I'm Your Man
The more you sweat, the less you bleed.
For 18 months theatre-maker Roslyn Oades and her trusty tape recorder followed a determined, young boxer from Western Sydney through his preparations for a world-title fight.
I’m Your Man is the story of who she and her tape recorder met along the way: past legends, up-and-comers and failed contenders whose lives have been irreversibly changed by the fight game.
Enter the boxing gym: a place of dreams, of glory, of a better life, where everyone wants to be special and only one thing is certain – that no matter how high you fly you will eventually lose.
I’m Your Man is no ordinary slice-of-life. The actors wear earpieces and take their lines directly from the ringsides, gyms and dressing rooms of Oades’ recordings. This is fuelled-up, high-stakes, real-deal theatre.
I’m Your Man is the third of a trilogy by Oades about acts of bravery and the psychology of respect. Behind the thrilling, brutal sport lays a compelling tale of courage and its cost.
Toured by Performing Lines for Mobile States with the support of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and Playing Australia.
Creator and Director: Roslyn Oades
Sound Designer: Bob Scott
Lighting Designer: Neil Simpson
Movement Director: Lee Wilson (Branch Nebula)
Script Dramaturg: Raimondo Cortese
Starring: Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Billy McPherson, Katia Molino, Justin Rosniak, and John Shrimpton
Recommended for people aged 14 years and older. Contains mild coarse language.
Duration: 70mins
"...ringside voices deliver a knockout punch... you will seldom see theatre as vivid and as warm as this." Sydney Morning Herald
“9/10 Don't miss it." Sun Herald
"Oades has an extraordinary ability to take us into different worlds and introduce us to new people." John McCallum, The Australian
Prices start at $30
Event Details
Date:
23 July - 18 August 2013
Time: 7pm
Where is it?
Brisbane Powerhouse, Visy Theatre
119 Lamington Street, [by the river next to New Farm Park]
New Farm, 4005
QLD
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