By Hollie Harris
The Queensland Premiere of David Williamson’s 50th play, Jack of Hearts at Noosa Arts Theatre, is a romantic comedy with a twist.
Jack of Hearts is a play about career professionals focused on the material things in life. The central character, Jack, a burned-out lawyer, pulls the plug on wealth and status only to find that his wife’s support is conditional on his six-figure salary.
His wife a personal trainer decides to leave him for a self-obsessed television current affairs host. Real estate agent Stu, played by Williamson’s son Rory, and his wife Denys are struggling through marriage problems of their own.
Sleazy Stu leaves a “deposit” in every house he’s trying to sell, and Denys stays with him only because he promises her children and a white Audi.
What ensues are two love triangles. Comedies offer audiences a safe battleground on which issues of gender, class and social mobility can be explored.
Directed by Noosa Arts Theatre life member Jane Rivers, Jack of Hearts features a stellar team of local actors including Rory’s wife Janneke Williamson, Clayton Storey Noosa’s Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie, Julia Verburgt, Kay Ellsum and Jenni McCaul.
Gala Opening Night SEPTEMBER 7 at 7.30pm, all tickets $50 includes light supper and drinks
Evenings SEPTEMBER 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23 at 7.30pm Matinees SEPTEMBER 9,
10, 17 at 2.00pm TICKETS Adults $31 | Concessions $27 Member/Group $25 | U18 $22
For more information contact Noosa Arts Theatre Publicist Tania Nash on 0414 761 772
