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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018
VICTORIA’S INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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S TATE EDITION Vol 50 No 1691 SERVING VICTORIA SINCE 1969
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● Morgana O’Reilly, Jake Speer, Gyton Grantley, Alison Whyte and Grant Piro in Hand To God ■ There’s something going on down in St Kilda. The Alex is unleashing menace on Fitzroy Street. Once you’ve got the smell of it, you’ll want to hold your breath because you know you’re about to pounced on, but by what? Aleksander Vass of Vass Productions has clinched a deal, to let loose on Melbourne audiences, What effect will this wild, blasphemous the hilariously wicked five Tony Tyrone have on those congregated? What will happen to sweet, innocent Jessica Award nominated Broadway hit, (Morgana O’Reilly)? and Australian premiere of Hand What will cocky, bad-boy Timothy (Jake To God and at affordable ticket Speers) be forced to confront? Where does Pastor Greg (Grant Piro) sit in prices.
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Vass has appointed the acclaimed, radical director Gary Abrahams to steer a strong cast of proven Australian talent. The setting is a quiet church basement in suburban Texas, where Margery (Alison Whyte) has rallied a small youth group to put on a Christian puppet show. What can go wrong? Plenty. Gyton Grantley plays Margery’s mild-mannered son Jason, whose foul-mouthed sock puppet, Tyrone, has Gyton splitting mind and body in two, acting as both protagonist and antagonist.
the pulpit? And Margery? No one will come out unscathed as secrets are revealed and hypocrisies are exposed. Will the world be a better place? Be prepared for outrageous laughter as playwright, Rob Askin, through Jason’s ID Tyrone, oversees Melbourne rolling in the aisles of the Alex’ and out onto Fitzroy St. Language and sexual references. The Alex Theatre, Level 1, 135 Fitzroy St. St Kilda Dates: Strictly limited season from 22 February Bookings; Ticketek.com.au - Sherryn Danaher
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