The Butcher, The Baker

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You want to be a butcher? You’ve got to love a butcher

The Butcher, The Baker... project was originally inspired by my experiences of living with a group of women on Amazon Acres deep in the New South Wales bush in the 1970s: “No men, no meat, no machines”.

A tale with a twist, The Butcher, The Baker... is a story of a woman who in an effort to probe the mystery of a man she is obsessed with but cannot get close to disguises herself as a male. But the plan misfires and she is left with more than a sting in her tail!!!

 

Note: Book here for performances 5-8 February during Midsumma Festival.

Season continues after Midsumma Festival. For extra shows 11-15 February, book directly via Theatre Works.

"Cabaret at its best!"
— Jonathan Marshall, Inpress
"Fantastically haunting cabaret music of the Weimar period... . Keen powers of observations... seething, seamy eroticism."
— Geoffrey Milne, ABC Radio
"The songs are the stand-out element, the music has an urgency to it that is alluring and the lyrics are rich in imagery"
— Fiona Scott-Norman, The Age
"A deft mixture: poetic monologue, some excellent dialogue and nifty, moody songs... well-structured and crafted and always with a wacky European edge to its delivery"
— Steven Carroll, The Age

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Dates & Times

PREVIEW Wed 5 Feb 7:30pm
WHEN 5-15 Feb | Wed-Sat 7:30pm
DURATION 1hr15min

Tickets

PREVIEW $25.00
FULL $35.00
CONC $30.00
COMPANION FREE - please email [email protected] to arrange

Location

Theatre Works: Explosives Factory

67 Inkerman St, St Kilda

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Tram

3/3a, 67 to stop 34 (Inkerman St/St Kilda Rd)

Event notes

WARNING

Depictions of violence

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