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If you think, you'll fall
What if there was a place that contained every thought you will ever think, or every action you will take, every secret you’ll keep? A record of every slip, stumble and moment lost? In a mysterious and haunting room, two stories play out.
Tenderness is Platform Youth Theatre’s first major production for 2008, an original double-bill by an award-winning creative team, written by Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas (Fever, Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?).
In Ugly (Christos Tsiolkas), Slim and Slade love Sil. Sil loves them both. Friendship is the only thing they possess that isn’t ugly, the one thing they have which is beautiful. Then Slim plunges into a desperate course of action that marks them all. In Slut (Patricia Cornelius), Lolita is crowned the queen of sluts. And no matter how much she thinks her life’s her own and she thinks she can do whatever she wants, a slut’s a slut. A mob of young women take a stick to the piñata and watch Lolita’s final devastating fall.
Created from research with young people in the Northern suburbs, these two modern morality plays, distinct from each other in their voice and form, invite you into a holding bay for judgment. Here, young people who not long ago played with plastic swords now brandish steel and forge moments that shape character, erode character or drown it. Can tenderness exist in this world?
Platform Youth Theatre works with professional artists to create theatre with, for and by young people. Since its first production in 1998, Platform has carved a niche for itself as a company with an innovative approach to making quality work.
Platform Youth Theatre presents
Tenderness
By Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas
Direction Nadja Kostich
Set and Costume Design Marg Horwell
Lighting Design Richard Vabre
Sound Design Kelly Ryall
Design Trainees Mandy Lee, Sarah Trevorrow and Chris Williams
With performances by Members of Platform Youth Theatre
Venue: fortyfivedownstairs | 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Season: Friday 7 March & Saturday 8 March, 8pm (Previews), Tuesday 11 March, 8pm (Opening), Wednesday 12 March to Friday 14 March, 8pm & Saturday 15 March, 5pm & 8pm
Tickets: Adults $20, Platform members & Concession $15, Platform members bring a friend for an extra $5
Bookings: 03 9662 9966 or online at www.fortyfivedownstairs.com
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