Overview
What would you do if you came home from holiday to find the house-sitters you left in charge now claiming ownership? Director Sarah Giles explores this seemingly easily resolvable problem in the Sydney Theatre Company production of German writer Marius von Mayenburg's work, Perplex. The play quickly takes a turn to the absurd as it examines personal identity and reality.
Perplex tells the story of a couple returning home after holidays to find their home in disarray, their electricity turned off, and their friends who were left in charge hiding a secret. What follows is a surrealist look at a constantly changing reality, creating quite a perplexing tale.
Giles, who is a resident director at Sydney Theatre Company, previously staged The Ugly One — another von Mayenburg work, which won her the 2011 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Director of an Independent Production. Her other STC works, Mrs Warren's Profession and Mariage Blanc, were wonderfully interesting too.
Image by Grant Sparkes-Carroll.
Perplex runs from March 31 to May 3 at Wharf 1, and thanks to the Sydney Theatre Company, we have three double passes to the first preview to give away. To be in the running, subscribe to the Concrete Playground newsletter (if you haven't already), then email win.sydney@concreteplayground.com.au with your name and address.