Cars and Australian suburban culture go hand in hand. In 1973, author Henry Williams was working in Brisbane's Acacia Ridge when he wrote the novel, My Love Had a Black Speed Stripe, an ode to the Holden Monaro centred around a racist, misogynist bully named Ron who's more than a little obsessed with his dream set of wheels.
Fast-forward to decades later, and the lost Australian classic has been doing the rounds on stage for a few years. If you've previously missed what amounts to a black comedy of circus, mime, body percussion, film and car-porn poetry, here's your chance to check it out. You'll laugh, and you'll see the iconic Monaro presented as a living, breathing organism.
May 13-16, 7.30pm; May 20, 8.30pm; and May 21-23, 7.30pm.
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Image via Gayle Wedemeyer.