Events - 2011

American Poodle

Theatre
Presented by: GUY MASTERSON'S CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL THEATRE (C.I.T.)

The Poodle is BACK! The raucous hit in 2008 returns for only 2 performances! SNOWBALL - written and performed by Guy Masterson - is a crazy physical analysis of the Britain's winning... and her losing of the United Colonies in the New World... From their discovery by, yes, a Welshman - Prince Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd - in 1170... through the race by European nations to colonise the New World at the expense of its natives... Through the Franco-Indian Wars for dominance of North America until... hmmm... they lost it - not quite all of it - just the bit that really mattered...This is hysterical stuff - a raucous romp through Early US history with Masterson playing all the parts... you'll never look at history in the same way! In SPLAYFOOT - written by Brian Parks - Masterson plays a modern American businessman on his first trip "ye olde country" viewing everything around him through Dickensian spectacles and classic Hollywood movies... He is America today... or what it has become... a living pop-up history book of cliched presumption concerning those quaint l'il Brits! A scatalogically manic, insightful, entertaining and incredibly warped hour! Total absurdity! ***** _x001C_ American Poodle is full of surprises and unfolds with consummate ease. This all makes for a deeply entertaining experience that engages the mind as well as the funny bone._x001D_ (Adelaide Independent Weekly) **** "As with previous Fringe shows by Masterson, you're guaranteed engaging, physically vibrant theatre that shouldn't be missed. In short: Turbo-charged history!_x001D_ (Adelaide Advertiser)