Name: THE BEAST
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THE BEAST

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A RED DOOR PUBLICATION

"why do you want to be friends with these people? You don’t even like them. And they certainly don’t like you."

After surviving a nasty near-death experience, a group of close friends wipe the slate clean and embrace a tree-change, living a sustainable life in the country. But nature isn’t always so welcoming, and when the friends are faced with the pressing task of killing a young cow, a chain reaction begins that will see them confront some ugly and shocking truths.

Commissioned and premiered by the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2013, this is a cutting, modern day satire that tears our notions of morality to shreds with a hilarious rant on urban culture, organic lifestyles and infidelity.

Tom Healey in Conversation with Eddie Perfect about The Beast:

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Form/Style: black satirical comedy
Length in minutes: 140
Cast: 7 total
Roles: 3 female identifying, 4 male identifying
Cast age groups: 18+
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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ARTICLE: IN FOR THE CHOP

PAUL GALLOWAY, MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2013

Eddie Perfectâ€™s The Beast is a trip from hoof to hook, writes Paul Galloway.

REVIEW: THE BEAST, MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY

BYRON BACHE, HERALD SUN, 8 OCTOBER 2013

"Perfect's script is sly, wry and intelligent. It's clearly a soapbox for all the things Perfect holds dear - and the things he wishes were a little further away - but it's never preachy or bloated. In form, The Beast is entirely conventional, but in execution it might be the most adventurous thing on the MTC stage in a long while."

REVIEW: EDDIE PERFECT'S BEAST COMES ALIVE

CHRIS BOYD, THE AUSTRALIAN, 8 OCTOBER 2013

"Eddie Perfect's new play, The Beast, is chaotic, offensive and incredibly indulgent - no surprises there - but the atom-splitting chaos is controlled and self-sustaining, the offence is given to hypocrites and snobs, mostly, and the writerly indulgence is utterly delightful."

REVIEW: THE BEAST (MELBOURNE FESTIVAL) | SOUTHBANK THEATRE

CORINA THOROSE, CRIKEY, 11 OCTOBER 2013

"Funny, heartbreaking and politically incorrect: Eddie Perfectâ€™s first play is a winner. The dark satire is a razor-sharp examination of food stuff and middle-class values."

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