The Pitch

A play for one actor written and performed by Peter Houghton
Directed by Anne Browning

Running time 75 minutes

THE PITCH premiered at La Mama Theatre Melbourne In 2006 where it sold out and garnered rave reviews. It was subsequently produced by Malthouse Theatre as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival where it extended its season and sold out. THE PITCH received VICTORIAN GREEN ROOM AWARDS for BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN PLAY and BEST ACTOR. It is booked for more than 200 performances in 2007/8 including a national Australian tour and UK season at The Assembly Rooms Edinburgh.

This solo tour de force is dominated by a cast of thousands – including Clint Eastwood, Russell Crowe, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones, Chris Tucker, Robert De Niro and Sean Connery – who glitter through a range of exotic locations – India, Iraq, Paris, London and Hong Kong. Houghton performs with uncanny precision in a cliché ridden, panic-stricken, last-minute re-writing fiasco that vividly strips bare the business of show-business... Hollywood style.

THE CHINA INCIDENT

A play for one actress, performed by Anne Browning
Written and directed by Peter Houghton

THE CHINA INCIDENT will premiere at La Mama in July 2007

Bea Pontifec is the advisor to an African dictator. She’s also got a man inside the UN and is advising the US president on ways of getting leverage at the five party talks with North Korea. Her daughter is planning her wedding, her ex-husband is causing trouble and her son’s just been arrested...

This mother of all jugglers is about to cause THE CHINA INCIDENT. A comedy of geopolitical proportions!

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