Breaking Up In Balwyn: A toast to money marriage and divorce

Author:   Paul Michael Davies
Publisher:   Gondwana Press
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9780648599807


Pages:   306
Publication Date:   01 December 2018
Format:   Paperback
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"The world's first play set and performed on a Yarra riverboat. The audience are invited as the very best friends of divorcee Samantha Hart Byrne. They arrive on the boat to help her celebrate her recent separation from husband Michael. The 'party' takes place as the aptly named ""Yarra Princess"" makes its way from the city to Toorak and back. In the course of the celebrations not only Smanatha's ex-husband but also the tax squad turn up with hilarious results."

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Author:   Paul Michael Davies
Publisher:   Gondwana Press
Imprint:   Gondwana Press
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9780648599807


ISBN 10:   0648599809
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   01 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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If Storming Mont Albert was as crazy as I've been led to believe, then they've gone one better with Breaking Up.... The whole idea of theatre-on-the move is a breath of fresh air for the theatre goer and performer adding as it does, an extra dimension to the theatrical process. (Kevin Gray Lot's Wife) On a boat cruising up the Yarra, Breaking Up In Balwyn has its own nautical charm (Garrie Hutchinson The National Times) Breaking Up In Balwyn ... introduces the divorcee, her new boyfriend, her ex-husband and the 'French maid' who serves party goodies. A resident psychiatrist makes the running in the over-acting stakes. As with Tram a shady and confused police posse become vitally involved, and with their presence the action turns into hilarious farce. (Laurie Landray The Herald) Another gem, a satire on marriage, money and divorce the play will be staged on board the Yarra Princess, Melbourne's 'love boat' cruising the Yarra... a madcap boatride play with films, music, dancing and light refreshments. (Melbourne Sun) Real theatre; certainly theatrical in the best sense of the word. From the moment you line up at Princes Walk waiting to board the Yarra Princess there is a sense of excitement, celebration and fun... an inspired sequel to Storming Mont Albert By Tram. Hilarious. The script works on gags and general send ups of characters we know so well. But it is good natured satire, qualitatively different to the sourness of say Edna Everage humour. Never a dull moment. (J. Ellison Melbourne Times ) After a landing stop near Como Park, which sees a couple of unexpected additons to the cast, the pace quickens and the laughs come more freely. The actors' timing cannot be faulted. A light and gentle entertainment with a strong sense of occasion. (Leonard Radic The Age) An hilarious sequel to Storming Mont Albert By Tram (The Sun) a mixture of the novelty of being on board a riverboat, funny throwaway one-liners and a feeling of being part of the action makes the play work. It is the unusual side of the play that makes it entertaining...Ten marks to TheatreWorks for attempting a production like this It is certainly innovative theatre (Robert Gibson This Week In Melbourne) Riot of a comedy set on the Yarra (Advocate) A splendid concept...inventive use is made of the river, with comings and goings by various means; as interruptions to the pallid party pile on upon another, each seems funnier and more unlikely than its predecessor. In short the show is saved. (Ken Healey The Canberra Times) Somehow Paul Davies has...written a play which leaves behind the ockerism of Dimboola and yet seems as close to home as the local milk bar. It's my kind of theatre - it talks about the things that make me smile, albeit cynically. It's bound to appeal to a wide range of people...get a party together Samantha will be glad to have you. The whole idea of theatre on the move is a breath of fresh air for both theatre goer and performer, adding as it does an extra dimension to the theatrical process. On the one hand the normal intimacy associated with the theatre restaurant is retained while an element of 'expanded realism' thus far only possible in film and television is introduced leading to a total experience theatre.


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Paul M Davies is an award winning screenwriter, script editor and playwright who sharpened his quill on over a hundred episodes of television series from Crawford classics such as Homicide (1974-5), The Box (1975-76) and The Sullivans (1976-78) to Skyways (1979), Rafferty's Rules (1985), Blue Heelers (1997), Pacific Drive (1996), Stingers (1998-2003), Something in the Air (1999-2001) and Headland (2005). He also helped spark the site-specific performance revolution in Melbourne in the 1980s with TheatreWorks' production of his first play Storming Mont Albert By Tram (1982). What became known as The Tram Show played across a dozen years to packed trams in both Melbourne and Adelaide, travelling a total distance that would have taken the show halfway round the world. Its success lead to an outbreak of 'location theatre' in Melbourne throughout the 1980s including three other plays in real places: Breaking Up In Balwyn (1983, on a riverboat), Living Rooms (1986, in an historic mansion) and Full House/No Vacancies (1989, in a boarding house). These works became the subject of his book Really Moving Drama. Both The Tram Show and On Shifting Sandshoes (1988) were awarded AWGIES, along with Return of The Prodigal (2000) an episode of Something In The Air (ABC). Paul co-wrote the feature Neil Lynn with David Baker in 1984, and the docu-fiction Exits (1980) with Pat Laughren and Carolyn Howard. His novel, 33 Postcards From Heaven was published by Gondwana Press in 2005. Numerous articles, reviews, stories and interviews have been published in Metro, Cinema Papers, Cantrill's Filmnotes, Australasian Drama Studies, Community Theatre In Australia, The Macquarie Companion to the Australian Media and Theatre Research International (Cambridge University). He has also given courses in literature and creative writing at various colleges and universities including: Southern Cross, James Cook and Melbourne State.

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