Past Event

The Pharmacist

29th Sep 2009 - 3rd Oct 2009

Presenter: Jane Russell
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Event Duration: 45 minutes

After a sell out season and four star reviews at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, ‘The Pharmacist’ is coming to The Melbourne Fringe Festival!

Everyone experiences pain. Everyone’s pain is different. How do people deal with pain of the body and pain of the mind? And does one cause the other?

The Pharmacist explores these themes through the eyes of a Pharmacist. It is both sad and comic and is widely appealing - all ages can relate to the humanity of the characters. The characters are everyday people.

Written and performed by Jane Russell, the show tells the story of a day in the life of a pharmacist and many of the people who come into her chemist.  

Customers range from hypochondriacs and addicts to more pragmatic customers and alternate ‘self-healers’.  These visits are punctuated by a call from the ubiquitous drug company representative and flashbacks to her university pharmacy professor.

Jane Russell plays all nine remarkable characters in this 40-minute tour-de-force.

Based on Jane’s own personal experience working in Melbourne and Hobart Pharmacies the characters are inspired by the people Jane met seeking relief. It highlights society’s “quick fix” mentality and the idea of finding happiness in a bottle…