The Ballad of Penelope and Marlin
Past Event
In 2016 a team of Great Southern Artists gathered at the Vancouver Arts Centre to imagine how life would be in 50 years time. The Futures Project was a City of Albany collaborative script writing residency that resulted in a contemporary musical theatre script titled, The Ballad of Penelope and Marlin.
Five years later, the team at Southern Edge Arts have employed a team of Great Southern performing artists to stage the premiere production at the Albany Town Hall this July.
The Ballad of Penelope and Marlin is a comical look at life in future lockdown, where robot bees tend to your needs and love begins with an upgrade.
Marlin is the last in a long line of fishermen. With no fish left in the oceans, he reluctantly enters Harmony Hive and meets Penelope, a future star, who disrupts the hive with a start up like no other.
This exclusively Great Southern musical is about hope, desire and a hive that is home to humans and the last living bee.
With a creative team of recognisable Great Southern Artists including David Rastrick, Annette Carmichael, Anne Sorenson, Serena McLauchlan and Nelson Blake, The Ballad of Penelope and Marlin promises to be a memorable night of theatre in the newly renovated Albany Town Hall.
Tickets can be purchased via www.southernedge.org.au.
For more information or comments please contact Anne Sorenson on 0466 123 393.
