August 16th, 2022Reservoir dogs

The Mount Players’ third production for 2022, Reservoir Dogs opens on Friday, August 19 playing through to Sunday, September 4.
Synopsis – when six strangers are assembled to pull off the perfect heist they’re ambushed by the police, killing two and injuring another. Meeting up at the rendezvous it’s a bloody race against time to uncover the informant in the gang and escape with the loot before the police close in.
Director Craig Lenaine-Smith said his vision for this production had been rattling round in his head now for more than seven years.
“We are so used to seeing kickarse female characters on our screens. Think Ripley in Aliens, Trinity in The Matrix, Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road. TV shows like Killing Eve, Game of Thrones, Wentworth.
“The list goes on. But where are these women on stage? Rarely in a community theatre setting do women get the opportunity to play roles like these. This production of Reservoir Dogs asks the question what if we lived in a society driven by matriarchy, not patriarchy?
“These female characters are fully realised, and we’ve had great fun exploring the nuances in the relationships between them, but they are women who behave in ways you would normally associate with men. Will it be confronting? Yes. Will it spark conversations? I hope so.”
The Mount Players president Karen Hunt said this production of Reservoir Dogs was for a mature audience only.
“It contains high-level course language, sexual references, stylised depictions of violence, simulated gun shots, the use of strobe lighting effects and stage cigarettes which produce an odour.”
For details and tickets go to www.themountplayers.com or call 5426 1892.

Words: Karen Hunt | Image: Karlana Santamaria