Theatre

The Death of @BlancheMarcot

Egos clash and tensions rise as Blanche Marcot Production Company's fate seems written on the wall.

$25.00
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The cartoon back of a man with silver hair, wearing a suit and sitting in an office chair. The background is made up of pencil scribbles which form the scene of a meeting table with other figures around it.
Past Event

  • Written by: Ruwanthi Wijetunga

  • Produced by: Brigid Charis

It is Monday morning, 7:30AM, and Matt Marcot has cobbled together a task force ahead of a radio interview that is set to go live in under an hour – one which has the potential to unravel the very company that he has spent decades cultivating.

Comedic and satirical, this play revolves around a major theatre company’s crisis management meeting. Taking place over the course of an hour in real time, this dramatic unfolding of events sees the the company's cobbled-together crisis management task force desperately attempt to respond to an impending controversy which is mere minutes away from breaking.

Based on an original concept by Ruwanthi Wijetunga and Malith.

This project received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund.

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language, Both Sudden And Sustained Loud Noises.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

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  • Full: $25.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $18.75

  • Extra Applause: $30.00

  • Blak Tix: $15.00

  • Concession: $20.00

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Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

7:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall

Hump Day
 Past Event

Thursday, 19 October 2023

7:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall

 Past Event

Friday, 20 October 2023

7:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall

 Past Event

Saturday, 21 October 2023

7:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall

 Past Event

Sunday, 22 October 2023

6:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Solidarity Hall

 Past Event

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