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  • 29 August - 3 October
  • Running time: 1 hour 30 mins (no interval)
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‘God of Carnage is a hilarious satire riddled with belly laughs’ - Herald Sun

Pamela Rabe

God of Carnage

by Yasmina Reza translated, by Christopher Hampton
  • ‘This play is a riot. Your face will ache from laughing.’ - Herald Sun

    ‘wildly entertaining… slick and inventive’ - The Age


    The other day in the neighbourhood park, little Ferdinand whacked his playmate Bruno with a stick, breaking two teeth. So it is important that the parents of the boys set the right example and sit down to discuss the matter calmly and reasonably. After all, nothing will be gained by behaving like children...

    Human nature, red in tooth and claw. Yasmina Reza, the writer who drew maximum laughs from Minimalist art in Art, uses her corrosive wit to strip away the thin veneer of civilization.

    Presented by arrangement with David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers


    Photography: Earl Carter

  • Cast
    Natasha Herbert
    Geoff Morrell
    Pamela Rabe
    Hugo Weaving

    Creative
    Director - Peter Evans
    Set Designer - Dale Ferguson
    LX Designer - Matt Scott
    Sound Designer/Composer - Kelly Ryall

  • Provocateur par excellence

    'Everywhere it goes, God of Carnage, by French writer Yasmina Reza, is packing them in and it is likely to do the same in Australia when it opens in four cities this year.' - Rosemary Sorensen. To read the full article click here.

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