The Norman Mailer Anecdote
3 – 18 May 2024
Diane Cilento Studio, Queensland Theatre, South Brisbane
Queensland Theatre’s inaugural DOOR 3 program kicks off with a blistering legal drama that exposes the Australian public’s insatiable appetite for high-profile assault cases.
Helen is poised to finally make equity partner at her law firm — that is, until her husband Marshall, a career novelist, drops a bombshell: he has been accused of an historical sexual assault. Over one night of heavy drinking they will attempt to make sense of an uncertain past and even less certain future. Our public fascination with high-profile assault cases is scrutinized in this legal drama that explodes out of Brisbane’s upper middle class.
The Norman Mailer Anecdote is directed by Julian Curtis, returning from Hollywood for his stage directorial debut, and the cast includes well-known Brisbane actors Christopher Somers (Elvis, The Water Diviner, The Bureau of Magical Things and Sweet Tooth) and Zoe Houghton (Upright, Joe v Carole, Wanted) alongside fresh NIDA graduate Hattie Clegg Robinson, making her professional stage debut.
Written by local BAFTA and EMMY award-winning screenwriter Anthony Mullins and produced by local company Big Scary Animal, The Norman Mailer Anecdote is set amongst Brisbane’s upper middle class and spins on questions of reimagined realities and the lies we convince ourselves are true.
For ticketing and further information, visit the Queensland Theatre website
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