About Us
Shanghai Lil Productions Inc is a non-profit organization that creates insightful and inspirational theatrical events that stimulate the development of communities, by promoting social awareness of issues that affect society.
Since 2003 we have produced three productions in Perth, Western Australia:
- Conundrum by Lucy Eyre, at PICA in April 2004
- The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband by Debbie Isitt, at the Sun Room in November 2004
- The Tangled Webs We Weave, two one-act plays by Noel O'Neill, The Rechabites' Hall in August 2008
Our next production is called Three On, One Off by Lucy Eyre and we will stage the play at the Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hamersley Road, from 16 October 2009.
Bookings through BOCS Ticketing on 08 9484 1133 or online at bocsticketing.com.au
Three On, One Off explores the desire for financial gain, in particular, how this desire can promote a disconnectedness from the fundamental things that matter: building meaningful relationships with people and living with integrity. The play portrays the circumstances of characters involved in the fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) employment culture in the mining industry, and each are at a different stage of their FIFO experience. Some need to continue to meet financial pressures, others don’t know another way of life. But all are dealing with the effects of this lifestyle: an accumulation of problems such as marriage breakdown, insufficient parent/child relationships, a feeling of isolation, drug and alcohol abuse and depression.
Therefore, the play shows the implications on society when an employment culture is out of touch with the needs of the individual and the family unit, because it is driven by the desire to get ahead and be financially secure.
Location:
Lesmurdie, 6076 Western Australia
