And is disability a get-out-of-gaol-free card?
Sydney’s Flight Path Theatre, including Canterbury actor Chloe Ho, teams up with Melbourne-based Divergent Theatre Collective next month to present the Sydney premiere of Mike Lew’s darkly funny hit play ‘Teenage Dick’. This hilarious contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s power-hungry Richard III, takes audiences into the hallways of a fictional high school in America – where malevolence lurks in the most unexpected place.
Meet student Richard ‘Dick’ Gloucester as he navigates his way through high school politics.
Richard has cerebral palsy and has been bullied his entire life.
His mission is to become high school president – will he be able to outwit his classmates or will charismatic Richard fall deeper into a web of greed, manipulation and deceit?
Our hero is faced with the hardest question of all: Is it better to be loved or feared?
Chloe says she can’t wait to share ’Teenage Dick’ with audiences.
“Whether your experience of high school was terrific or terrible, there will definitely be elements that the audience can relate to – there’s a lot of banter and witty humour, and the characters are all beautifully messy, raw, and human,” she said.
“The characters are not all that they seem and I think audiences may be in for a surprise…”
‘Teenage Dick’ runs from July 19 – August 5 at Flight Path Theatre, Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville.
Tickets, info: flightpaththeatre.org.
