Queensland Theatre Company Presents THE WORKS July 2, July 3

Ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of a new play? Check out The Works - Queensland Theatre Company's annual program of play readings. See professional readings of Angela Betzien's The Dark Room or Matthew Ryan's Bull on July 2 and 3 at Bille Brown Studio.

Directed by Melanie Wild, one of the Company's 2010 Emerging Artists, Angela Betzien's The Dark Room is a haunting psychological thriller set at a run-down motel on the edge of a military town. Six unlikely characters converge - Anni, a government youth worker is accompanied by a withdrawn fourteen year-old girl, pregnant Emma awaits her husband, a drunken country cop and a teenage boy lurks on the perimeter of the motel, watching the man in room 6.

Directed by Michael Gow, Matthew Ryan's Bull is a comedic and bloodthirsty exploration of love, sex and invention based on Greek mythology. Daedalus is an out-of-favour inventor, and must solve King Minos' problem - his wife Queen Pasiphaë is in love with a bull. Solutions are thin on the ground and a mechanical animal may just be the answer King Minos is looking for...

Queensland Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Gow says "The Works started in 2000 and is just one of the ways the Company is committed to developing new Australian work and our Queensland artists. Since its inception many plays developed within The Works have been produced professionally across Australia, and actors, directors and dramaturges involved have also furthered their careers".

Cast: Kerith Atkinson, Jason Klarwein, Nick Newth, Bryan Probets, Belinda Raisin and Melanie Zanetti.

Venue: Studio 2, Queensland Theatre Company
78 Montague Rd South Brisbane
Dates: Bull Friday 2 July and The Dark Room Saturday 3 July
Times: 7.30pm
Tickets: $10
Bookings: QTIX 136 246 or www.qldtheatreco.com.au

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