by Edward Albee
WINNER 2002 Tony Award Best PlayWINNER 2002 New York Critic’s Circle Award Best Play
From one of America’s greatest living playwrights (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), comes The Goat, a startling and poignant black comedy that cuts to the heart of modern love.
In the same week that high flying architect, Martin, receives an international prize and is awarded a very lucrative contract, he is forced to make a shocking confession to his wife and son.
Martin has fallen in love with Sylvia… but who is Sylvia? And is Sylvia worth losing his family over - leaving his idyllic life in tatters?
The Goat explores society’s constraints on an individual’s expression of love, and questions the limits of desire. Don’t miss it.
The West Australian, 4 June
"There is smoothness in this transition from gags to gasps. It’s also a testament to Melissa Cantwell’s wonderfully precise, beat-perfect production...Cantwell, in following the author’s detailed stage directions, has in no way been hamstrung in maintaining the level of danger and mystery in this exhilarating exploration of the outer reaches of human behaviour. She also elicits deeply affecting, deeply humane performances from her talented cast."
Mark Nagalazas
Perth Now, 3 June
"PTC's production...under the direction of...Melissa Cantwell, is a taut, beautifully rendered chamber piece...It is a tour de force and Bartlett had every inch the work's measure."
Jan Hallam
Australian Theatre, 3 June
"Under the magnificent direction of Melissa Cantwell, this is acting at its very best...A magnificent team effort...mind-blowing...Oh not another 5* production! Could you give it less? A NOT TO BE MISSED production"
Australian Stage Online, 2 June
"A brilliant and powerful production from Perth Theatre Company...a powerful, contemporary look on what Albee called "love, and loss, the limits of our tolerance and who, indeed, we really are.""
Anna Locke
Cast & Crew
- Nicola Bartlett
Actor - Anna Dymitr Hawkes
Stage Manager - Michael Loney
Actor - Claude Marcos
Set Designer - Matt Marshall
Lighting Designer - Kingsley Reeve
Sound Design - John Robertson
Actor - Ian Toyne
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