
theatre works, david tredinnick and adam browne present
by david tredinnick and adam browne
Bladderwrack

5 - 15 NOVEMBER | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
by david tredinnick and adam browne
In the chilldrippery of a sunken galleon, two ancient pirates dwell in extravagant misery: Saucy Jack and Bagfoot, their lives sustained by the ecosystem that has overtaken the bilge around them.
Thanks to the bile-green phosphorescent bladderwrack that thrives in the ship’s bowels, their air refuses to run out – and thanks to the eyeless, dark-adapted ghastlies that swim among those weeds, their food refuses to run out also.
So the men have existed for decades.
Although they might prefer otherwise, their lives are not without incident.
There are monsters and monstresses sharing the deeps with them -- a parasitic ventriloquist fish -- a living galleon which was once another type of ship, which was once another type of ship in turn -- swarming invertebrate horrors you can see only when your eyes are closed -- and more, each worse than the last.
In fact, as the audience will discover, they’re the worst of all things. But there’s something still worse to come: the unveiled memory of why they're down there at all...
Bladderwrack is exactly the comedy horror science-fiction pantomime pirate show with bits of opera you’ve been waiting for!
If it takes place in a small setting, it’s a big story -- so big that it has spilled alarmingly off the stage and into the realm of literature…
Now the bolder theatre goer might “enjoy” the dark insights afforded by the BOOK OF THE PLAY.
Including contributions from one of the leading pirate-journalists of the era, the book features the full script, copious illustrations, poetry, shanties, a scientific paper, and several additional stories -- all further illuminating the inky world in which you find yourself, alas!
For your delectation: bladderwrackplay.com.au
VENUE
Explosives Factory, Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
90 minutes
WARNINGS
No coarse language, nudity or sex, but lots of adult concepts.
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.

DATES + TIMES
Wednesday 5 November 7:30pm (Preview)
Thursday 6 November 7:30pm (Opening)
Friday 7 November 7:30pm
Saturday 8 November 7:30pm
Tuesday 11 November 7:30pm
Wednesday 12 November 7:30pm
Thursday 13 November 7:30pm
Friday 14 November 7:30pm
Saturday 15 November 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
$48.00
CONCESSION
$38.00
PREVIEW
$28.00
MOB TIX
$25.00

Shows in the WITH THEATRE WORKS stream align strongly our values and missions - these works we co-produce and co-present with independent artists and/or companies. Projects within this stream receive significant producing, marketing, PR and production support in addition to free use of the venue and a generous box office split.
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CREDITS
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
David Tredinnick
Adam Browne
PERFORMED BY
David Tredinnick
Samuel Thomas-Holland
Harriet Turner-Browne
Adam Browne
MEET THE ARTIST -
David Tredinnick and Adam Browne
David Tredinnick (Actor, Director, Writer): Tredinnick has created a bizarrely Beckettian collage out of quotations and almost-quotations from public figures ranging from PT Barnum to Marx: statements about empire and revolution jostle with domestic intrigues, fancies, poems and obscene malapropism. The language of high oratory or Romantic poetry is continually exploded by the decay and weakness of the body… Each phrase is buffed to a dark lustre. Everyone speaks as if they all wrote out their thoughts in a goose-quill before uttering them.
Adam Browne (Award-winning Writer): Adam Browne's debut novel is a wonderful reading experience. It is filled with rich, luscious prose--words to be savored, not consumed… Browne is to be commended for his adept use of language and his creative, tight storytelling.
