Tie-dyed shirts, patchwork pants in many colours, flares and idealism were ripe at the time this world premiere by Yale graduate Ali Viterbi starts its life cycle. Spanning the years 1975 to 2000, Deadheads follows the fortunes of a couple who met while still in school. Ethan (Rian Howlett) was 18 and Sadie (Sophia Simmons)…
Sexuality (some might call it perversion) appears to be a constant theme in young playwright Thomas Ian Doyle’s work, which is inevitably confronting. Fortunately, he has a ready outlet for it in the form of the theatre he and director Gabrielle Savrone operate, namely The Owl and Cat. Wash Room is set entirely in a…
An enticing, exotic new theatrical concept has hit Melbourne with force … and the only shame is that you have very little time to see it before it will disappear. Called Bordello, it is a journey through a house of ill repute as we, the audience, are voyeurs to the fragile foundations that are the…
A confronting new play from the co-artistic director of the Owl and Cat Theatre, Thomas Ian Doyle, RIOT concerns a 30-year-old bisexual anti-establishment druggie whose life is just drifting. Jim (Jonathan Peck) works in a fast food restaurant because he needs the money. Otherwise, he wouldn’t, as the job means nothing to him. His former…
