Elephant❀Juice
proudly presents:
LUNCH with VINCENT RIVER
Two fantastic plays for the price of one!
Elephant❀Juice invites you to join us for an
evening of riveting theatre by two of Britain’s most revered playwrights, the
startlingly theatrical Steven Berkoff (Harry’s Christmas, Shakespeare’s Villains, The Secret Love Life of Ophelia) and the diabolically clever Philip
Ridley (The Pitchfork Disney,
Mercury Fur).
In Berkoff’s Lunch, two people meet on a beach. One begins to seduce the other. But which one? As always, Berkoff’s hugely theatrical style and astonishing verbal fireworks will stun and amaze as we plunge headlong towards a climax that will haunt you for days.
Philip Ridley’s Vincent River is the suspenseful tale of a mother who confronts the last person to see her son alive. By turns charming, funny and tragically violent, Vincent River will have your heart in your mouth as you share Anita and Davey’s journey towards the terrifying truth.
Directed by Brisbane theatre veteran James Kable and featuring virtuoso performances by four of Brisbane’s most in-demand actors, LUNCH with VINCENT RIVER promises to be a theatrical event like no other.
WHERE: The
Studio, Metro Arts, 109 Edward Street Brisbane
WHEN: Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30 pm from Nov 23rd to Dec 11th
HOW MUCH: $25 and $15 for concessions and groups of ten or more
$5 preview on November 23rd and 24th
Tickets cash only at the venue
Smell it. Taste it.
See it.
What the critics have said:
Sue Gough, Courier-Mail:
(Lunch is) ' ... like Harold Pinter on ice ... explosive and enigmatic ... '
(Vincent River is) ' a powerful ... play ... awash with tension ... the play rewards you ... with its violent pay-off.'
Miss Yoneyama, Scene Magazine:
'The verbal fireworks of English playwright Steven Berkoff's Lunch lit
up the stage in James Kable's production of this loaded short play. Both actors had a background in physical theatre, but were adept at
handling the fire put in their mouths by the script, which was cuttingly
funny and also quite disturbing. A "black romance" indeed.'