A comedy that follows two men and two women as they stumble through the singles scene.
CAST: 2m 2f ( ages 20-35)
"I feel like I'm living in a war zone. Women are getting madder and men are
rushing off in droves to bonding
sessions. The whole
scene terrifies me!" says Jenny, the successful magazine editor who has
been hurt in relationships once too often. After a disastrous night at a party she finds herself in bed
with Nick, a teacher from Canberra, who has a penchant for 'conferencing' and
an intriguing aura of mystery.
At
the same party, her art student neighbour Fran pairs up with Robert , an
aspiring stand up comedian.
"Being male and thirty in the nineties is a
nightmare! Macho is retro, wimps
are self-destructing faster that the rebirth rate, and gay just isn't
everybody's scene" says Robert in his audition for a comedy spot in a
nightclub.
Table for One? follows these two separate
relationships over the course of a year, from their breakthroughs to their
breakdowns. The male shortage:
media myth or reality? What has
the sexual revolution really achieved?
His Pants For Her: a subversive marketing ploy designed to confuse and emasculate? Laugh, cry and angst with Jenny, Nick, Robert and Fran as they stumble through the
singles scene in this hilarious comedy about sexual politics.
" ... able to walk that fine line between funny and serious and it speaks to the
me generation. I give this one ten out of ten. It really got the audience laughing, in fact the applause was thunderous. Really punchy. I would recommend this play to anybody. "
Review by Tony Talbot, ABC RADIO.
Monologues from the play are published in
Masterclass: Monologues for Men and
Masterclass: Monologues for Women by Dean Carey (1995) Available from Currency Press, Australia.
Table For One? is available from Wonderland Productions.
Email: claire@wonderlandproductions.com.au
Cost: AU$25- (standard postage included)
