From within a community shaped by circumstance—a play about madness, illusion, sanity…and theatre!
Cosi
By Louis Nowra
By arrangement with HLA Management
Directed by Jim McMullen
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Preview – 20 November 8pm
Season – 21 November – 13 December – Thursday to Saturday 8pm
Matinees – 29 November, 6 and 13 December 2pm
Twilight – 30 November and 7 December 5pm
Directors Workshop/Q&A – TBA
Advertised ticket prices - Adult $33, Conc $27 and preview/Matinee/Twilight $25, group ticket prices for numbers 10+ with $2 off each ticket
There is much in Cosi that is honest and revealing about relationships and the pains and struggles of life, and how painful realities can burden us to the point where our ability to function is impaired.
Working in a mental institution, Lewis, a young director, takes on the task of mounting a production of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, with the patients who live there-to be performed in a burnt-out theatre while protests against war are being staged outside.
As his life is touched by these extraordinary people and the operatic production lurches forward, we learn, along with Lewis, that when chasing your dreams it helps to be a little crazy.
On one level, Cosi is a poignant look at life through the eyes of patients at a mental institution. On another, it’s an hilarious take on the madness of creative endeavour and the chaotic terror of getting up there and making a fool of yourself.
Performance rights for COSI exclusively licensed by HLA Management Pty Ltd, PO Box 1536 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 (hla@hlamgt.com.au)
