Play presented for Mental Health Week

Ad hoc Community Theatre Inc and ARAFMI will present the Peter Weiss play "Marat/Sade" at the Peninsula Theatre, Woy Woy, from September 29 to October 7 to celebrate Mental Health Week.

Production manager Ms Brenda Logan said: "This exciting community initiative aims to build on the considerable strengths of the Central Coast's mental health community through collaboration with an experienced group of local theatre artists."

Director Ms Terry Collins said: "The experience of creating a memorable theatre performance by a new and vibrant community of theatre performers is providing many opportunities for fun and creativity by all.

"This production has begun a working relationship that will continue into the future" she adds.

The play "The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquise de Sade", abbreviated as "Marat/Sade", was written in the early 1960s.

It tells the story of how revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday at the height of the "The Terror" during the French Revolution.

Set in a mental hospital in France in 1808, this play within a play combines historical events with modern theatrics, and explores the problems of revolution.

Performances will be held from September 29 to October 7.

Tickets cost $17 for an adult, $10 for concession or student, and $15 per person with group bookings of 10 or more people.

Tickets can be booked by contacting 4323 3233.

Press release, August 16 Brenda Logan, Peninsula Theatre