gavin roach presents
written by sergio blanco, translated by daniel goldman
The Rage of Narcissus
14 - 24 AUGUST | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
The Rage of Narcissus
VENUE
written by sergio blanco, translated by daniel goldman
When writer Sergio arrives in Ljubljana to give a lecture on Narcissus, the first thing he does after checking into his hotel room is get on an app and look for someone to have sex with.
A few hours later, once Igor has come and gone, Sergio spots a dark brown stain on the floor. Looking closer, he sees that it's a blood stain. And looking around, he discovers more and more blood stains all over the room.
A metafictional narrative about obsession, ego, desire and the writer's psyche, The Rage of Narcissus Is a fascinating and disturbing journey into the darkness within us all.
“The drama has a lot to say about the nature of the self, the relationship between myth and reality, sexual desire and human destructiveness.” - britishtheatre.com
“The Rage of Narcissus is so layered, complex, and obsessed with questions of authorship that it felt totally possible that it could all be an elaborate death-of-the-author type fantasy.” - Exeunt Magazine
Explosives Factory
Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
90 Minutes
WARNINGS
Course Language, Violence, Haze, Sexual References
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
DATES + TIMES
Wednesday 14 August - 7:30pm
Thursday 15 August - 7:30pm
Friday 16 August - 7:30pm
Saturday 17 August - 7:30pm
Tuesday 20 August - 7:30pm
Wednesday 21 August - 7:30pm
Thursday 22 August - 7:30pm
Friday 23 August - 7:30pm
Saturday 24 August - 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
$45.00
CONCESSION*
$35.00
PREVIEW
$28.00
20 at $20**
$20.00
MOB TIX
$20.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
Our AT THEATRE WORKS program is for artists, companies or works that align with some but not all of our values as an organisation. We co-present these works with the independent artists and organisations. Works within this programming stream receive marketing support, technical support, free venue use and a generous box office split but largely we give them the keys and get out of their way.
CREDITS
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Gavin Roach
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Trinity Kindness
DRAMATURGE
Perri Cummings
SET DESIGNER
Fernando Ulloa
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Isabella ‘Iz’ Zettl
CAST
Ben Noble
MEET THE ARTIST -
Ben Noble
Ben is a queer disabled Naarm-based actor, writer, creative producer and teacher.
Ben received his Masters from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and studied at RADA (UK), Atlantic Theater Company Acting School (USA), Brave Studios & 16th Street Actors Studio (AUS).
Theatre highlights include: Playlist 21 (Red Stitch Actors Theatre) The Campaign (Gavin Roach), Doctor Faustus, Little Light (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), As You like It (Shakespeare’s Globe) Two Gentlemen of Verona (RADA), Bed & Breakfast, MEMBER, Raton Laveur, Something From Nothing, interrogation (Fairly Lucid Productions), Wind in the Willows (Australian Shakespeare Company), The Subtle Art of Falling (Tunks Productions) Scrooge (Stage West Canada), Phaedra’s Love (Abstract Chaos), One Last (SummerWorks).
Film & TV highlights: Underbelly (Screentime Australia), Quiz (Nobull Productions), BJ Fletcher Private Eye (Bee Charmer Productions), and yes he's from those AAMI ads.
As the writer, Ben received the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Playwrighting Award for MEMBER and St Martins Best Play Award (Short Trip - Winner, Pick A Card – 3rd Prize, Go, Fish - Finalist).
He also is the founder and co-creative producer of Fairly Lucid Productions.
Follow him at @bennobleofficial
