The Roaches & The Boot
Wednesday 22 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Thursday 23 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Friday 24 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Saturday 25 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Sunday 26 April from 6pm to 7:30pm Tuesday 28 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Wednesday 29 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Thursday 30 April from 7pm to 8:30pm Friday 1 May from 7pm to 8:30pm Saturday 2 May from 4pm to 5:30pm
Power, hunger and compassion under construction.
The Roaches & The Boot is an original and emphatically Australian Dark Comedy, set on a sketchy construction site in Sydney. Its story follows four distinctly disenfranchised characters as they clash, coalesce, erupt and betray over the course of a graveyard shift that takes an unprecedentedly drastic turn, when one of them decides to kick their social hierarchy in the teeth.
This bold new play witnesses downtrodden Australians scratching and clawing at one another for a sense of ownership over their own lives, in order to confront its audiences with the fact that selfish and animalistic people are a byproduct of hunger.
Ultimately urging us to employ compassion within an unforgiving economy, that relentlessly disempowers the already disadvantaged.
Presented by: Studio 5 Productions
Playwright – John Tsakiris
Directors– John Tsakiris & Megan Heferen
Producers - Claudia Elbourne & Megan Heferen
Assistant Producers -Ella Howe & John Tsakiris
Photographer / Videographer – Karla Elbourne
Stage Manager -Cris Chavez
Lighting Designer - Holly Nesbitt
Cast – Elyse Phelan, Holly Mazzola, John Tsakiris
Running time: 90 mins, incl interval
Recommended age: 15+
Social: @stud5productions
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