A NIGHT OF DECEIT

A cycle of short plays and vignettes set in the 1940’s. Interspersed with musical numbers exploring deceit. We’re guided through the show by a compere perched at a piano.

A Kafkaesque farce sees two fraudsters compete for the title of greatest conman. In the end they’re duped by a woman.

Some two-bit criminals lie, seduce and cheat until one of them loses everything. That’s the way it had to be though, isn’t it?

A Beckettian play where three men wait. One gives up, one isn’t who they say they are, and one was right all along.

A denouement of a grisly mystery where the bad guy wins. Sort of.

A sex therapist and a client share the same problem. It all comes uncomfortably clear over lunch, a rubber penis, and poor, poor Colin.

Developed by a trio of playwrights, Elliott Cook, Georgina Gayler, and Iskandar إسكندر R. bin Sharazuddin. This work is something between a musical revue, a cabaret, and a collection of shorts.

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15 – 18 December 2010: Subiaco Arts Centre, Studio.
04 – 07 February 2012: Fringe World Festival.

Creative team

Subiaco Arts Centre Studio 2010

Written by:  Elliott Cook
  Georgina Gayler
  Iskandar إسكندر R. bin Sharazuddin
Music & Lyrics:  Asha Cluer
  Shiloh Blondel
Direction:  Iskandar إسكندر R. bin Sharazuddin
  Fern Nicholson
Musical Direction:  Asha Cluer
Choreography:  Para Isidro
Renae O’Neill
Production Design:  Amanda Ash
Costume Design:  Maevana Mitchell
Lighting Design:  Ben Ash
Graphic Design:  Cameron Pretsel
Images & Media:  Darian Bradara
  Wayne Nicholson

 

Fringe World Festival 2012

Written by:  Elliott Cook
  Georgina Gayler
  Iskandar إسكندر R. bin Sharazuddin
Music & Lyrics:  Timothy How
Direction:  Iskandar إسكندر R. bin Sharazuddin
  Ellen O’Connor
Musical Direction:  Bonnie Hughes
Timothy How
Production Design:  Amanda Ash
Lighting Design:  Ben Ash
Graphic Design:  Cameron Pretsel
Jeffrey Phillips
Images & Media:  Peter T. Clarke

Cast

Subiaco Arts Centre Studio 2010

Compere:  Asha Cluer
Pony / The Third Man / Colin:  Jake Jensen
Mr. Navy / Officer Dennison:  Timothy How
William Albridge / Mr. Beige:  Elliott Cook
Fielding/Samuel Dennard/Graham:  Iskandar إسكندر R. bin Sharazuddin
Insp. Fielding / Kat:  Shiloh Blondel
Victoria Keating:  Ruby Hall
Janice:  Josephine Causer
The Boss:  Rowan Mitchell

 

Fringe World Festival 2012

Claire Cassidy:  Bonnie Hughes
Pony / The Third Man / Colin:  Elliott Cook
Mr. Navy / Officer Dennison:  Timothy How
William Albridge / Mr. Beige:  Kym Bidstrup
Fielding/Samuel Dennard /Graham:  Nick Pages-Oliver
Insp. Fielding / Kat:  Cassandra Daly
Victoria Keating:  Ruby Hall
Janice:  Josephine Causer
The Boss:  Ian Greenwell

 

Special thanks: Cara Templeman, Luke Brennan, and Tara Valentine.

Reviews

“…woven together by a beguiling omniscient emcee […] the excellent cast and production are exemplary.” – Perth Now

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