THE MAINTENANCE ROOM
Edward stands with a homeless man on top of a ledge. Do they plunge six stories to their death, or stand back and embrace the despair?
Welcome to The Maintenance Room, a thrilling new play from award-winning playwright Gerry Greenland that doesn’t back away from life’s more evocative questions.
A two-man play ruminating life’s mysteries may sound like Waiting for Godot, but an existential crisis isn’t all that’s going on says director and designer Allan Walpole.
“Working with the actors and finding the right balance between light and shade has been one of our greatest challenges,” he says.
“The play is funny, but it’s also dark and unafraid of exposing the foibles of human experience.”
The set has a drop, but can the actors convince the audience they’re six stories high?
“I hope so,” Walpole laughs.
Kim Knuckey and Lynden Jones bring a wealth of film and theatrical experience to the table. Jones is best known for his role in the Australian cult classic Two Hands, while Knuckey recently appeared as a black-hatted senator in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.
The Maintenance Room is a play that leaps into comedy, darkness and all the spaces between (RG).
Nov 7-30, King Street Theatre, King St & Bray St, Newtown, $25-30, kingstreettheatre.com.au
BY RHYS GARD
