'Hollywood Ending is a wickedly satirical, wildly untrue account of the most controversial film of the year – a piece of atrociously written propaganda that provoked religious rage across the world.
'With one last shot to make something that matters, washed up Aussie director Don gathers an entourage of previous collaborators to realise his artistic vision. But can he pull off something bigger than Ben Hur with a lunch money budget?
'In a play so here, so now, it’s barely in existence, Arts Radar introduces the lightning-fast, rock ‘n’ roll Rapid Write concept to Australia which was first developed at London’s lauded Theatre503 by its co-artistic director Tim Roseman, to create theatre that responds to the current events of our world. Going from blank page to stage in just 8 weeks, theatre doesn’t get much more immediate than this.'
Source: Griffin Theatre Company.
Presented by Arts Radar, Theatre503, and Griffin Independent at the Stables, Kings Cross, 21 November - 15 December 2012.
Director: Tim Roseman.
Designer: Rita Carmody.
Lighting Designer: Hartley T. A. Kemp.
Sound Designer: Steve Toulmin.
Assistant Director: Dominic Mercer.
Assistant Designer: Ally Mansell.
Cast: Caroline Craig, Briallen Clarke, Blake Erickson, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, and Terry Serio.