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Playbill - 2010
 The Underpants by Carl Sternheim, Adapted By Steve Martin
Directed by John Degabriele and Dawn Hinrichsen
Agent: Dominie Drama
Season:
9-Sep-10 to 18-Sep-10
Theatre:
Bradshaw Street Community Hall
Bradshaw Street (off Buckley Street)
West Essendon
Melways 28B3
Performances:
September 9th,10th,11th @8:00pm
September 12th Sunday Matinee @2:00pm
September 16th,17th,18th @8:00pm
Theater Restaurant Style, BYO Food, Drinks
7:30pm sit down for an 8:00pm start
Prices:
All Evening Performances $15 per ticket
All Matinee Performances $12 per ticket
*nb. Please note table position bookings will be surrendered
if you are later than 15 minutes to curtain up time
Bookings:
Eileen - 9330 4808 or email essendontheatrecompany@gmail.com
Synopsis:
Louise’s problems with her husband are compounded when she is caught out in the park with her underpants around her ankles in full view of several men including the king. This peep show leads to a string of male admirers beating a path to her door obsessed with the glimpse of ‘paradise’ they witnessed. This is perhaps the play’s cleverest device and its most modern. The underpants seem to symbolize the fetishized nature of male desire, the titillating peep, the fragmented objectified woman that seems to be at the root of a lot of misogyny. These male admirers start to turn up on Louise’s doorstep in the guise of lodgers wanting to rent an advertised room in Theo and Louise’s cramped apartment. Through the conventions of farce, the same room is let to two men, the camp esthete count Versati and the sickly hypochondriac Jew ‘Cohen with a K’. In addition to these two studies in masculinity, there is the later arrival of Klingelhoff an elderly sexually repressed gent who shudders at the thought of anything lascivious. It is interesting to see that despite the diversity of male archetypes, the character Louise is only ever seen in a sexualized way via her underpants. This becomes more apparent later when with the help of her neighbour Gertrude, Louise outsmarts the men vying for her affection which in turn proves to be her undoing as the decadent Versati, whom Louise is swept away by, falls in love with a street prostitute.
Other Information:
CAST LIST
Theo - Xavier Ryan
Louise - Sally Kingsford
Gertrude - Emma Cox
Versati - Dan Walls
Cohan - Drew Mason
Klinglehoff - Donald Taylor
ABOUT OUR DIRECTORS
Dawn Hinrichsen
Belonging to a theatrical family, Dawn has been involved in theater since the age of 8. She directed her first play at the age of 15 under the guidance of her father David. She enjoys directing Melodramas because they combine the creative talents of actors, singers and dancers and, when done well, are very entertaining for a wide variety of people. The most recent plays she's directed are not, however, melodramas. During 2008 she directed This Way Up a very funny situation comedy with a great cast and crew. In 2007 she co-directed Black Comedy, an hilarious, almost farcical play with a lot of energy and action.
John Degabriele
This will be my first directing role with etc and i have been very passionate about this play which i first saw in sydney...I have been involved with etc since 2007 with backstage,acting,technical advisor and operating lighting and sound.i am looking forward in working with my co-director dawn and to gain her experiences to be able to direct more plays with etc in the future
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 Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Tess Maurici Ryan
Agent: Dominie Limited
Season:
25-Nov-10 to 4-Dec-10
Theatre:
Bradshaw Street Community Hall
Bradshaw Street (off Buckley Street)
West Essendon
Melways 28B3
Performances:
November 25th,26th,27th @8:00pm
November 28th Sunday @2:00pm Matinee
December 2nd,3rd,4th @8:00pm
7:30pm sit down for an 8:00pm start
Prices:
All Evening Performances $15 per ticket
All Matinee Performances $12.per ticket
*nb. Please note table position bookings will be surrendered
if you are later than 15 minutes to curtain up time
Bookings:
Eileen - 9330 4808 or email essendontheatrecompany@gmail.com
Synopsis:
In Table Manners Sarah and Reg arrive at mum's house for the weekend so that invalid mum's care-giver, Reg's sister Annie, can get away for the weekend.
But Annie ends up staying, their brother-in-law Norman shows up unexpectedly, and not long after, so does Norman 's wife Ruth (Annie and Reg's sister).
Sarah tries her best to organize a family dinner for the five of them plus Tom, a slow-witted neighbor whom everyone expects to propose to Annie.
Sarah can't get much cooperation and doesn't realize that Annie had planned to sneak off with Norman .
Norman is incorrigible, Annie is caught between Tom and a fling, mum is upstairs demanding attention, and there aren't six proper chairs.
Cast List
Norman - James Antonas
Ruth - Jackie Fraser
Annie - Kathryn Maloney
Tom - Xavier Ryan
Sarah - Pauline Snell
Reg - Craig Ryan
Other Information:
ABOUT OUR DIRECTOR
2010 will be Tess Maurici-Ryan's first time directing for Essendon Theatre Company.
Tess was 14 years old when starting out her theatrical life with Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group.
After many productions Tess decided to move into exploring the art of Direction. Tess now has directed Key for Two, Shenanigan's Wake, Absurd Person Singular and Relatively Speaking at Sunshine Community Theatre and more recently Co-Directed the 'a Fly on the wall' production with ETC.
With over 10 years of experience, Tess has been involved in all aspects of Production, from publicity, to lighting, sound, performance and stage managment.
More recently, Tess has been seen performing on stage at Essendon Theatre with This Way Up, Enchanted April (VDL Winner for best Comedy) , Dinkum Assorted and Things are not what they seem.
This new environment and the advantage of work on an actual stage is enough to keep Tess motivated and very excited to get started on the show.
With a Passion for English comedy (and Alan Ayckbourn) we're not surprised to see her choice of show this time around.
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