There is something disturbingly honest about living on the streets of Paris and wondering why...
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Professional Collective presents the world premiere of
Appalling Behaviour
Written & Performed by Stephen House
Directed by Justin McGuinness
Original Sound by Peter Neilson
Lighting by Nic Mollison
There is something disturbingly honest about living on the streets of Paris and wondering why...
Public shows
The Bakehouse Theatre
Thursdays – Saturdays 8pm / July 29th – August 8th
Tix: Adults $18 / Conc. $12/ Fringe Benefits $12
(Previews Wed 28th 8pm / Thurs 29th 2pm - $7 / Health Card holders - free)
Bookings –www.bakehousetheatre.com / 82270505
Assisted by
Arts SA
Housing SA
Hothouse Theatre Residency
As part of National Homeless Week
Written on the streets of Paris - Inspired by the people who live on them
For more information 0422107210 or sjhplay1@hotmail.com
Further Information about Appalling Behaviour: Next page...
Playwright / director and actor Stephen House spent a month living on and off the streets of Paris while he wrote Appalling Behaviour.
House had been researching homelessness for some time.
He took to the streets, parks and squats of Paris, and wrote.
Stephen had spent time on the streets of Sydney, Dublin, New York, Chicago, New Delhi, Melbourne and Adelaide. This wide-reaching research confirmed both the richness of the stories of those who dwell in the urban underworld, and the inevitable conclusion of the play - that it is a universal condition.
Why do people live on the streets? How easy is it to slip from here to there? Is the stereotype of the homeless person a reality?
“Nobody hears me as they step around me – it’s like I speak another language” the man on the street said to House...
Stephen House and Director Justin McGuinness received a 2010 residency from Hothouse Theatre Albury NSW to develop this new work.
A Housing SA manager heard sections of the work read at a literary event and this lead to the department coming on board as a major sponsor and creating a connection to National Homeless Week.
Arts SA has also assisted the project with the necessary funding for it to reach the stage.
In addition to eight public shows, some matinees will be performed exclusively for those people experiencing homelessness and for the dedicated people who work in that area. These performances wil be followed by forums and discussions.
It is an intention that the play tours in 2011.
The play is sad, funny, moving – and at times a brutal and hard hitting reflection of a growing population in our current world. Densely poetic this new work is the third monologue by Stephen House. (should repeat your full name at the end to keep it uppermost in people’s minds)
There is something disturbingly honest about living on the streets of Paris and wondering why...
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