ALL MY SONS & More Set for Darlinghurst Theatre's First Season at Eternity Playhouse

Darlinghurst Theatre Company today announced a diverse program of contemporary and classic drama for its inaugural season at the Eternity Playhouse. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience and discover high-quality, innovative productions at Sydney's exciting new theatre venue.

Announced earlier this year, Darlinghurst Theatre Company will open Eternity Playhouse with Arthur Miller's All My Sons, which will preview from November 1, and open on November 5. Directed by Iain Sinclair, All My Sons is a compelling and heartbreaking story about family ties, patriotic duty and personal greed.

The 2014 season kicks off with the Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos. Wickedly funny lyrics accompany a live piano score in this quirky yet tender tale about family, growing up and what it means to be a man.The impressive line-up continues with the fiercely satirical The Gigli Concert, the wickedly subversive comedy The Young Tycoons, the new Australian play Every Second, Nick Payne's West End hit Constellations, the return of the sell-out 2013 hit The Motherf**ker with the Hat and rounding off the season is the deliciously fast-paced comedy about love, loneliness, food and friendship, Nick Enright's Daylight Saving.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company Director Glenn Terry wants audiences to experience the power and possibilities of Live Theatre and for each production to inspire reflection and dialogue about the world. "Every show in our inaugural season brings together a new team of outstanding artists, who will present their unique artistic vision and perspectives on theatre and life," he said.

"Our inaugural season at the Eternity Playhouse pays homage to independent artists and to theatre itself. From the grand to the intimate, from the tragic to the whimsical and from the small to the infinite, we've got it all."

Opening in November, the Eternity Playhouse is set to become a prominent and iconic theatre destination in Sydney. With its stunning architecture, brand new state-of the-art facilities and iconic place in Sydney's history, the repurposed Burton Street Tabernacle will be a very special place to see Live Theatre.

FALSETTOS
Music and lyrics by William Finn, Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by Stephen Colyer
Marvin has left his wife and son for his male lover. Meanwhile, Trina has shacked up with Marvin's shrink. Amongst this there's also a Bar Mitzvah to organise. Is it too much to ask for everyone to get along? Falsettos is a hilarious and touching Tony Award-winning musical about the original modern family.
7 February - 16 March

THE GIGLI CONCERT
By Tom Murphy
Directed by John O'Hare
Starring Patrick Dickson, Maeliosa Stafford
Widely considered to be Murphy's masterpiece, The Gigli Concert is a fiercely satirical and beautifully crafted play about the endurance of the human spirit and our ability to achieve the impossible.
4 April - 4 May

THE YOUNG TYCOONS
By CJ Johnson
Directed by Michael Pigott
Starring Briallen Clarke, Andrew Cutcliffe, Blake Erickson, Nicholas Hammond, James Lugton
A smash hit for Darlinghurst Theatre Company in 2005 and 2006, this wickedly subversive comedy takes a scathing and satirical look at the ruthless world of Australia's empire builders. This new version created especially for the Eternity Playhouse stage promises to be every bit as scandalous and uproariously funny.
16 May - 15 June

EVERY SECOND
By Vanessa Bates
Directed by Shannon Murphy
Every Second is the story of two thirty-something couples hell bent on having a child. They've given up sushi and champagne, as well as their sanity. Full of wry observations and bitter truths, Every Second takes a comedic look at this very modern dilemma. Don't miss this brand new Australian play from one of one of the country's most daring and witty playwrights.
27 June - 27 July

CONSTELLATIONS
By Nick Payne
Directed by Anthony Skuse
Multiverse theory is explored through the infinite possibilities of a single relationship. Written by one of Britain's most exciting young playwrights, Constellations is an explosive new play about love, fate and free will.
8 August - 7 September

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Adam Cook
Starring TRoy Harrison, Zoe Trilsbach
Fast-paced and uproarious, The Motherf**ker with the Hat is a gleefully foul-mouthed look at modern love and other addictions. Following rave reviews and a sold-out season in 2013, it makes a welcome return to the Sydney stage.
19 September - 19 October

DAYLIGHT SAVING
By Nick Enright
Directed by Mark Kilmurry
Daylight Savings is a deliciously fast-paced comedy about love, loneliness, food and friendship by one of Australia's most loved playwrights.
31 October - 30 November

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