THEATRE
TWO DOGS
CHINA
NATIONAL THEATRE OF CHINA
THE COOPERS MALTHOUSE MERLYN THEATRE
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THU — SAT 7.30PM / SUN 5PM
1 hr 45 mins , no interval Mandarin with English surtitles
A Reserve $ 49 / $ 39 B Reserve $ 39 / $ 29
Students $ 25
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The Coopers Malthouse 03 9685 5111
“ A tossed salad of improv , rock music , Laurel-and-Hardystyle double act and careful social satire .” ~ WASHINGTON POST
Director MENG JINGHUI
Two country canines hit the road for the big smoke , but when they fall into a metropolitan miasma of reality TV , Viagra , SARS and Louis Vuitton knockoffs , they begin to realise a dog ’ s life isn ’ t what it used to be .
Director Meng Jinghui is one of the most influential theatre artists in Asia today , and his laugh-out-loud serving of comic mayhem Two Dogs can lay claim to being one of the most popular works in China .
Performers Liu Xiaoye and Han Pengyi have notched up more than 1,000 performances in the lead roles but with an ever-flexible script and onstage chaos forever threatening to tip over into anarchy , no two shows are the same . Pinballing from punk rock to commedia dell ’ arte , broad slapstick to delicate social satire , these two pooches practice a kind of comic acupuncture on the nerve points of global culture .
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