My Love Had a Black Speed Stripe

Overview

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.