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Hoy Polloy and Triple R present the world premiere of The Real Thring
written by Barry Dickins and directed by Wayne Pearn, at the Triple R
Performance Space, Brunswick East from 12 – 27 September 2008.
Frank Thring was a famous actor, feared drunkard and missed enigma; and
the most flamboyant, eccentric, intimidating, often cruelly sarcastic
iconoclast Australia had ever seen.
It is not that long ago that Thring entertained cinema, television and
theatre audiences, but his earthly gold lamé has faded and dimmed;
until now, where The Real Thring searches and discovers his soul and
spirit.
The Real Thring portrays Thring as beautiful, confused, taking delight
in shocking audiences and drinking like there was no tomorrow.
Playwright, Barry Dickins explains that, “The Real Thring is the latest
tender and solicitous tribute to fallen and bruised Australian
performers, written to lend them poise and elegance after having been,
as it were, dropped.”
“If sadness can be hilarious, this is for you ... If loneliness can be triumphant, you need this manuscript.
“There is a great guffaw in being crucified and great hope in being
healed through the theatre ... The Real Thring is a play of faith for
all who truly love those who have buoyed us,” Dickins remarked.
Dickins charts Thring’s journey from Toorak to the West End then to
Hollywood and finally to Mahoney Street Fitzroy, where clad in his
theatrical black he often found safe harbour in the studios of Triple R.
Wayne Pearn, director of The Real Thring and Hoy Polloy Artistic
Director said, “Through Dickins’ poetic language we are reminded of the
outrageous outer Frank, but more importantly we discover the reflective
inner Thring.”
“A Reservoir boy writing about a Toorak boy to be performed at
Melbourne’s alternative institution ... frankly, Thring would have
thought the irony delicious!” Pearn highlighted.
Michael F Cahill features as Frank Thring in the world premiere of The Real Thring.
Cahill received critical acclaim in Hoy Polloy’s previous production,
the Australian premiere of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be
Found; and has worked with La Mama (The True Amazon Adventures Of Roger
Casement) and Theatre In Decay (The Taking Of Ramsey Street).
Hoy Polloy and Triple R present the world premiere of
The Real Thring
by Barry Dickins
Directed by Wayne Pearn
Where: Triple R Performance Space | 221 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East (Tram route 96 – stop 27)
Dates: 12 – 27 September 2008
Times: Tuesday to Saturday 8.15pm, Sundays 5.00pm
Tickets: $30 Adult, $20 Concession / Groups 10+, $18 Tuesdays
Triple R subscribers receive a 10% discount for Wednesday – Sunday performances
Bookings: 03 9016 3873 |
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Location: Triple R Performance Space, 221 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East
Contact: 03 9016 3873 |
