The Altona City Theatre wants to take audiences down, down, down to Urinetown.
Described as a hilarious show with a pissweak title, Urinetown the musical (not the place) is currently being performed at the Altona Theatre until Saturday, October 18.
Directed by Dean Mitchelmore, and starring Joan Christie, Laura Williams, Maria Roitman and Adrian Jones, Urinetown is set in a city where a great drought has raged for 20 years (the “Stink Years”).
The great corporation Urine Good Company (UGC) has promised to combat this existential threat in exchange for the trust and cooperation of the people.
All they must do is comply and relieve themselves at a public amenity (ie toilet) – and pay for that privilege.
The poor people who do not or cannot cooperate are taken to Urinetown, a strange place, a mythical place. A place nobody ever returns from…
One of those who’ve disappeared to Urinetown is the father of Young Bobby Strong, a worker at one of the more dreary public amenities who begins to question the status quo.
He meets Hope, the daughter of the evil Caldwell B Cladwell, and instantly (spoiler alert) falls in love. A short time later, he finds himself leading a revolution! And another short time later, we find out where the mysterious Urinetown actually is.
Inner west audiences can find out where Urinetown is by booking tickets at: altonacitytheatre.com.au
