Ride & Fourplay - Darlinghurst Theatre Company

Overview

After seasons in London, New York and Brazil, two one-act plays from smart playwright Jane Bodie will make their Darlo debut in September. And you can see them both in one evening, on one ticket.

The first, Ride, begins when two naked, hungover strangers wake up with next to no recollection of how they met — let alone ended up in bed together. They then set about working out what happened — or didn't.

The second, Fourplay, is a warm, funny, honest tale about four city slickers discovering love, friendship and closeness in places you wouldn't expect.

Director Anthony Skuse, who was last at the Eternity Playhouse with Constellations, will be making a return, to direct a cast featuring Emma Palmer (Constellations, War Horse) and Tom O’Sullivan (Wonderland, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) in Ride, and Gabrielle Scawthorn (The Young Tycoons, Stop Kiss) and Aaron Glenane (Orphans, Deadline Gallipoli).

“Jane has a wonderful ear for language, rhythm and cadence,” Skuse said. “Fourplay and Ride were written independently of each other, but they complement each other beautifully. Both plays are concerned with how we negotiate our relationships and how we use language to conceal desires or needs as much as reveal them.”