the Middle Classes by Hannah Moscovitch. Directed by Petra Kalive and starring Dan Spielman and
Izabella Yena, this Australian premiere production takes the ‘student-teacher romance’ genre and
turns it on its head for a fascinating and potent exploration of power, truth and desire.
On stage from March 6.
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Dramatic Grindr encounter at a park adds chapter to Sydneyâs gay history
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Two men hook up after meeting on the dating app Grindr. Warren and Edden choose a two-seater bench in Green Park, in Sydneyâs gay-friendly inner-city Darlinghurst â a safe public space to initially appraise one another in the flesh.
Warren (Steve Le Marquand) is in his late 50s. He explores his sexual fluidity while in Sydney for work, although he doesnât post a public picture of himself in his profile. He calls himself straight and thinks of himself as happily married to the woman with whom he lives in a regional area.
Melbourne Theatre Company Returns To The Mainstage
Melbourne Theatre Company returns to the mainstage on Thursday 11 March.by BWW News Desk
Melbourne Theatre Company returns to the mainstage on Thursday 11 March with the Australian premiere of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, an incisive #MeToo-era take on the archetypal student-teacher romance starring Dan Spielman (The Code) and Izabella Yena (Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears).
With MTC Associate Director Petra Kalive at the helm, this timely exploration of power, truth and desire is a captivating drama of contemporary gender politics.
Petra Kalive said, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is an exciting and pressing new work. It is immediate and timely; deftly navigating the complexities of power in a romantic relationship. Hannah Moscovitch s writing is surgical in its precision and the characters are flawed and complex in the best possible way. I am absolutely thrilled to be directing such a vital new text, a
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When actor Ben Lawson and I sit down for lunch, it is exactly a year to the day that the Bureau of Meteorology predicted the bushfire season was about to get much, much worse.
At the time, Kangaroo Island and Gospers Mountain were on fire. Six people had died and a thousand homes had been lost. By the time the fire season ended in late January, that prediction had come true and those numbers had climbed to 34 and 3500. About 17 million hectares had burnt; it is estimated that 1 billion animals died.
Actor Ben Lawson is refreshingly honest about the struggles faced by actors.Â