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Old 505 Theatre- 505,342 Elizabeth St Surry Hills

“Everything indie theatre should be.” Lloyd Bradford Syke - Curtain Call

“…search out this gem of a hidden theatre.” Frank Hatherley - Stage Whispers

"...the Sydney version of Berlin's Tacheler" SMH

PERFORMANCES

MAY 2013

we do not unhappen presents

A Butcher of Distinction

by Rob Hayes

Dates: Previews- Wed 1st-Sun 5th May

Opening- Wed 8th May

Season- Thu 9th- Sun 26th May (Wed-Sun)

Times: Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm

Tickets: $26.50/16.50 +bf

Bookings: Trybooking

Doors: open 1/2 hour prior to performance start time

"He was our father, we were his sons. It was a mutual arrangement we had."

Fresh from a rural tragedy, two orphaned brothers stumble into the unfamiliar terrain of the city. All they know is that their father kept secrets in a basement beneath a pub and it is here, perhaps, that they'll find a replacement for their lost family fortunes.

What they meet instead is a distraught stranger with a terrible way of coping with grief.

Director James Dalton (2012's The Criminals by José Triana) returns to the Old 505 Theatre with this brutal, dark comedy by award-winning British playwright, Rob Hayes.

‘A disturbing, yet brilliant example of new writing in London’ – Fringe Review

‘Hayes evokes Renaissance writers like Middleton and Ford in the more gruesome touches... it is brilliant’ – The Public Reviews

‘A beautifully complex, layered and twisted comedy’ – The Good Review

JUNE 2013

The Height Of The Eiffel Tower

By Morgana O'Reilly and Abigail Greenwood

Dates: Wednesday 5-Sunday 9 June

Times: Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm

Tickets: $25/15 +bf

Bookings: Trybooking

Doors: open 1/2 hour prior to performance start time

The Height of the Eiffel Tower varies by 8cm depending on the temperature

By Morgana O’Reilly and Abigail Greenwood

The Height of the Eiffel Tower is a fresh and defiant one woman show performed by the irrepressibly talented Morgana O'Reilly, under the immaculate direction of Abigail Greenwood. Having been toured all over the world as part of the ‘Livingroom Tour’ performing in homes from London to Amsterdam, Paris and LA, as well as NYC and Auckland’s Fringe Festivals it has finally stopped to say hi in Sydney.

This is a hilarious and at times heart breaking portrayal of a mother-of-four trying to become the person she always intended to be. Terri Hulme has become an orange poncho wearing, craft making, master of keeping-it-together.

We follow Terri through a side-splitting, torturous and hugely awakening lunch date with an old friend from university - she's what Terri could have been...

Watch the spectrums change, from pastels to primary and back again.

“It's a colour therapy thing” - you be the judge.

Turtle Lab presents
HELTER SKELTER
By Neil LaBute

Dates: Wednesday 19- Sunday 23 June, Tuesday 25- Sunday 30 June
Times: 7.30pm
Tickets: $25/15 +bf
Bookings: Trybooking
Doors: open 1/2 hour prior to performance start time

An Australian premier.

"Niel LaBute, the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today” New York Post

Man and Woman meet in a chic eatery, where the dysfunction of their marriage leads their intimate romantic dinner to an epic and operatic conclusion.

This provocative one-act - an Australian premiere - brims with filmmaker and playwright Neil LaBute's trademark humorous and savage dialogue. Controversial for the way he depicts the cruel side of love, Neil LaBute uncovers the feral snarl beneath the bland contemporary smile.

Directed by Jonathan Wald

With Elise McCann, Julian Garner and Nadia Townsend