Pondlife McGurk

THEATRE / PAST

THE BALLAD OF PONDLIFE MCGURK

1 December 2011

$0 Who $0 School Years 4-6$0 $0When $0 Thursday 1 December, 2011$0 $0Times$0 11am and 1.30pm (both with Q&A after the show)$0 $0Cost$0 $14 per student (teachers accompanying students are free) $0 $0Bookings$0 Click here or,$0 Call (02) 9824 1121 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (02) 9824 1121      end_of_the_skype_highlighting $0 $0Email a Friend $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
$0 Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in association with Sydney Opera House and Campbelltown Arts Centre presents Catherine Wheels production $0 $0The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk $0 $0Look! It’s Pondlife...Pondlife McGurk!$0 $0Simon and Martin are both new to class P6 and despite their differences they become the best of friends. They spend the whole summer together, climbing, hiding, running and starting their first comic. They swear an oath to stick together, never to join the dark side with the bullies at school.$0 $0Then, one day, Martin does something that will poison their friendship forever and land Simon with the nickname Pondlife McGurk. $0 $0This critically acclaimed play explores how hard it is to be brave and do the right thing, even when it’s your best friend at stake.$0 $0Scotland’s award-winning Catherine Wheels Theatre Company tours to Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for the first time with a touching, coming of age tale of friendship, bullying and overcoming adversity. 'The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk' is a humorous, one-man production that examines the fragile nature of schoolyard relationships. $0 $0‘Manley makes every morsel of Pondlife’s experiences... come vividly, painfully alive.’ THE HERALD$0 $0$0