Manonita – new production by Sunshine’s Moving Theatre

Sarah Burnham- Manonita

“Madness is too glamorous a term to convey what happens to most people who are losing their minds. That word is too exciting, too literary, too interesting in its connotations, to convey the boredom, the slowness, the dreariness of your mind taking over…

Madness is pure dullness, tedium straight up. “

Sean Moran - Julius, Christine Mercante - Amber, Sara Burnham - Manonita, Janice Belin- Psychiatrist, Monica McDonald - Emily, Andrew Walsh - Mark, Aislinn Murray Clara, Corey Westcott - Max

Opening to the bright lights of a padded cell, we find a young woman, fragile and aged looking, Manonita takes us on a journey through the events in her mind, which changed her life forever.

A family home, its walls holding years of secrets and a little girl who struggles to break free. Manonita meaning ‘lead by the mind’ is older now, and thinks she has left the past behind her, Until she returns to the home she had once loathed, and things begin to change, the voices in her head get stronger and convince her to do the unthinkable.

Manonita takes us on a disjointed journey through movement, theatre and music into Manonita’s mind, as we slip in and out of reality, we see her family, and we see the voices in her mind. Can Manonita be saved? Or have the voices in her head lead to a tragic end?

The Writers, Sean Moran, Sara Burnham and Pauline Agius are Graduates of a Bachelor of Performance Studies at Victoria University, with a desire to bring arts to the very west. They began writing and directing their own work in the West when forming Moving Theatre with their first show White Trash, their most recent work is ‘once upon a time’ shown in the 2009 Big West Festival.

Written By Sean Moran, Sarah Burnham and Pauline Agius
Directed By: Pauline Agius
Performed by: Moving theatre

Venue: The Euro Masonic Hall, 93 Hampshire Road, Sunshine, 3020
December 2-5 2010
Thursday to Saturday, 8pm and Sunday, 5pm
Running time: 60 minutes (approx)
Bookings: 0401850112 or www.thedogtheatre.com