{"id":124228,"date":"2026-07-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=124228"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:04:34","slug":"bnt-returns-with-god-of-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/living\/bnt-returns-with-god-of-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"BNT returns with God of Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANY twisted soul who might get a cathartic release from watching other people’s marriages go ‘boom’ is in for a treat as Ballarat National Theatre prepares to bring God of Carnage to the stage.<\/p>\n

BNT is presenting the Ballarat premiere of French playwright Yasmina Reza’s acclaimed Tony and Olivier award-winning play in a new production of the black comedy, directed by Ruby Abbott.<\/p>\n

“God of Carnage is a brilliant and biting comedy” Abbott said.<\/p>\n

“This play gives us a delicious look at what it means to abandon civility, and decorum, and dive headfirst into savagery.<\/p>\n

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Cast members Benj Beatty, Melissa Lawrence and Tim Constantine rehearse ahead of Ballarat National Theatre Company’s upcoming production of God of Carnage. Photo: Liana Emmerson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“We watch as these characters unravel before our very eyes.”<\/p>\n

With the aid of vintage rum and razor-sharp sarcasm, the scrip follows what happens when four parents become increasingly childish in their attempts to settle a score.<\/p>\n

A playground scuffle brings them together for a cordial meeting but civility unravels in Reza’s biting stage satire that debuted in London in 2008.<\/p>\n

What starts with espresso and diplomacy ends in chaos as facades crack and tensions explode.<\/p>\n

The fast-paced play takes a hilariously uncomfortable look at modern parenting, social pretence, and the thin line between order and anarchy.<\/p>\n

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Cast members Benj Beatty, Melissa Lawrence, Samantha White and Tim Constantine. Photo: Liana Emmerson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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BNT has been producing community theatre since 1938 and is staging God of Carnage in the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute with five shows from Thursday 23 July to Sunday 26 July.<\/p>\n

The upcoming dates follow last year’s postponement when one of the cast members fell victim to a mishap, but has now happily returned. Perhaps, the God in question had a hand?<\/p>\n

Tickets and more information are at events.humanitix.com\/god-of-carnage-bnt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANY twisted soul who might get a cathartic release from watching other people’s marriages go ‘boom’ is in for a treat as Ballarat National Theatre prepares to bring God of Carnage to the stage. BNT is presenting the Ballarat premiere of French playwright Yasmina Reza’s acclaimed Tony and Olivier award-winning play in a new production […]<\/p>\n

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