Local discount for Melbourne theatre show

AN upcoming production from a Ballarat-based playwright is set to have its premiere season next week.

Marty MonStar’s latest play The Wrong Horse is set to debut in Melbourne for five nights in Prahran, with ticket prices for Ballarat attendees dropping from $35 to $20.

MonStar moved to Ballarat from Melbourne in March last year, and said the discounted tickets are his way of encouraging locals to come to the show.

“People in Ballarat don’t go to Melbourne, so I want the discount to encourage them to see one of Ballarat’s creatives at work,” he said.

“I keep getting asked when am I going to have a show in Ballarat? This is a bit of a teaser for them.”

The play is set in Melbourne and follows two bumbling career criminals Noddy and Big Ears and the disastrous consequences of their final job.

A working playwright since 2019, MonStar said the play is all about kinship in the Australian tradition.

“The main characters have a unique relationship,” he said. “They get up to antics and make mistakes.

“It’s a comedy of errors but colloquially it’s very Australian.”

MonStar’s Ballarat debut is set to take place later this year with his monologue play My Father’s Story to be performed at Ballarat Trades Hall as part of a regional tour.

The Wrong Horse will run from Wednesday, 10 to Sunday, 14 May at the MC Showroom in Prahran

Tickets are available via bit.ly/3AH4OlA and attendees can access the discount using the code BALLARATFOLKS at checkout.