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Barracking for the Umpire by Andrea Gibbs
 

BLACK SWAN STATE THEATRE OF WA PRESENTS
BARRACKING FOR THE UMPIRE
BY ANDREA GIBBS
23 April - 5 May 2024
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After a best on ground performance in 2022, Barracking for the Umpire returns for an encore Perth season before hitting the road on a regional WA tour.

This family drama tackles head-on the fragility of the human body and the impacts of the great game on our players, our family, and our community.

Donnybrook Football Club is set to honour its greatest son – Doug Williams.

Hard as flint. Salt of the earth.

Wife, Delveen, by his side, riding every bump with him. Feeling every head knock.

All the kids are flying home to join the celebration.

But after years of the game he loves, the sure hands of Williams are starting to fumble the ball.

****1/2
" A Production that brings footy back to Subiaco...highly entertaining yet heartbreaking" The West Australian

DIRECTOR Clare Watson
CAST: Michael Abercromby, Pippa Grandison, Joel Jackson, Steve Le Marquand, Ebony McGuire, Jo Morris, Ian Wilkes
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER Sara Chirichilli
LIGHTING DESIGNER Lucy Birkinshaw
COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER Joe Paradise Lui
VIDEO DESIGNER Michael Carmody
DRAMATURG Polly Low

Content Warning: Dementia, amnesia, partial nudity, sexual references, fog and coarse language.

 

Event details

Venue: SUBIACO ARTS CENTRE 180 Hamersley Rd, Subiaco
Bookings: https://blackswantheatre.com.au/season-2024/barracking-for-the-umpire
Start Date: Saturday 04 May 2024

2024 Season trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EepEBsdK2Os

 

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