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A Better YouBy Mark C. Bourne | Directed by Fran Gordon
This is a story of a group of five very different women who meet every week at the local community hall. They spend their time organising jumble sales and fair days, and inviting guest speakers to their weekly meetings. The women are a rather mixed bunch, with their own concerns and very easily distracted. Things do not always go according to plan!
A Better You is playing at Stirling Theatre, Morris Place, Innaloo on 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 November 2012. All performances begin at 8pm, except Sunday matinees at 2pm. Tickets can be booked through Morris News on 9440 1040 or purchased at the door. Discounted group bookings are available.
La Cage Aux Folles (Musical)
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by Harvey Fierstein | Lyrics and music by
Jerry Herman Georges and his lover Albin, who stars as Zaza at their St.
Tropez drag nightclub "La Cage aux Folles," have lived happily together for many
years. Their apartment is also home to their "maid" Jacob. Georges' son
Jean-Michel arrives with the news that he is engaged to Anne Dindon.
Unfortunately, her father is head of the "Tradition, Family and Morality Party,"
whose stated goal is to close the local drag clubs. Anne's parents want to meet
their daughter's future in-laws. Jean-Michel pleads with Albin to absent himself
(and his flamboyantly gay behaviours) for the visit. He will invite Sybil (his
mother) to dinner in Albin's stead. Albin's feelings are hurt. At the
restaurant, the owner asks Albin for a song. As Zaza, Albin
yields to the frenzy of performance and tears off his wig at the song's climax,
revealing his true identity. Back at the apartment, the Dindons plead with their
daughter to abandon her fiancé, but she is in love with Jean-Michel and refuses
to leave him. Jean- Michel, deeply ashamed of the way he has treated Albin, asks his forgiveness. The Dindons prepare to depart, but their way is blocked by the press, ready to photograph these notorious anti-homosexual activists with Zaza. Georges and Albin have a proposal: If Anne and Jean-Michel may marry, Georges will help the Dindons escape through La Cage aux Folles next door. The Dindons do so, dressed in drag as members of the nightclub's revue, and all ends well. Season runs 2 March to 17 March 2011
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