Win one of five double passes to The Histrionic

The Malthouse and Sydney Theatre Company co-production of The Histrionic opens on April 2. Bille Brown lets rip as the highly strung Bruscon, a once-feted star of the stage who has taken a spectacular fall from grace and is now reduced to playing in a backwater Austrian town. The charismatic showman remains determined however that he will present his greatest work. But first he must rant, cajole and exhaust himself while bullying his own children, belittling his wife, snidely haranguing his hosts and wallowing in self-pity - all the while railing against provincialism, national failure, the vapidity of the young, the venality of the old, the tyranny of the past, the banality of the present, and on and on...

Rarely performed outside Europe, the play is by revered Austrian playwright, Thomas Bernhard. Melbourne auteur Daniel Schlusser is directing in this STC/Malthouse co-production. Tom Wright is adapting the script and, according to Cate Blanchett at the STC, "He really gets his hands in and disembowels the piece and shoves it back in together." An outstanding cast also includes the extraordinary Barry Otto as the inn keeper.

We've got five double passes to give away to the performance on Mon Apr 9. For a chance to win a pair, simply answer the question below by midday, Monday 12 April. Winners will be notified via phone or email.

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