Production still for "Baal". L-R: Oscar Redding, Chris Ryan, Lotte St Clair, Brigid Gallacher, Geraldine Hakewill, Katherine Tonkin, Luisa Hastings Edge, Shelly Lauman, Thomas M. Wright. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Baal
02 April 2011 – 23 April 2011 Merlyn Theatre
Translated by Simon Stone & Tom Wright
Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company,
Classic Translation Theatre Co-Production
Meet Baal. Outsider poet, schizophrenic singer/songwriter, middle-class bum. With an insatiable appetite for sex and booze, Baal lives his life for the moment. From strip joint to sewer he leaves a trail of devastation and recklessly dispensed lyricism in his wake. Bertolt Brecht's first play, Baal, rages with the fire of youth. Nothing escapes young Brecht's burning wit and self-immolating irony here. An anti-hero and cult artist at odds with the world, Baal indulges in fleshy decadence spewing surreal poetry and bawdy libretto.
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