The Pitch
Subiaco Arts Centre
22 July - 2 August 2008
By Peter Houghton
Written and performed by Peter HoughtonDirected by Anne Browning
Lighting Design by Paul Jackson
Sound Design by David Franzke
Hilarious Hollywood
Walter Weinermann, screenwriter, is on the brink. He's broke, his agent is pressuring him, the most important pitch of his career to a panel of big-shot Hollywood producers is less than an hour away, and his girlfriend has left him.
Will the panel buy Walter's idea? Should Clint or Russell play the lead? Is there a role for De Niro? Will Walter win an Oscar? And, most importantly, will he get his girl back?
In a one-man blockbuster performance, author and actor Peter Houghton 'channels' Clint Eastwood, Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta Jones and many others with a miraculously sharp eye for the Hollywood cliché as he takes the audience on a whirlwind journey through cities and continents, across decades and eras, into and out of genres, all without leaving Walter's flat.
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"Peter Houghton is funny. His play, The Pitch, is really funny... a romp... hilarious... a riot..." The Herald-Sun
"...If I were Prime Minister, Peter Houghton would have his own national TV series. The man is a comic genius." Hannie Rayson, playwright and screenwriter
A Palpable Hits Production. Presented by Black Swan Theatre Company and Critical Stages in association with Subiaco Arts Centre.
Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco
| Opening Night: | Tues 22nd July |
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Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes [no interval]
SINGLE TICKET PRICES
Season Performances
Standard: $35Concession (Senior, Pensioner, Unemployed): $30
Groups 6+ (plus get 1 free ticket when you book 10 or more): $28
Students: (full time students with photo ID): $20
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