Brighter Whiter/The Gift

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Event Brighter Whiter/The Gift
Venue Workers Club, Fitzroy, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne International Comedy Festival
First Date 30 March 2011
Opening Date 30 March 2011
Last Date 10 April 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Two new short plays in the tradition of the absurdist comedy.

The Gift: When a new call centre employee displays an uncanny knack for making sales, the staff recognise in him ?the gift? to sell anything. All try and take personal advantage of this in their own way, but all is not as it seems.

Brighter Whiter: follows the fate of two young men who work in the basement mail room of an ad agency. These wannabe creatives open the mail they?re supposed to sort and steal ideas to aid their careers. This quest to find a big idea takes precedence over their daily work and soon the mail
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Short Play
Absurdist
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elliot Cyngle Actor
James Deeth Actor
Genevieve Giuffre Actor
Sarah Hamilton Actor
Laura Hill Actor
Soren Jensen Actor
Heidi Valkenburg Actor
Jason Cavanagh Director
Iris Gaillard Director
Anthony Noack Writer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Melbourne Comedy Festival Guide
Event Identifier 97423
Dataset AusStage