Profit & Delight

Profit & Delight

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Profit & Delight
Dark Stars

Dark Stars

Part 2 of 2: Two African-American performers travel to Australasia a century apart. Each comes face to face with the true cost, and questionable value, of their lust for fame.

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The Challenge

This whole show, and all the characters, are performed entirely by one man, Jonathan Council, in one of the most imaginative and charming solo performances you’ll ever see.

Irving Sayles,1886 & Jonathan Council, 2012

Previously on Dark Stars…

Sidney Poitier and Cher convince Jonathan Council that his best shot at becoming a star is to move from the US to Australia. 100 years earlier, Irving Sayles makes the same journey, and now he’s the biggest star of the Australasian music-hall stage.

Read Part 1 here… or crack into Part 2.

AUSTRALIA. 2000s.

NARRATOR I arrive in Sydney, 100 years after Irving Sayles begins to find his star getting too big for its old galaxy.

AUSTRALIA. 1900s.

IRVING         Hicks. I just ran 100 yards in 10.5 Seconds. Then I played a game called cricket.

HICKS           What’s cricket?

IRVING         I still don’t know. But I’m man of the match.

HICKS           All joking aside Irving, I’m confused. Here’s me thinking yous and mes a team, and there’s me readin…

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