ROOTED
BY ALEX BUZO
OCTOBER 2007 |EARL ARTS CENTRE, LAUNCESTON
Bentley has always been lucky. He won a chook at the pub once.
Gary’s a delightful raconteur and is in great demand as an after dinner speaker.
Diane goes off her brain. She’s going on surfari next week.
Sandy’s always on the move. It’s a mad whirl.
Richard’s got some incredibly tactile friends in the underground.
Bentley’s just won the doubles tennis with Gary, he’s hit the jackpot by marrying a top bird like Sandy, his new stereo set has got Richard’s tick of approval and the house warming party was a real turn. Yes, Bentley’s always been lucky. But now Simmo’s moved in with Bentley’s wife… in Bentley’s new home unit.
A classic piece of Australian ‘new wave’ theatre, the late Alex Buzo’s hilarious farce bitterly satirises those who wield power and root those without it.
Written by the late, great Alex Buzo, Rooted is a stylish, highly theatrical and wickedly funny piece of work which uses all the trappings of satire, farce, naturalism and absurdism.
“... a shinier Kingswood Country, with the 70s sets, the satirical rapid-fire repartee, and the story of sweet and foolish Bentley who gets rooted by his mates, and his missus as power corrupts and the nice guy gets screwed… a bloody good show for everyone except that poor bastard Bentley…” - Clara Murray, SAUCE
“Geoff Dobson, as the hapless Bentley, gave a finely tuned performance. The empathy he created on opening night was palpable… Jane Johnson, as his wife, was deliciously wicked and brought to the stage a cool and calculating detachment that was quite complete…a wickedly off-kilter piece of theatre. Mudlark may be new to Launceston but it possesses a wealth of experience...” - Marcus Bower, The Examiner
PLAYWRIGHT ALEX BUZO
DIRECTOR & DESIGNER STUART LOONE
LIGHTING DESIGN DARREN WILLMOTT
BENTLEY GEOFF DOBSON
SANDY JANE JOHNSON
GARY DAN SPEED
RICHARD CHEYNE MITCHELL
DIANE NICOLA PETT
PRODUCTION MANAGER STUART LOONE
TECHNICAL MANAGER DARREN WILLMOTT
STAGE MANAGER JANE BOWLES
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT CARRIE MCLEAN
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JANE JOHNSON
Image at top by Carrie McLean
BY ALEX BUZO
OCTOBER 2007 |EARL ARTS CENTRE, LAUNCESTON
Bentley has always been lucky. He won a chook at the pub once.
Gary’s a delightful raconteur and is in great demand as an after dinner speaker.
Diane goes off her brain. She’s going on surfari next week.
Sandy’s always on the move. It’s a mad whirl.
Richard’s got some incredibly tactile friends in the underground.
Bentley’s just won the doubles tennis with Gary, he’s hit the jackpot by marrying a top bird like Sandy, his new stereo set has got Richard’s tick of approval and the house warming party was a real turn. Yes, Bentley’s always been lucky. But now Simmo’s moved in with Bentley’s wife… in Bentley’s new home unit.
A classic piece of Australian ‘new wave’ theatre, the late Alex Buzo’s hilarious farce bitterly satirises those who wield power and root those without it.
Written by the late, great Alex Buzo, Rooted is a stylish, highly theatrical and wickedly funny piece of work which uses all the trappings of satire, farce, naturalism and absurdism.
“... a shinier Kingswood Country, with the 70s sets, the satirical rapid-fire repartee, and the story of sweet and foolish Bentley who gets rooted by his mates, and his missus as power corrupts and the nice guy gets screwed… a bloody good show for everyone except that poor bastard Bentley…” - Clara Murray, SAUCE
“Geoff Dobson, as the hapless Bentley, gave a finely tuned performance. The empathy he created on opening night was palpable… Jane Johnson, as his wife, was deliciously wicked and brought to the stage a cool and calculating detachment that was quite complete…a wickedly off-kilter piece of theatre. Mudlark may be new to Launceston but it possesses a wealth of experience...” - Marcus Bower, The Examiner
PLAYWRIGHT ALEX BUZO
DIRECTOR & DESIGNER STUART LOONE
LIGHTING DESIGN DARREN WILLMOTT
BENTLEY GEOFF DOBSON
SANDY JANE JOHNSON
GARY DAN SPEED
RICHARD CHEYNE MITCHELL
DIANE NICOLA PETT
PRODUCTION MANAGER STUART LOONE
TECHNICAL MANAGER DARREN WILLMOTT
STAGE MANAGER JANE BOWLES
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT CARRIE MCLEAN
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JANE JOHNSON
Image at top by Carrie McLean
