THEATRE OF THE ABSURD GOSSIP

Jug-eared thespian , Phoney Abattoir, is expected to take the male lead role in the Canberra Mock Drama Society’s production of No!No!Nanette! His repeated nay- saying makes him ideal for the part. Each day he practises saying nix, nein,no way , non , not on under the shower and in front of the cracked mirror. In the play he will be repeatedly confronted by Nanette , a bossomy twin set, pearls and blue rinse Conservative droopy groupie , who throws him on her bicycle built for two and pedals into the NT sunset on a passionate fact finding tour. Throughout this ordeal, he repeatedly tells Nanette, “NO!NO!-My mother and father ,who sired me in the dickie seat of Bob Menzies’s Rolls Royce, would not approve!”**** Stuck in a groove, his valve rubber worn out, saddle sore after his study tour of Alice Springs , thespian Phoney Abattoir, is tipped to be the male fallen star in the next open- air production of Not Tonight , Josephine. An historical drama, it tells how Napoleon returns exhausted from a victorious Tour de Europe in a Mae West charabanc and fights off lusty Josephine who has lined up some tasty French tarts , a mud cake and some Aussie damper in the boudoir at a welcome home palace knees up. Abattoir’s polished diction , especially his clearly enunciated NO! is certain to frighten Bogong moths attracted to the stage by spotlights.