and engaging in its subject matter and most of all, brilliantly executed.”
– Theatre People -
“Aidan Fennessy masterfully and thoughtfully directs Petruzzi and Houghton in a deep and delightful dissection of Aussie male behaviours…a must see 5-star masterful piece of contemporary theatre.”
– Toorak Times -