SEX OBJECT @ THE DEPOT THEATRE
Lynn Belvedere

SEX OBJECT @ THE DEPOT THEATRE

SEX OBJECT, Charlie Falkner (Ben), Andrew Hearle (Gustav), Grace Victoria (Kate), Charlotte Devenport (Ron).
SEX OBJECT, Charlie Falkner (Ben), Andrew Hearle (Gustav), Grace Victoria (Kate), Charlotte Devenport (Ron).     

Comedy great, Les Dawson famously said “My wife is a sex object. Every time I ask for sex, she objects.”

SEX OBJECT is an absolute joy, gloriously funny, quite wonderful, and is a highly entertaining brand new Australian comedy. SEX OBJECT is exactly and precisely all about her one reason why their six month fully sexual relationship has now evaporated into “My girlfriend is a sex object. Every time her boyfriend asks her for sex . . . she objects.” Beautifully directed by Michael Abercromby, with an excellent cast of four superb actors, each with perfect comedy timing.      

The play acknowledges the crisis that millennials are the frigid generation, because they are completely addicted to pornography, and that obsession with pornography is a relationship killer. Playwright Charlie Falkner has crafted 87 minutes of delicious comedy dialogue, about posturing millennials and their phones and their porno. A completely unexpected plot twist, was provided at just the right moment. However the quite superb twist at the end, makes this play very memorable. Constant laughter from the opening night audience, as many of the comedy one-liners were worded specifically for the millennial demographic (Generation Y). There also was an ample supply of comedy one-liners worded specifically for non-millennials.

Robert Stick (deceased) was a performance artist producing sexualised statues/images and sexualised installations. and became famous by masterminding “the orgy on the Sydney Harbour Bridge”. His two children, narcissist Gus (Gustav) overshadows and controls his spiritually-inclined sister Ron (Veronica), and both are alternative performance artists, and have decided to honour their famous father’s legacy, by converting their childhood home into a performance museum devoted to truth. To fund their expensive artistic lifestyles, Gustav (Andrew Hearle) works “in tech” and Veronica (Charlotte Devenport) excels as a bookseller working in Newtown at Elizabeth’s Bookshop.

Endearing over the top characters highlight the artistic lifestyle, narcissist Gus is insanely manic, and he is engaged to be married to Kate, who with each instantaneous mood change, easily reflecting her constantly fluid vocation, expertly provides a dozen completely different superficial personalities (reminded of the movie SYBIL).  Ron’s often crying boyfriend Ben (Charlie Falkner) initially with “unfinished business”, with his over-reliance on being permanently connected to social media via free wi-fi, is a pathetically inadequate emotional wreck, around which the thought-provoking comedy narrative unfolds, with many unexpected outcomes. Stage Manager, Madeleine McWilliam provides the important female voice-over of Lou, the often heard, but always unseen.

Each brand new independent Australian play at the Depot Theatre, provides a live theatre experience, that is unique and adventurous. SEX OBJECT is a thoroughly entertaining theatre night out, from 19 April to 29 April 2017.

https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=248035

http://thedepottheatre.com/sex-object

The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville, with on-site free car parking.

 

JackRabbit Theatre presents SEX OBJECT written by Charlie Falkner.

Directed by Michael Abercromby. Produced by Loredana Cross.
Starring Andrew Hearle (Gustav), Charlotte Devenport (Ron), Grace Victoria (Kate), Charlie Falkner (Ben).
All photos by Omnes Photography.

 

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -