Imagine walking into a room...
The room is richly decorated with leather couches and antiques. You are in a mansion, and you are not alone. Others mingle in the space; other detectives like yourself, but also the suspects of your investigation. Both the household staff and the guests of this fatal masquerade ball are under suspicion. You will interview them as you mingle, but don't forget about the physical clues hidden in this magically real world.
Retrospective Comments
Ambition was an amazing experience. The cast became family, and the show was a huge success in every way: the crowds, the performances, and what we were achieving with this new IMMI. Audiences really got into it, found the interaction accessible, and found such believability in the performances that the audience actually wanted to avoid certain characters.
It's important to note that Ambition was not a play, and it was not a bit of theatre in someone's house. It was a production that was thoroughly improvised, taking characters which the actor knew inside-out, and placing them in the murder-mystery circumstance.
It's important to note that Ambition was not a play, and it was not a bit of theatre in someone's house. It was a production that was thoroughly improvised, taking characters which the actor knew inside-out, and placing them in the murder-mystery circumstance.
Dates / Times / Prices
4, 11, 18, 25 June 2004
7:30 PM
$10
The Ante Room
via North Court, Union House
University of Melbourne
7:30 PM
$10
The Ante Room
via North Court, Union House
University of Melbourne
NEW
Union House (Melbourne Uni)... off Tin Alley, Parkville
Created/Written & Directed by - Vanessa B Baylen
Production team:
May Jasper (casting assistant)
Helena Bender (stage manager & box office)
Teresa Lebel (fundraising)
Vanessa B Baylen (producer)
Performed by:
Paul Nelson (Andrew Holmes)
Frances Marrington (Beck Breen-Bottle)
David Lamb (Boag Stub)
Efisia Fele (Cassy Cade)
Lee Foyster (Corona Crown)
Benjamin Evans (Draftance Dark)
Tanya Rich (Flip Grolsh)
Samantha Hill (Prue Holmes)
Kate Scarlett (Victoria Bitter)
Artworks by - Vanessa B Baylen
Special thanks to Steve, Barb, RBG Chocolate Eaters, JC Westend, and Clark Rubber Niddrie
Production team:
May Jasper (casting assistant)
Helena Bender (stage manager & box office)
Teresa Lebel (fundraising)
Vanessa B Baylen (producer)
Performed by:
Paul Nelson (Andrew Holmes)
Frances Marrington (Beck Breen-Bottle)
David Lamb (Boag Stub)
Efisia Fele (Cassy Cade)
Lee Foyster (Corona Crown)
Benjamin Evans (Draftance Dark)
Tanya Rich (Flip Grolsh)
Samantha Hill (Prue Holmes)
Kate Scarlett (Victoria Bitter)
Artworks by - Vanessa B Baylen
Special thanks to Steve, Barb, RBG Chocolate Eaters, JC Westend, and Clark Rubber Niddrie
