CLOSER by Patrick Marber
Powderkeg Players proudly presents Closer by Patrick Marber, hitting the stage this September
A quartet of strangers meet, fall in love, and become caught up in a web of sexual desire 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.
Closer is a play which views love and sex like politics: its 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.
Set in contemporary London, Closer follows the intertwining lives of four characters—Dan, Alice, Anna, and Larry whose paths cross and re-cross as they navigate the complexities of love, lust, and deception. ‘Closer’ takes a cynical and painfully accurate look at relationships. Both romantic comedy and brutal analysis of modern love, it is a play about the kindness of strangers and the cruelty of desire.
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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