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The Temple

| Studio One, UNSW
| 18th - 22nd August, 2015
​| Written by Louis Nowra

| Directed by Michael Booker
| Produced by Rosie Niven
About the play
In a time when material gain and malevolent buffoonery shaped the political and economic landscape, much can be said of Australia in the eighties for Australia in 2015.

The Temple holds a mirror to the side of Australian culture we try to ignore, or deny, in the form of Laurie Blake; truck driver and butcher turned business entrepreneur. Blake’s takes a red-pill-right outlook on the world, where money is law, women are meat and friends are only potential enemies. Through brutality and deception he takes what he wants, unapologetic for the lives, businesses and economies he ruins along the way.

This production explores how privilege can distort our reality, allowing atrocities to be committed and questions the disparity between those figures we admire and those we allow to succeed. A gruesomely dark yet wickedly funny play from the writer of 'Cosi' and 'The Golden Age.'
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Cast:
Laurie Blake: Joe Knights
Brenda Blake: Lauren Bonner
Nick Albert: James Ong
Simon MacKenzie: Zac Bush
Lorna St John: Courtney Gray
Miranda Wilson: Gemma Clinch
Thomas Burchett/Freddie Arrow: Thomas David Dobson
Terry Burchett: Andrew Signor
Henry/Ed: Ciaran O'Riordan
Helen Blake/Jane: Claire Bird
Sir Reggie/Sir James/David Aslop: Michael Ackroyd
Crew:
Director: Michael Booker
Producer: Rosie Niven
Stage Manager: Jennifer Jackson
Publicity, Graphics, Photography and Videography: Joel Foffani
Lighting Design: Vanessa Gregoriou
Sound Design: Louise Reily
Costume Designer: Darya Karbovska
Technical Manager: Harry Thomas
Assistant Producer: Andrew Elstone

Assistant Director: Miriam Clarke
Assistant Stage Manager: Peter Arnott
Set Designer: Charlotte Goodsir / Chloe Burchmore
Choreography: Gemma Clinch
Prop Design: Michael Bruce
Set Construction: Jeremy Gallagher

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        • Whose Play Is It Anyway
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        • God of Carnage
        • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
        • The Real Inspector Hound
        • Sustaina-Ball
      • 2018 >
        • Coriolanus
        • Domestic 2018
        • NUTS In Residence
        • Short and Salty
        • This Old Man Comes Rolling Home
        • What is the Matter with Mary Jane?
        • Drunk Shakespeare
        • Life Without Me
        • Rumours
      • 2017 >
        • The Tempest
        • Punk Rock
        • Between Two Waves
        • Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi
        • Savages
        • The Addams Family
        • The Cocktail Party
        • Infidelity and Enlightenment
      • 2016 >
        • The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
        • Measure for Measure
        • War Crimes
        • Don's Party
        • A Little Night Music
        • The Pillowman
        • My Little Doll (The Farce)
      • 2015 >
        • The Lieutenant of Inishmore
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        • 12 Angry Men
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        • The Triple Bill Show
        • When The Rain Stops Falling
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