The Owl and Cat Theatre - Season 3
BETWEEN THE SHEETS
Film goes to bed with Theatre
Overview: A fusion of film and theatre, an experiment to keep theatre current and appealing for the new generation. A famous film star attempts theatre, a new star looses herself.
Written by: Thomas Ian Doyle Directed by: Thomas Ian Doyle
Cinematographer: Nickolas Dewet
Genre: Drama Starring: David Macrae, Jessica Stanley and Jayden Popik: Gabrielle Savrone and Carolyn Dawes
Season dates: 16th Aug - 19th Aug
Warnings: Nudity, drug references, simulated sex scenes
Run time: 60min
DAWN
A play about incest and denial
Overview: How many family demons can you excise in the course of 36 hours? One family aims to find out. Employing everything from exploitation, manipulation, and a well-wielded golf club, Dawn explores the inherent violence of being in a family and the courage it takes to leave…or to stay.
Written by: Samantha Cooper Directed by: Jaime Dorner
Genre: A very Dark Comedy
Produced by: Gabrielle Savrone
Season dates: 23rd Aug - 26th Aug
Warnings: Trigger warning, sexual abuse
Run time: 70 min
LONGEVITY
A play about love regardless of gender
Overview: A love triangle with a twist. How far will they go to attain the one they love? This play takes a close look at monogamy, gender and unbridles passion.
Written by: Thomas Ian Doyle Directed by: Thomas Ian Doyle
Genre: Drama
Produced by: The Owl and Cat Theatre
Season dates: 30th Aug – 2nd Sept
Starring: Bee Townsend, Fiona Scarlett and Brayden Lewtas
Warnings: Adult themes, nudity, simulated sex scenes
Run time: 60 min
PORCH PLAYBoundaries between people / Violation of them
Overview: Candace, Anna, Ryan, and Bridget gather for a masturbation workshop on their porch while Clare grapples with trauma following her rape. A tragic sex farce dealing with issues of consent and violation, Porch Play examines the boundaries between people"those we violate but should respect and those we ought to breach"but which, by failure of imagination, courage, or sympathy, we dare not reach across.
Written by: Kate Kramer Directed by: Gabrielle Savrone
Genre: Tragic sex farce
Produced by: The Owl and Cat
Season dates: 5th Sept – 9th Sept
Warnings: Adult themes
Run time: 75 min
killersOverview: Miranda has had the urge to kill since she was a little girl, but when she befriends Bobby Barrett and they start making booby traps together, her desire seems quelled - at least for now. Decades later, a nameless woman in a cubicle tries to suppress her grim fantasies of dying, while negotiating an interoffice romance.
killers breaks down theatrical boundaries, exploring a world of language and images, and as these two stories unfold side-by-side, they reveal intricate links - between each other, and between two of our basest urges.
Written by: Kevin Armento Directed by: Gabrielle Savrone
Genre: Melancholy, live art
Produced by: The Owl and Cat
Season dates: 14th Sept – 23th Sept
Starring: Jarrah Volpe, Shanon Kulupach
Warnings: Adult themes
Run time: 75 min
The Owl and Cat Theatre 34 Swan Street, Cremorne, Victoria, Australia
www.owlandcat.com.au