THE ISHMAEL CLUB
Event Date: 09/07/2015, 09:00 pm
Love, Art, Politics and War
bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company presents the Sydney premiere of The Ishmael Club
- part of the ‘late nights’ season at the Old Fitz Theatre in Woolloomooloo.
They called themselves the Ishmael Club. Outsiders. Bohemians.
They were avant-garde before it was cool, and they listened to music you've never heard of.
In the heart of Melbourne, fuelled by red wine, garlic and the possibilities of art, they held court
on topics ranging from 'the price of beer in China to the future of the soul'.
This is the story of artists Norman Lindsay, Will Dyson, and Ruby Lind.
Friends, rivals, political satirists, and above all else: artists.
Told by the woman who witnessed them as they were drawn across the streets of Melbourne,
to the strikes of London and the trenches of a Great War.
The Ishmael Club is a study in the nature of friendship and the mind of the artist,
the cost of war, and an Australia long past but lingering still.
The play, by Melbourne couple Bill Garner and Sue Gore, had a hugely successful run in 2003 in Melbourne with a cast featuring
Asher Keddie, Robert Menzies and Brett Climo, transferring to the Malthouse in 2004 and winning four Green Room nominations.
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The Old Fitz Theatre,
Woolloomooloo New South Wales,2011
The Old Fitz Theatre,
Woolloomooloo New South Wales,2011
Contact Information:
Website URL: www.oldfitztheatre.com


