MKA BOUNTY to Play Northcote Town Hall

Placing Campbell Newman under the microscope in an absurdly epic tale of gladiators, hot tubs and bikies, MKA: Bounty plays Northcote Town Hall from Wednesday 16 - Saturday 26 September, 2015 as part of Darebin Arts' Melbourne Fringe Festival Season.

In Bounty, facing growing public hostility to his anti-bikie legislation, QLD Premier Campbell Newman decides to raise the stakes and pit the state's criminal gangs against each other like Roman gladiators in the 'Superjail Arena'. However, when Newman's daughters decide to put on the pink battle jumpsuits for themselves, the Premier and his wife Lisa find themselves caught up in a riptide of violence, sex, corruption, and piña coladas with little umbrellas in them.

Written by playwright Eric Gardiner, Bounty offers a searing insight into radicalisation, vice and moral panic in modern Australia. It explores the notion that Queensland only looks backwards so that the rest of Australia can pretend it is forward thinking.

Directed by Tom Gutteridge (former Artistic Director of Black Swan State Theatre Company and Union House Theatre), Bounty is an alternative political history of our Northern neighbours.

This epic, absurd collision between Queensland and Ancient Rome had been developed and produced by MKA - a company responsible for some of Melbourne's most confronting political theatre (The Economist, Richard II) and equally dark satires (Lucky). With Bounty, MKA make a bold claim for the importance of risk and provocation in our theatres - especially heightened in the current climate and debate around arts infrastructure.

#EPIC #ROME-WASN'T-BURNT-IN-A-DAY #CAMPBELLNEWMANSOUP

MKA: Bounty is presented by Darebin Arts' Speakeasy program of independent theatre, the home of cutting-edge performing arts north of the Yarra. Presenting a year-round program of new, exciting and dangerous theatre productions from around Australia, Speakeasy seeks to enliven the greater Melbourne area with world-class art and performances.

MKA: Bounty
Presented by Darebin Arts' Speakeasy as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival
Wednesday 16 - Saturday 26 September, 2015
7pm Monday to Saturday; 2pm Saturdays
Opening Night: 7pm Thursday 17 September, 2015
Northcote Town Hall, Studio One
189 High St, Northcote
Tickets from $20

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For tickets and more information darebinarts.com.au/speakeasy or call 9481 9500.

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