Peacock Theatre, Aug 4 – 14, 7.30pm: The Merchant of Venice

LOUD MOUTH
THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENT

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY!
AUGUST 4 – 14
PEACOCK THEATRE

THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS
DIRECTOR
Maeve Mhairi Macgregor

CAST
Sara Pensalfini as Shylock

With Emesha Rudolph, Robert Maxwell, Martin Spurway-Smith, Jared Goldsmith, Jessica Davies, Connor Carthy, Katherine Tucker, Jane Hamilton-Foster, Paul Levett, Eri Konishi, Rob Braslin, Kallista Adkins and Victoria Bremner.

THE GIST
Bassanio goes to his best friend for a loan to finance his wooing of the beautiful Portia, an heiress worth her weight in gold. With all his capital tied up in sea trade, Antonio contracts himself to the userer and Jew, Shylock: for three thousand ducats or a pound of flesh, due in three months.

As Antonio’s ships sink, Bassanio woos his lady, and Shylock is tested to her limits, the powers of love and money and the unending cycles of finance and violence will be interrogated in this production of one of
Shakespeare’s most confronting plays.

THE QUOTABLE QUOTES FROM DIRECTOR MAEVE MHAIRI MACGREGOR

“Sometimes, I look at a record of works performed over and over again, and I think to myself – “Gee, that is a great role… but I reckon a woman would be amazing in it. Why have I never seen a woman play that role?” So, I set about it for myself to get a woman to play that role. And that is a how I have always felt about the Merchant of Venice. Shylock has always been a woman in my mind. She has been a single mother, like my own mother, who has fought against all odds to succeed, not for herself, but for her family and her community. I can’t think of any actor more suited to the role than Sara Pensalfini, and working with her once again has been a privilege.”

“I recently returned from a trip to Europe, where I was working for Terrapin Puppet Theatre. On my way home I was lucky enough to visit Venice, with support from the Andrew Jones Travel Scholarship. The three days I spent there were incredibly informative. The history of the Venetian Jewish community, long lunch breaks, men that know how to wear pants… The list of what I learnt about history and culture goes on and on, and maybe you’ll see a shadow of it on the stage at the Peacock.”

“It’s been super exciting to work with performers from a verity of backgrounds. Some professional actors, some stand up comedians, children’s entertainers, some singers, some dancers, some young and emerging actors – the absolute most exciting thing about rehearsing this show is the diversity of experience and skills brought together in the room to work on a play that is really about that diversity of experience.”

THE ONES BEHIND THE MADNESSLoud Mouth is a Tasmania-based theatre company committed to producing new, collaborative and professional theatre experiences.

Barging onto the local scene in 2014 with their hit debut ‘Venus In Fur’, Loud Mouth have continued to prove that they are here to stay.

“To me, Loud Mouth represents the future of theatre here and in them I see the next generation of professional Tasmanian theatre.”
– Charles Parkinson, Artistic Director, Tasmanian Theatre Company

THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY

www.loud-mouth.co or through Salamanca Arts Centre or Centertainment 6234 5998

$15 – $25

Opening night is Pay What You Want (Door Sales Only)

August 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th – 13th
7:30pm
Katie Robertson Marketing and PR Manager