There is something disturbingly honest about living on the streets of Paris and wondering why...

Director: Justin McGuinness

Writer: Stephen House

Original Sound: Peter Neilson

Lighting: Nic Mollison

Cast:

Written on the streets of Paris and inspired by the people who live on them, Appalling Behaviour is the latest effort by the playwright of the Bakehouse Theatre's sell-out hit shows Miss Blossom Callahan and Borrowed Time.

Stephen House took to the streets, parks and squats of Paris, and susbsequently wrote this gripping feature, proudly presented by the Professional Collective. House had been researching homelessness for some time and spent time on the streets of Sydney, Dublin, New York, Chicago, New Delhi, Melbourne and Adelaide.

This wide-reaching research confirmed both the richness of the stories of those that dwell in the urban underworld, and the inevitable conclusion of the play - that it is a universal condition.

The play asks numerous confronting questions. Why do people live on the streets? How easy is it to slip from here to there? Is the stereotype of a homeless person a reality? House's work is sad, funny, moving and at times a brutal and hard hitting reflection of a growing population in our current world.

House and Appalling Behaviour Director Justin McGuinness received a 2010 residency from Hothouse Theatre Albury NSW to develop this new work. Arts SA also provided funding assistance to the project.