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MKA: THEATRE OF NEW WRITING AND DAREBIN ARTS’ SPEAKEASY
IN ASSOCIATION WITH MELBOURNE FESTIVAL PRESENT
THE TROUBLE
WITH HARRY
MKA: THEATRE OF NEW WRITING
NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL
Fri 17 Oct – Sun 9 Nov at 8pm
Preview Fri 17 Oct at 8pm
Thu 23 Oct also at 3pm
Sat 1 & 8 Nov also at 3pm
No performances 24 – 27 Oct
No performance 3 Nov
1 hr 20 mins, no interval
$39 / $29
Image: Sarah Walker
Students $25
Transaction fees may apply
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Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy
03 9481 9500
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
WRITTEN BY
LACHLAN PHILPOTT
DIRECTED BY
ALYSON CAMPBELL
Harry Crawford and his wife Annie
seem ordinary enough; together
they lead quiet, unexceptional
lives in the suburbs of 1920s
Sydney, working and raising a
child. But when a strange girl
arrives at the door, it sets in train
a series of events that will result
in an astounding revelation – and,
ultimately, sow the seeds of bloody
murder.
Award-winning playwright Lachlan
Philpott probes ideas of gender
identity, perversion and complicity
with this new work, based on the
extraordinary true story of the
‘Man-Woman’ murder that shocked
turn-of-the-century Sydney.
A disorienting tale of deception
and enigma, sharply observed and
framed with a poetic subtlety, The
Trouble with Harry acknowledges
an essential, human question: can
we ever really know what lies in the
heart and mind of another person?
ARTISTS IN
CONVERSATION – FREE
Tue 21 Oct at 1pm
FOXTEL FESTIVAL HUB
The writer and director of The
Trouble with Harry discuss turning
history into theatre. (See page 97)
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