That Face

6 February - 14 March

DIY: Tools for the Independent Actor

15 February - 15 February

Love Me Tender

18 March - 11 April

The Power of Yes

17 April - 30 May

The Sapphires

26 May - 20 June

Measure for Measure

5 June - 25 July

Gwen in Purgatory

31 July - 19 September

Namatjira

25 September - 7 November

The Diary of a Madman

4 December - 6 February

A co-production with Malthouse Theatre

"MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION... the adaptability and ease of Rush's performance is staggering" SMH, 15.6.07

"Rush... is extraordinary at every turn... a landmark production in the history of theatre in this country" Financial Review

NB: A limited number of tickets are available on the day of each performance. These tickets can only be purchased in person from the box office at the theatre 2 hours prior to each performance. Maximum of 2 tickets per person.

Eugene IONESCO, Translated by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush

Neil Armfield

With
Bille Brown, Julie Forsyth, Gillian Jones, Rebecca Massey, Geoffrey Rush and David Woods

The heaters aren’t working, the sun won’t rise, the throne room’s filthy and there’s a great big crack opening up in the wall. Queen Marguerite is making preparations for the inevitable, but Queen Marie refuses to accept it’s time. Yet the signs are unmistakeable: the King is dying. And he’s not going to go gracefully.

Eugene Ionesco’s great absurdist comedy kicks off in a burst of gorgeous theatrical play. Existential sadness is in full bloom here, and it goes head to head with the ridiculous pleasure of being alive. This King’s fight against decline is a tooth-and-nail, hair-tearing scramble for more life. And whatever it is that’s sucking the life from him is also closing down the whole planet. This is comic relief of life-and-death proportions.

Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush renew their vows in this civil ceremony on the Belvoir stage, and are joined by an extraordinary bunch of clowns: Bille Brown, Gillian Jones and Julie Forsyth.