| Thrills! Chills! Mystery! | |||
Melbourne-based independent theatre company Baggage Productions’ latest show Thrills! Chills! Mystery! is a double-bill of one-act plays written by local playwrights Cerise de Gelder and Hayley Lawson-Smith. The two plays are different in style but both take a sharp-eyed look at the dark, stubborn self-interest under the surface of polite society. De Gelder’s Our Haunting Ghosts is a delicious black comedy of neighbourly jealousy, death and duplicity; while Lawson-Smith’s Absorption is an astutely observed social commentary on competitive parenting set within a horror/thriller framework. “It’s Housewives of Brighton meets Blair Witch,” jokes producer Bridgette Burton. Baggage, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, has a long history of producing original scripts and nurturing female writing talent. “Hayley and Cerise are masters of character and dialogue,” said Burton. “Their scripts are always so witty and shrewdly observed. We’re really proud to be presenting these two new plays – we think it’s some of their best work.” Our Haunting Ghosts and Absorption are playing as the double-bill Thrills! Chills! Mystery! at The MC Showroom, Prahran, from 17-27 July 2019.
Event detailsVenue: The MC Showroom, Level 1, 48 Clifton St, Prahran 7.30pm Tue-Sat 17-27 July; 3pm Sun 21 July
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