Jack Hibberd is one of the legends of Australian Theatre.
A writer of over 40 plays – his immortal works from the late ’60s and 1970s set in train the tidal wave of Australian Drama that continues to this day.
Plays like Dimboola (a hugely popular hit that inaugurated the dinner theatre movement), A Stretch of the Imagination (one of the benchmark monodramas of our theatre; an Everest scaled by our best actors including Max Gillies, Peter Cummins and John Wood – a play that has the distinction of being the first Australian theatrical work to be staged in China while enjoying productions worldwide) and A Toast to Melba (one of a number of popular plays, including The Les Darcy Show, which celebrates and examine mythic Australian figures.)
Jack has backed up these milestones with a prolific writing output including stage adaptations of Gogol, Maupassant and Tolstoy; three novels; three volumes of poetry (Sweet River – the latest – has just been released) and several forays into musical theatre with his collaborators George Dreyfus and Martin Friedel.
Killing Time is a new play by this great writer. It contains the usual volatile and entertaining Hibberd cocktail – verbal fireworks, slapstick, power plays, sharp-edged character drawing and mercurial moves between comedy and tragedy.
It dips its lid to Beckett, Pinter and Brecht while being uniquely Hibberd.
It is presented by two esteemed veterans of Melbourne theatre – Jim Daly and Don Bridges, directed by Green Room award winner Denis Moore, designed by one of the Renaissance figures of our theatre Greg Carroll, and illuminated by Jason Bouviard.
Don’t miss the latest from this legendary writer now thundering into his 9th decade.
SEASON 9th – 21st May, 2023
TIMES Tue 9th May (prev) 6.30 pm
Wed: 6.30 pm
Thu – Sat: 7.30 pm
Sun: 4 pm
VENUE La Mama Courthouse
349 Drummond St,
Carlton VIC 3053
LENGTH Approx. 60 minutes
TICKETS $30 Adult | $20 Conc
Prev $20.00 | Mob $8.00
BOOKINGS 03 9347 6948
ANNOUNCING A NEW PLAY BY ONE OF THE LEGENDS OF AUSTRALIAN THEATRE
la mama presents killing time by jack hibberd
image by Darren Gill
