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Pack of Lies

5 Apr 2024 - 21 Apr 2024
Frankston Theatre Group Inc.

VDL Awards Entry: 2024

Author: Hugh Whitemore

Director: David Dodd

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Pack of Lies is a 1983 play by English writer Hugh Whitemore, itself adapted from his Act of Betrayal, an episode of the BBC anthology series Play of the Month transmitted in 1971.

The Jacksons, a seemingly ordinary middle-aged English couple, share a close friendship with their Canadian neighbours, the Krogers. All appears blissful until a detective from Scotland Yard approaches them. The detective requests to use their house as an observation station to thwart a Soviet spy ring operating in the area during the autumn and winter of 1960-1961. Loyalty, duty, and friendship collide as the Jacksons slowly discover that the Krogers, their cherished friends, are not what they appear.

Performances

Start Date: 5 Apr 2024

End Date: 21 Apr 2024

Performance Times:

2:00pm on:

  • Sun 7th Apr 2024
  • Sun 14th Apr 2024
  • Sat 20th Apr 2024
  • Sun 21st Apr 2024

8:00pm on:

  • Fri 5th Apr 2024
  • Sat 6th Apr 2024
  • Fri 12th Apr 2024
  • Sat 13th Apr 2024
  • Fri 19th Apr 2024
  • Sat 20th Apr 2024

Auditions

Characters Summary:

3M (40s – 60s); 4F (Teen -50s)

Audition Dates:

7:30pm on:

  • Mon 4th Dec 2023
  • Tue 5th Dec 2023

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