Lambert House Enterprises are proud to announce a gala rehearsed reading presentation of an Australian classic – for a special time of the year and to benefit a very special organisation!
This follows the sold out reading of this classic play last year, now returning in a larger theatre to support the Actors Benevolent Fund at a special time, when efforts from funds raised will be used to support actors and theatres that have had their buildings and homes destroyed by the recent floods.
Six of Australia’s leading actors, including some of its most exciting new talent, will feature – for one night only – in a presentation of Alan Seymour’s iconic The One Day of the Year – on Monday April 25 at the historic New Theatre, 542 King St Newtown at 7.30pm. And all proceeds benefit the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.
Seymour’s play has remained a relevant and powerful piece of theatre since its first controversial performance in 1960 by the Adelaide Theatre Group (when those involved received death threats!). The first professional season was in 1961 at the Palace Theatre in Sydney, when similar controversy (and threats) pursued it. It then travelled to London’s Theatre Royal where it was a critical and popular success. It received a major revival in London in 2015 with an all-Australian cast .
The play revolves around the Cook family and the tension created when firebrand son Hughie challenges his father Alf on his attitude toward Anzac Day. Hughie and his girlfriend Jan plan to document Anzac Day for the university newspaper, focusing on its traditional binge drinking. Moreover – for the first time in his life – Hughie refuses to attend the dawn service with his dad. When he watches the march on television at home with his mother, he is torn between outrage at the display and love for his father.
The reading will be presented by a mix of some of Australian theatre’s greatest established actors and most exciting emerging talents. Starring Valerie Bader as Dot, Elliott Weston as Alf and Anthony Phelan (reprising his much loved performance from last year as Wacka) and Madeleine Wighton returning to the role of Jan. Glug award-winning actor (“Best Performance by an Actor Under 25”) Isaac Broadbent is the narrator and exciting newcomer, fresh from graduating from VCA is Mitch Roberts as Hughie.
Lambert House Enterprises presents
Alan Seymour’s The One Day of the Year
Monday 25 April 7.30pm
New Theatre, 542 King St Newtown.
Tickets $40 / $35 conc. All proceeds to Actors’ Benevolent Fund
Limited seating. Book now! http://www.trybooking.com/BYMQZ.
