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Powerful Emotion And Drama At Performing Arts Centre

Nominated for four Green Room Awards, the emotionally powerful work ‘Construction of the Human Heart’ by one of Australia’s most important playwrights,

By Latrobe City - 16th November 2007 - Back to News

Ross Mueller, is coming to the Latrobe Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday 27 November at 7pm.

Latrobe’s performing arts and venues coordinator, Kathleen Roberts, said that at the heart of the play is ‘The Couple’, known only as Him and Her.

"Their story is about loss and grief and the subsequent scrambling of time and reason that can occur. Flicking backwards and forwards between the memories, places and moments which make up a life, the Couple attempt to make sense of the loss of their son by building a fortress of words.

"Are we witnessing a rehearsed reading of a play? Or are we seeing their story played out in real time? The lines are blurred. Not all is as it seems," Ms Roberts said.

"This compelling and involving play is a rewarding production despite the subject matter. The play cleverly reveals the complexities of grief and its effects on both people and their relationships," Ms Roberts explained.

"Actors, Maria Theodorakis and Todd MacDonald, each give measured performances of extraordinary tension convincingly conveying the deeply emotional subject matter of the play.

"This is a play that avid theatre-goers will love and that occasional visitors will be compelled by," Ms Roberts concluded.

Maria Theodorakis trained in drama and dance at the Victorian College, Rusden (B.Ed.) and HB Studio NYC (USA) and has worked as a professional actor in film, television and theatre for over 15 years.

Todd MacDonald is an actor, director, producer and former artistic director of the influential Store Room Theatre in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Since graduating from NIDA in 1994 he has worked extensively in theatre, film and television, perhaps best known for his long running role on ‘The Secret Life of Us’.

‘Construction of the Human Heart’ features at the Latrobe Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday 27 November 2007 at 7pm. Tickets are available from the box office, telephone 5176 3559.

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