I’m Your Man

" ringside voices deliver a knockout punch... you will seldom see theatre as vivid and as warm as this"  SMH

The boxing gym: place of dreams, of glory, of a better life. The walls are covered in inspirational quotes, bodies are in constant motion; the stakes are high. Everyone wants to be special. 

For 18 months theatre-maker Roslyn Oades and her trusty tape recorder followed a determined young boxer from Bankstown through his preparations for a world-title fight. On the way she encountered past legends, up-and-comers and failed contenders whose lives have been irreversibly changed by the fight game. Behind this thrilling, brutal sport lies a compelling tale of courage and its cost.

I’m Your Man is no ordinary slice-of-life. The actors wear earpieces, taking their words directly from audio recordings to create a vivid hyper-natural form of documentary theatre. They recreate the exact speech patterns of original interviewees such as Gus Mercurio, Jeff Fenech and Tony Mundine. You’ll be situated in the moment, at the centre of the action.

There’s only one thing that’s certain: – no matter how high you fly, you will eventually lose.  

I’m Your Man is an energy-fuelled study of a contemporary masculine drama that challenges preconceived notions of the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of boxing.