Tag Archives: Mongrel

[...] the question is not what brings people together, but what keeps them together? What stops either person from walking away. If they are trapped, how will they attempt to escape? A simple question and a simple investigation by Burns who traverses more of the political and social concerns of society, gender and generational relationships than one could guess in this 40 minute offering.

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Serio adds a grace and a coarse vulnerability to David. He’s scary, pathetic, lovable all at once – and that’s not an easy trio to achieve or wrangle. It is the final moments of the play which are throat-chokingly real and make the preceding 30 minutes make sense – we watch the captor break. We watch as David is broken by a hug. Sincerely broken – and it is one of the most profound moments I have experienced this Fringe Festival.

Read more here.

Catch up on our interview last Saturday with 2ser’s Stages, right here.

Alana, directing:

Jen and Terry:

Check out Terry’s website here.

Jenna, Terry and Carolyn will be interviewed on 2ser radio at 11.30 tomorrow (10/09/11).  Tune in at 107.3 or listen to the live stream.

Head over to (small)LUST.com to read a brief article on our new play by the lovely Zoe Ferguson.

Tickets available now.  Starring Terry Serio and Jenna Martin, Mongrel is a black comedy from Carolyn Burns, the author of last year’s fringe hit Careers for Attractive Ladies.  See more rehearsal photos here.

Terry Serio fronted his first band, The Elks, in the late Seventies. He has since scored leading roles in many film, stage and TV shows, including Running On Empty, Shout!, Hair and Keating The Musical for which he won a Helpmann Award – Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.
Terry has just finished playing the role of Shamrayev in The Seagull at Belvoir Theatre. You can catch Terry every Wednesday morning at 10 am on FBi radio’s Stagefright with Stephen Ferris – 94.5 FM

Directed by Alana Hicks (Boxed) and written by Carolyn Burns (Careers for Attractive Ladies), our new play, Mongrel, will premiere at the Newtown Theatre as part of the 2011 the Sydney Fringe Festival.

Media enquires to Jenna Martin – jenna.1984 (at) hotmail.com