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Wicked women, seductive sinners, vicious vixens - The Femme Fatale is depicted as a glamorous blonde with a gun in her hand. Set in the gritty slums of 1929, explore the lives and minds of the female criminal in this gripping piece of theatre. Shatter the fantasy and discover the reality... (Winner of People's Choice Award - Short + Sweet Melbourne, 2011)

WARNING! 18+ - Contains nudity, violence, gutter talk, sexual fetishism, sexual violence, adult themes, defamatiion, implications, paper cuts and one golden shower! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

SLICING AND DICING!!!!
“There’s a woman strapped up in a chair over there. Will you use a saw or cleaver? It might feel morally wrong, but it looks like you have to hack her head clean from her body. Don’t worry about the key. Try not to look at the Dark Man. Don’t read the itinerary. Just slice, and dice.”
 Slicing and Dicing!!!! is a blood soaked, brain spattered, tragic-comic farce of epic proportions about slavery, oppression, rebellion and great vegetarian lasagna.
Nov 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th & 30th.  Dec 1st, 2nd, 3rd.  All shows at 9pm


SNIPPETS FROM REVIEWS: (full reviews attached below)

"..the gargantuan, blood soaked, ambitious horror/absurdist/protest/comedy lets rip....this is all great fun...Peter Dunn's direction is spot on, all the cast warm to their tasks and the music and effects bring it all home...Peter Maddern - Krystoff

"Alan Grace's script is fantastically insane, evidence of a passion for experimental theatre and a bizarre imagination......Duende should be commended for producing great new work with young actors and taking risks because so few local companies do the same" - Marcel Blanch-de Wilt - Theatre People

 "There are also a wealth of strong performances from all of the actors in their respective roles and some great ensemble work in this exceptionally thought-provoking work.  We are lucky in Adelaide that we do get to see some new, experimental theatre such as this" - Barry Lenny - Glam Adelaide.

 "Do not see this production if you are easily offended - but if you like a challenge and extremely avant- garde theatre, then this is the production for you"..... Brian Godfrey - ATG

Applekam Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere of Comanche Club's The Housesitters at the Adelaide Fringe 2011.

The creative force behind Comanche Club is a passionate and dedicated group of recent school-leavers. With writing and direction from newcomer Alberto Di Troia, the stellar cast of young Adelaide talent includes Williiam Cox (winner of the 2008/2009 Curtain Call Award for Best Male Performance), Anna Bampton and Hudson Archer.

A black comedy about the miracle of a telephone line that unites two post-apocalyptic souls, presented by the award nominated local company Duende.

The Boxing Day Test - a time where a nation becomes one with the couch. So is the mantra of David and Patrick, brothers, housemates and cricket lovers.

It's a time of transition for the boys - Patrick is starting a new job in corporate law, which is convenient because David's latest enterprise isn't exactly legal, the lease on their share house is up and they're both struggling with women, well, just one actually.   If that wasn't enough,  this year has added significance as it marks the first anniversary of their mother's tragic death.   And then there's Dad. .........The boys share an uneasy peace with their controlling father, John, who seems to be doing his best to bring the family back together. But are his intentions completely altruistic? Patrick seems to think so, but why doesn't David? With all the nervous anticipation of the Test itself, this year's Boxing Day Test, is going to knock everyone for six.

This powerful piece of new Australian writing is being brought to South Australian audiences by Junglebean, whose previous successes include two seasons of Jim Cartwright's Two and Neil LaBute's Autobahn (named in the Top 5 Theatre Shows of 2009 - Db Magazine)

 Preview Thursday November 25 (Also FREE TIX night for Pensioners and Unemployed)

Opening Night Friday November 26.

Special Supporters shows Saturday November 27th and Wednesday December 1st - bookings for these shows only through:  renee_gentle@yahoo.com.au

Season continues Wed to Sat until December 11. All shows at 8pm

SNIPPETS FROM REVIEWS:  (full reviews attached below)

"Director and dramaturg Duncan Graham has taken the tightly written Michael Hill script and almost wrapped it in rubber bands, so perilously taut is the result.  Patrick Frost really nails (the father) with an utterly brilliant, chilling performance. This is the cream on top of a terrific production of a riveting new play. Under Graham's direction the characters walk an emotional tight rope, rising and dipping, making one smile and breaking one's heart. Tim Overton and Nic English are compelling - a muscular and high energy production....." Samela Harris - The Advertiser

"..What an extraordinary night of theatre I had last night....it ticks all the boxes; script, direction, performance and production......I predict it will be a great success........I only wish I was reviewing so I could tell the world!" - David Grybowski - erstwhile Db reviewer

"Local professional compay, Junglebean, is not waiting for December 26th to launch its latest production - a world premiere- of local playwright Michael hill's "Boxing Day Test"...directed with great imagination and drive by Duncan Gram...it features four local actors, some of the very best of our talented pool: Nic English, Tim Overton, Patrick Frost and Renee Gentle...the sparseness and developing squalor or the (by Tammy Boden) is alarmingly authentic....there is some very innovative lighting by....Ben Flett...."Boxing Day Test" should score quite a few sixes, even a Hat Trick or two - but no ducks, or 'no balls'...Take your sun-block though. Eskies can be re-stocked at the Bakehouse bar............"Richard Flynn - Adelaide Theatre Guide

"Director Duncan Graham gives this story of two brothers' family troubles, the tension it merits, while Nic English and Tim Overton...go full throttle through their emotional problems....completing this fine cast, Patrick Frost, never better, gives the boys' grumpy, authoritative, bigoted father a magnificently menacing Pintersque quality...the wonder is that this work has lain in Hill's drawer for years, when it should have been snapped up immediately........." John Ovenden - Hills Theatre Guide

"Boxing Day Test is a crafted portrait of four human and flawed characters, some more than most, and it is the final destination of each of these characters that truly creates the production. English is the standout...Frost is in fine form...yet this is a play that bleongs to its young cst. Overton and Gentle truly come into their characters as (they) are drawn into the conflict...playing around in the bleak, near squalor of Boden's simple, pared back and realistic set Flett's lighting design is tight...Boxing Day Test is a strong, new Australian work, from a young Australian company which deserves to be seen....." Jane Howard - Australian Stage On-Line

 "A run-a-minute production from one of Adelaide's most promising theatre companies.....Hill has created characters we can identify with and a conflict that needs to be resolved...Tammy Boden's deft design, Ben Flett's adaptable lighting.....complete a talented team effort...this is a quintesssentially Australian play that passes the test" - Matt Byrne - Sunday Mail

"For theatre that challenges and leaves you wanting more, five.point.one has excelled with "Osama the Hero". It's theatre that makes you seek answers to many questions,"  Michael Feast, Adelaide Theatre Guide
"Disturbing, beautiful and yet so simple" Ewart Shaw, Radio Adelaide
"a very talented ensemble" Matt Byrne, Sunday Mail
"If you want serious theatre that is entertaining then I strongly recommend Osama the Hero" Myk Mykyta, Radio Adelaide.

The South Australian Premiere of  "Osama the Hero"  is the story of Gary, an idealistic young man with an unusual view of the world.  Gary lives on a public housing estate where disturbing things are taking place. People’s bins are being blown up and their garden sheds burnt down. As angry residents begin to look for the culprit, their search leads them to the hapless young Gary.  Is he the urban terrorist wreaking havoc on the estate?

**** (Four Stars from the Advertiser) Reviews here

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If you were the last woman on earth, who would you choose for the last man? For poor Louise it’s not the gorgeous, intelligent man of her dreams. Instead, she is trapped with her rather unnerving work colleague Mark.  Louise (Hannah Norris) wakes to find herself with her work colleague, Mark, (Nick Pelomis) in his 1980s backyard nuclear bomb shelter. A terrorist ‘dirty bomb’ has gone off in central London and Mark has rescued Louise. Louise has no memory of the bomb going off at the pub where they were both drinking at the time or in fact how she got to the shelter.