M&J Chickens and Bulldog Theatre Company present
BETTER MAN
A play by Alex Lykos
(writer of the Alex & Eve trilogy)Special NAFA Show & Tell Session
5pm
Sunday, 27 May 2012Season runs from 24 May to 10 June (Thu to Sat — 8pm / Sun — 5pm)
Sidetrack Theatre
142 Addison Rd
Marrickville
What happens when a professional tennis player reunites with his childhood best friend, a “professional” drug dealer?
Jimmy has it all: the fastest car on the road, his choice of beautiful women and a thriving drug dealing business in inner city Marrickville. He is handsome, charismatic and stylish… a ‘role model’ to many young men. His God-fearing Greek parents are proud as can be, as they are under the impression their son is running a legitimate bookshop.
Jimmy is rocked, however, by the return of his childhood best friend and fellow teenage tennis prodigy Ricky. Ricky, a ‘champion’ tennis player has spent the last seven years training in America and has flown back to Australia to make his professional debut at the Australian Open.
As the two men try to rekindle a once unbreakable friendship, Jimmy tries to illustrate that he is every bit as successful as Ricky and expands his drug dealing business in an attempt to become ‘champion’ of his trade. However, his ambitious actions ignite a territorial war with rival drug dealers and jeopardise his new relationship with Gemma, his total opposite, with whom he has fallen in love.
Tony Chu of NAFA will once again be unleashed on the cast and crew of the production. In his inimitable style, Tony will guide a “Show & Tell” session immediately after the performance.