The Pitch

The Pitch is a hilarious satire about the trials and tribulations of trying to crack the big time in hollywood.                    Peter Houghton's brilliant show was critically acclaimed and a huge hit in Melbourne in 2007 2007 and was awarded teo prestigious Green Room Awards for performance and for best new play.

The Pitch is set in the very humble apartment of aspiring screenwriter Walter Weinerman just before he is about to sell his screenplay to an all powerful Hollywood film industry panel. We watch as Walter, desperatley practices pitching his film concept. It's his one shot at the big time and there's alot at stake. It's the chance for immortality. It's a chance to prove to the world that he's got what it takes and maybe its a chance to win back his girlfriend who dumped him. Walter's script is an action, mystery, revenge, loser makes good, romance film set in way too many exotic locations. It is a classic tale of love, war, sniping, plane crashes, exotic accents and plenty of meaningful close ups. Walter's film pitch is a hilarious panic stiken desperate effort, that involves him demonstrating all the roles that he hopes will be played by Hollywood's A-list actors, including a clenched teeth Clint Eastwood, a debonair Sir Anthony Hopkins and a scintillating Catherine Zeta Jones.

Peter Hoghton's The Pitch is one hilarious antidote for the many cliched and over done Hollywood blockbusters that we are familiar with.

Directed by Anne Browning                                                                                                                                      Lighting Design Paul Jackson                                                                                                                                      Sound Design by David Franzke                                                                                                                                   Production Photography by Jeff Busby