The Beast

From the genius that is Eddie Perfect, comes a cutting, modern day satire which tears our notions of morality to shreds with a hilarious rant on urban culture, organic lifestyles and infidelity.

After surviving a nasty near-death experience, a group of close friends wipe the slate clean and embrace a tree-change, living a sustainable life in the country. But nature isn’t always so welcoming, and when the friends are faced with the pressing task of killing a young cow, a chain reaction begins that will see them confront some ugly and shocking truths.

Helpmann Award winner Eddie Perfect has delivered Melbourne a devilish new work for MTC’s 2013 Zeitgeist production – a mystery play announced mid-way through the season which embodies MTC’s passion for presenting the freshest and most innovative work around.

Presented in association with Melbourne Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Travis Cotton

Virginia Gay

Sheridan Harbridge

Hamish Michael

Kate Mulvany

Hayden Spencer

Iain Sinclair

Director

Luke Ede

Set Designer

Esther Marie Hayes

Lighting Designer

David Franzke

Sound Designer

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Travis Cotton

Virginia Gay

Sheridan Harbridge

Hamish Michael

Kate Mulvany

Kate Mulvany OAM holds a Bachelor of Arts and honorary Doctorate of Letters from Curtin University, Western Australia. She is an award-winning actor, playwright, screenwriter, librettist and dramaturg. Kate’s acting roles include Antigone, Lady Macbeth, Cassius (in Julius Caesar), Dorine (in Tartuffe) and Richard of Gloucester (Richard III) for Bell Shakespeare, for which she won the 2017 Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play. She won again the following year for her performance in the one-person show, Every Brilliant Thing for Belvoir. Onscreen, Kate has most recently starred in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Foxtel’s The Twelve, and as Nazi-hunting nun Sister Harriet in the Amazon series Hunters, opposite Al Pacino. As a writer, Kate’s award-winning plays include The Seed, Medea (co-written with Anne-Louise Sarks), The Mares and adaptations of Craig Silvey’s Jasper Jones, Ruth Park’s The Harp in the South trilogy and Playing Beatie Bow.