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 There can be nothing more rivetingly theatrical than the one-person show, as evidenced by such recent MTC triumphs as Jefferson Mays in I Am My Own Wife, Jacki Weaver in The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, Richard Piper in The Daylight Atheist and Caroline O’Connor in Bombshells.
Now, MTC favourite Neil Pigot − under the direction of his long-time friend and colleague Julian Meyrick − joins their virtuoso ranks in the Australian Premiere of THOM PAIN (based on nothing) by Oppenheimer Award-winning playwright Will Eno.
A finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, THOM PAIN (based on nothing) is a wry monologue in which an ordinary man, Thom Pain (Neil Pigot), muses on childhood, yearning, disappointment and loss. Cataloguing the eternal agonies of the human condition, Thom Pain draws his audience into his last-ditch plea for empathy and enlightenment.
THOM PAIN (based on nothing) premiered in 2004 at the Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland and then transferred to the Soho Theatre in London in September of that year. In Edinburgh, the play won the coveted Fringe First Award, the Herald Angel Award and was cited by The Guardian as the best play at the Fringe. Its subsequent American Premiere played to standing-room-only audiences off-Broadway for most of 2005.
Will Eno is a Helen Merrill Playwriting Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, an Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow and was awarded the first ever Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship by the Theatre Hall of Fame, for which he was nominated by Edward Albee.
Green Room Award-winner Neil Pigot has previously appeared with MTC in A Single Act, Dinner, Fred and Medea.
“One of those treasured nights in the theater … Run, don't walk. Four stars. Plus an extra … Eno is a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation … A small masterpiece” – The New York Times
“Magnificent. It should be seen” – The Financial Times
“A sublime piece of trickery” – Time Out New York
“Dazzling” – The Daily Telegraph
Melbourne Theatre Company presents
the Australian Premiere of
THOM PAIN (based on nothing)
by Will Eno
With Neil Pigot
Director: Julian Meyrick
Lighting Designer: Kerry Saxby
Venue: the beckett theatre | The CUB Malthouse
Previews: From 19 July 2007
Dates: 21 July 2007 - 11 August 2007
Times: Mon & Tue 6.30pm, Wed 1pm & 8pm, Thu & Fri 8pm, Sat 4pm & 8.30pm (21 Jul 2pm & 8pm)
Tickets: $16 - $41
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 136 166 or www.mtc.com.au
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