The Lunch Hour

THE LUNCH HOUR is set in a box-office call centre and begins as what seems a conventional drama: a bunch of would-be artists make ends meet while planning their next “big project”; their nemesis is Martin the sterotypical boss; endless procrastination is their signature. 

 

These characters are chasing a deadline for a group written project ("Aspects of Martin”) and a large cash prize.  As the stakes rise the play turns in on itself becoming a play within a prize-winning play penned by Martin and left on their desks as a kind of farewell gift: “The Lunch Hour”

 

THE LUNCH HOUR is about what we all do to get through the day – the games we play, the distractions we create. It is also about the creative process; the pain of not being able to realize your dreams; the need for artists to over-come fear and use their own experiences to make their art; and how the hardest part of starting or finishing anything in life is becoming psychologically ready. 

 

THE LUNCH HOUR is Chris Aronsten's full-length follow up to HUMAN RESOURCES and is every bit as ambitious, dark and hilarious. 

 

You can check out HUMAN RESOURCES here:  http://www.sirentheatreco.com/2006-human-resources-by-chris-aronsten/

 

 

THE LUNCH HOUR will be directed by Kate Gaul 

 

Chris Aronsten – Writer

Chris studied playwriting at NIDA and screenwriting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, where he wrote and directed several short films – including CALL WAITING, which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 1998 British Short Film Festival.

For SBS Television, he was a writer on series one of GOING HOME; for Fox Studios he wrote SUSAN'S INSTITUTE OF TELEVISION, a short history of Australian television starring Gina Reilly.

In 2006, Chris’s play HUMAN RESOURCES was produced to critical acclaim at the Darlinghurst Theatre, and was subsequently short-listed for a Premier’s Literary Award and the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights’ Award. In 2007-8, Chris wrote for DAVID TENCH TONIGHT (Ten Network) and COMEDY, Inc (Nine Network). He is currently working on a feature film, CARGO. Other plays include TERRA INFIRMA and MALICE TOWARD NONE.

 

 

THE LUNCH HOUR hero shot by Kathy Luu