Cowell gave up drinking for the year he spent writing the play.
He pours himself a drink to celebrate, a drink to work, a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly.
While most of the original Stooged members are now working in Sydney - Carl Young is a police prosecutor based at Penrith - they have continued their connection with the company, travelling to Newcastle for rehearsals and performances. It was performed in the Honeysuckle Theatre, set up in an old railway workshops building that is now part of the Newcastle Museum. Young's absolute sobriety is related to his role in Ruben Guthrie, a play being staged by Stooged Theatre at Newcastle's Civic Playhouse for a two-week season from August 14. As well as giving actors the chance to work professionally, Stooged offers young people the chance to train as directors. Directed by Brendan Cowell. And sometimes he feels the need to have a drink before he heads to work.One night, however, his drunken behaviour results in an accident that forces him to consider giving up drinking.
Ruben Guthrie is a 2015 Australian romantic drama film starring Patrick Brammall as the title character, with Alex Dimitriades and Abbey Lee Kershaw in supporting roles.The film was written and directed by Brendan Cowell, based on his play of the same name. Stooged became an incorporated entity last month. He freely admits the play is … But, as he revealed, some people were upset that he wouldn't drink with them and not all his friendships survived. That decision leads to a mix of reactions from family members, his bosses, male friends and the women in his life. He’s 29, he’s the Creative Director of a cutting-edge advertising agency, he’s engaged to a Czech supermodel and Sydney is his oyster. Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie - he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water.
The cast includes actors of note, graduates from Hunter TAFE's advanced diploma in acting course, and an HSC student. And sometimes he feels the need to have a drink before he heads to work. That, he says, took a lot of effort, given his liking for a relaxing after-work glass of wine or other liquor.Young's absolute sobriety is related to his role in Ruben Guthrie, a play being staged by He plays the title character, the 29-year-old creative director of a cutting-edge Sydney advertising agency.Everything is going swimmingly for Guthrie. That approach has certainly been successful. His clever jingles and eye-catching images have his boss singing his praises and he's envied by the men who know him because he is engaged to a sleek Czech supermodel.Guthrie likes a night out with the boys, moving from pub to pub with the booze flowing freely at each spot. In doing so, he followed the lead of the play's writer, actor Brendan Cowell. Everything is going swimmingly for Guthrie. A 2008 Stooged co-production with the university's drama department of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was picked up by the organisers of the Shakespeare in Gloucester Festival as the centrepiece of its 2009 event. The play won the CONDA for Newcastle's best professional production that year, with the company repeating the feat in 2012 with The Pillowman, a darkly comic work by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh about a writer of grim stories being interrogated by police in a totalitarian state after murders take place that are similar to those in his works.
Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down. He plays the title character, the 29-year-old creative director of a cutting-edge Sydney advertising agency.
He pours himself a drink to celebrate, a drink to work, a drink to sleep and one spectacular night he drinks so much he thinks he can fly. This year's trainee is Chloe Perrett, a TAFE acting graduate.https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/resize/frm/silverstone-feed-data/24c80849-7397-404b-9e5c-ca40ed3e029a.jpg/w1200_h678_fcrop.jpg Stooged became an incorporated entity last month.Carl Young initially was planning to have less input into the company's shows this year, but stepped into the title role of Ruben Guthrie after the actor originally cast had to pull out.The rest of the play's characters were cast through public auditions, with more than 50 actors aged between 17 and 60 seeking roles.The cast includes actors of note, graduates from Hunter TAFE's advanced diploma in acting course, and an HSC student.Brittany Ferry is Guthrie's supermodel fiancée, Megan Kennedy a woman he meets at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Zachary Garred is his gay best friend, Patrick Campbell his alcoholic father, Janet Gillam his insecure mother, and Timothy Blundell his boss, a reformed alcoholic.As well as giving actors the chance to work professionally, Stooged offers young people the chance to train as directors.
Since its first staging as a work-in-progress in Sydney in 2008, it has had rave reviews nationwide. Mat Lee, who is directing Ruben Guthrie, began that role as a Stooged trainee, and was the guiding hand behind two shows last year, includingThis year's trainee is Chloe Perrett, a TAFE acting graduate.CARL Young hasn't had an alcoholic drink for 17 weeks.
He also acknowledges his mother who has brought him long.
Stooged Theatre, the company behind the Newcastle season of Ruben Guthrie, has had a big impact on the city's theatre and theatregoing public since it was established a decade ago.