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The Flick
 

Outhouse Theatre Co and Seymour Centre present

The Flick

By Annie Baker

 

A part of the 2018 Seymour Season

“Hilarious and ineffably touching... This lovingly observed play will sink deep into your consciousness.”

New York Times

Outhouse Theatre Co (DRY LAND- 5 X Sydney Theatre Award Nominations) and Seymour Centre will present the Sydney premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning smash hit, THE FLICK by Annie Baker. 

Annie Baker is one of the most visionary voices of her generation. Following their acclaimed collaboration on The Aliens (Old Fitz), Outhouse Theatre Co will reunite with Baker and director, Craig Baldwin, for the long-awaited Sydney premiere of a work that has made a huge impact in New York and London.

In a run-down Massachusetts movie theatre, three underpaid employees bond over film trivia, cleaning techniques and minor embezzling. The movies showing are no match for the tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks that play out in the empty aisles. With humanity and humour, The Flick builds into a heartfelt cry for authentic connection in a fast-changing world.

Winner of a slew of major awards, including The Pulitzer Prize for Drama and an Obie for Playwriting, The Flick has helped establish Baker as one of the most exciting writers working today. When the play premiered at The National Theatre in London, a spokesperson said, “It’s unprecedented for a work by a writer new to the NT to sell out so quickly.” 

“Funny, heartbreaking, sly and unblinking. The Flick may be the best argument anyone has made yet for the continued necessity and profound uniqueness of theater.”  

New York Magazine

 THE FLICK will star Mia Lethbridge (Ensemble's Barefoot In The Park, Ch 7’s A Place to Call Home, ABC’s The Slap) Jeremy Waters (4 Minutes 12 Seconds, Sydney Theatre Award Nominee –The Aliens and Jerusalem), Matt Cheetham (New Theatre’s Birdland, Red Line Productions’ Kayak) and introducing Justin Amankwah.

THE FLICK   

DATES: 5th to 21st April, 2018   

TIMES: Tuesday to Friday 7pm, Saturdays 2pm and 7pm

BOOKINGS: https://www.seymourcentre.com/events/event/the-flick/

 or (02) 9351 7940

TICKETS: Adults $42 / Concession $35 / Previews $30

 

Event details

Venue: Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre, City Rd & Cleveland St, Chippendale
Bookings: https://www.seymourcentre.com/events/event/the-flick/  or (02) 9351 7940
Start Date: Saturday 21 April 2018

 

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