Acclaimed Novel ZigZag Street Comes to Stage

Meet Richard Derrington. Richard is twenty-eight and single. More single than he’d like to be. More single than he’d expected to be, and he’s not coping terribly well…

The acclaimed novel by Nick Earls, ‘ZigZag Street’, is now a play, and it’s coming to the WestSide Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday 5th July.

The Council’s Manager for Performing Arts and Conventions, Mr Rob Robson, said the play told the story of Richard Derrington and his attempts to find himself and reclaim his life after his girlfriend left him six months earlier.

“Richard is trying to renovate his grandmother’s house in ZigZag Street, Red Hill, but finds his efforts are stalled,” Mr Robson said.

“The more he tries to be a nineties man, the more he tries to be desirable, the more he searches for calm, the more things get more out of control.”

‘Zigzag Street’ covers six weeks of Richard’s life in the house his grandparents built – six weeks of rumination, chaos, poor judgement, interpersonal clumsiness and, eventually, hope.

Adapted from Nick Earls’ novel by Philip Dean and described as a ‘comic masterpiece’,
‘ZigZag Street’ features fantastic ideas, funny situations and clever writing.

‘ZigZag Street’ will be performed at 8.00 pm on Tuesday 5th July at the WestSide Performing Arts Centre.  For bookings or more information, please contact the Riverlinks Box Office on 5832 9511, or drop into the Eastbank Centre, 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton.