Unseen Theatre Company presents Sir Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment, adapted by Stephen Briggs and directed by Pamela Munt. Featuring the usual cast of thousands women of the world unite!
This is a call to arms that will have you laughing your socks off!
John Knox (well known Protestant Reformer of the 16th Century) is turning in his grave! His view that women are "weak, pale, impatient, feeble, foolish, inconstant, variable, cruel and lacking the spirit of counsel and regiment" is about to be exposed for exactly what it is - MONSTROUS!
It may have taken five centuries since Knox wrote his essay entitled "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women", as well as the enormous satirical wit of Sir Terry Pratchett, for Unseen Theatre Company to blow its own first blast of the trumpet, but here we are, ready to do battle with our own Monstrous Regiment, led by - you guessed it - a girl!
Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers is easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape takes more time......but nothing is going to stop her enlisting in the Borogravian Army to search for her lost brother. The fact that there's a war on and their side's coming off worse doesn't scare her. Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training. All that the bunch of new recruits has on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army, a vampire with a lust for coffee, a troll, an Igor, and a readiness to fight dirty.
As they take the war to to the heart of the enemy, they will need all the resources of the Monstrous Regiment.
Season details:
PREVIEW NIGHT AND FREE TIX (for holders of Health Care Cards) FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17
OPENING NIGHT SEPTEMBER 18
Season continues Wed to Sat until October 2.
All shows at 8pm
Playing at the Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide
Tickets: Adults $18/Concession $15/Fringe Benefits $14/Friends of Unseen $14/Groups (10+) $14/
Bookings can be made via the website, by email Pamela Munt or phone 82270505
Unseen Theatre Company and The Bakehouse Theatre are proudly supported by Australian Audio and Lighting Technology (AALT) 8373 4222
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