CLOSER by Patrick Marber
Powderkeg Players proudly presents Closer by Patrick Marber, hitting the stage this September
In the heart of late-nineties London, a quartet of strangers are drawn together by chance, passion and temptation. As relationships shift and loyalties are tested, a tangled web of love and deceit transforms into a dangerous game where desire and deception blur the lines between intimacy and betrayal. Alice is so authentically herself. Larry is incapable of vulnerability. Dan uses other people’s flaws to distract from his own, and Anna is set on contorting herself into everyone else’s idea of who she should be.
Patrick Marber’s Closer is a provocative, witty and emotionally devastating play that views love and sex like politics: it’s not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. A brilliant exploration into the brutal anatomy of modern romance and the painful truths we hide from those we love.
This is the home of Sunshine Community Theatre Inc,
Known as the Powderkeg Players.
We live in 171 William St. St. Albans 3021, Victoria, Australia.
Establish in 1971 originally as the Deer Park Drama Group, the company moved to the former site of the nearby explosives factory in 1975 and took up the name Powderkeg Players. After officially changing name to Sunshine Community Theatre in 1987, the company moved to North Sunshine in 2001, spending twenty wonderful years at Dempster Park Hall.
In 2018, the company formally adopted the ‘Powderkeg Players’ name again, recognising our history with the local area. Then, with the help of the Brimbank City Council, in 2024 the company relocated to the St. Albans Senior Citizens centre.
Powderkeg Players aims to stage one family shows per year (a pantomime with kids) and one or two grown up plays, ranging from comedy, to romance, thrillers and thought provoking pieces. Member are locals from the community who enjoy coming together to stage amateur theatre shows.
The committee of management meet once at month on Monday nights at 7.30pm at the the Senior Citizens Centre in St. Albans, all are welcome to attend.
Powderkeg Players is a proud member of the Victorian Drama League.
For more information, email powderkegplayers@gmail.com or call 0407 802 165
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