Batton and Broadway Present ONE AND THE OTHER

One and the Other tells the story of Sue Broadway and her not so helpful assistant Debra Batton. These circus luminaries combine classic stunts, acerbic truths, and audacious acts in a wonderfully exposing and messy celebration of the glories of aging disgracefully.

Batton & Broadway are colleagues, enemies, collaborators and rivals that perform a physical theatre duet of dominance, subversion, restraint and celebration.

In One and the Other they reinvent slapstick and modify acrobatics. They dance with hats, contort and growl, rant and rave to reveal the good and bad experiences that have made them who they are right now. Slipping irreverently between theatre, circus, dance and clown this is theatre that is shocking, outrageous, bold and yet surprisingly intimate.

They began work together four years ago hosting a variety style event 'The Classics' at the Melba Speigeltent, featuring performers over 50 years of age.

Deb was the Artistic Director of Legs on the Wall for thirteen years and won two Helpmann Awards for On the Case. She has also worked with Circus Oz, NICA and the MTC Neon Season.

Sue was a performer, artistic director and founding member of Circus Oz and Ra-Ra Zoo. She created a show Eccentric Acts that toured Australia, UK, Andorra and Brazil for over six years. In 2014/15 she was a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria where she produced, devised and performed in Vaudevillia.

One and the Other brings together an award-winning team of independent artists. Director Clare Bartholomew has worked with companies such as Otto & Astrid - Die Roten Punkte, The Long Pigs, The Business, The Burlesque Hour, Clown Doctors, Fringe Wives Club and Circus Oz. Her work has been nominated fourteen times for a Greenroom Award and won twice.

Composer and musician Teresa Blake is renowned as a performer with Circus Oz and as co-founder of DESOXY theatre. Most recently she has appeared as a solo artist in Retro Futurismus at the Sydney festival and as a composer and musician in the Melbourne Fringe Award winning show "No Punchline".

Devised by Batton & Broadway

Performers - Debra Batton and Sue Broadway

Composer and Musician - Teresa Blake

Director - Clare Bartholomew

Costume Design - Laurel Frank

Lighting design - Gina Gascoigne

Production Manager - Anna Pidgeon

Sound consultant - Kelvin Gedye

Season 24 May - 4 June 2017

Times 6.30pm Wed (preview), 7.30pm Thu (preview), 7.30pm Fri - Sat and 4pm Sun

Duration approximately 55 minutes (no interval)

Venue La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond Street, Carlton

Tickets $25 Full / $15 ConcessionBookings lamama.com.au or 03 9347 6142

Image credit: Richard Collins

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