By JESSE GRAHAM
HEALESVILLE’S Exit Theatre will take their work to the city this week, performing a Polish play ahead of new shows coming to town in March.
Four actors from Exit Theatre will perform Radoslaw Figura’s Fly Guardian at Carlton’s La Mama Theatre from Wednesday, 10 February until Sunday, 21 February.
The play is set in a ramshackle shop, where an old man (played by Kristof Kaczmarek) lives amongst broken objects and discarded clothes with his flies – until a young, violent man enters.
The young man (played by Luke Lennox), hardened in prison, is escaping from a gang and his older brother (Steven Jack Kennedy), both of whom are prepared to kill him for betraying the gang.
Most of the plot revolves around these two brothers, and the events that transpire after landing in the old man’s shop, with Suhasini Seelin, an Exit Theatre regular, also taking the stage in the role of Maria.
Mr Kaczmarek also directs the play, and translated it from Polish with Steve Gome.
The performances open from 6.30pm on Wednesday, 10 February, with shows from 7.30pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 4pm on Sundays.
Entry is $25, or $15 for concession holders, and the shows will be held at Carlton’s La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond Street, Carlton.
For more information, visit www.lamama.com.au or call 9347 6142.
At the beginning of March, the theatre group will be performing Springer, a one-man play performed by Mr Kaczmarek.
The play is an adaptation of a short story with the same title, about an ambitious sportsman and the betrayal and loneliness experienced in a consumer-driven world.
Springer will be performed in Healesville, with dates and a venue yet to be announced.
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