$55 Adults / $45 Concession
$50 Groups (4+)
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Special Performances
- Preview: July 18, 6:30pm,
July 19, 6:30pm - Opening Night: July 20, 7:30pm
Runtime
150 Minutes
Warnings
Contains adult themes, coarse language, instances of derogatory language, sexual scenes and references, implied drug use, use of stage blood, theatrical haze / smoke, and flashing / strobe-like lighting effects.
Accessibility
Why Play by the Rules When You Don’t Believe in the Game?
Presented by La Boite Theatre
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.”
Corruption, hypocrisy, blackmail. Just another day in Canberra, the cold-blooded political heartland of Australia.
An Ideal Husband is award-winning playwright Lewis Treston’s hilarious makeover of Oscar Wilde’s effervescent social satire that for all its melodrama and farce, offers poignant insight into human frailty.
Set in 1996, this adaptation asks why Australian politics constantly fails to keep up with the people it is supposed to represent.
Treston combines Wilde’s unmistakable style with a heavy dose of ‘90s nostalgia, mirroring romcoms of the era such as My Best Friend’s Wedding and Never Been Kissed.
This wild reworking of Wilde’s An Ideal Husband will not only appeal to political diehards and ‘90s tragics, but to anyone curious about how change occurs.
An Ideal Husband plays La Boite from 18 July – 6 August.
Runtime 150 minutes (inc 20 minutes interval)
La Boite Theatre – it's high-performance performance.
Cast
Will Carseldine
Billy Fogarty
Emily Burton
Christen O’Leary
Patrick Jhanur
Hsiao-Ling Tang
Kevin Spink
Kevin Hides
Understudies
Anthony Standish
Sarah Ogden
Emily Liu
Creatives
Playwright Lewis Treston, Director Bridget Boyle, Set and Costume Designer Chloe Greaves, Lighting Designer Jason Glenwright , Sound Designer Guy Webster , AV Designer Justin Harrison , Choreographer Neridah Waters, Fight and Intimacy Coordinator Nigel Poulton, Dramaturgical Consultant Saffron Benner and Assistant Creative Nevin Howell
#Reviews
Fantastic stuff. Miss it at your peril.
The AU Review
In short, a theatrical feast.
Broadway World
... saucy, tantalising, scintillating and fresh.
Scenestr
... a funny and light-hearted examination of principles, power and political corruption.
Limelight
... a wickedly funny show ...
The Blurb
... a hilarious fresh take on Oscar Wilde’s work with unique Australian flair.
4ZZZ
... a riotous celebration of the frenzied, terrifying and influential world of Australian politics
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