"Zen Zen Zo's The Man Who Sold the World is a highly entertaining production.  Crisply written and directed, this show is a telling assessment of the sinister impact of television and advertising.  Being from Zen Zen Zo, one of Brisbane's prime proponents of physical theatre, this one-act work is full of energetic and outrageous movement.  The audience laughed and cheered wildly throughout." 

THE COURIER MAIL, 2000.

Starting with the fascinating life of Rosser Reaves, the grandfather of American advertising, this work went on to explore the power of the media to shape our worldviews.  The Man Who Sold the World was Zen Zen Zo's first self-devised text-based theatre work.  Debuting at the Brisbane Festival, the production went on to have tour for three years through schools with the Queensland Arts Council (QAC) and Nexus Arts in Victoria.

Title:                          
The Man Who Sold the World

Dates:                       
18-21 October, 2000 (Brisbane Festival)

Venue:                       
The Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse

Director:                    
Simon Woods

Playwright:                
Ian Brown

Choreographer:       
Lynne Bradley

Designer:                  
Rachel Konyi & Alison Ross

Lighting Designer:  
Adam White

Composer:                
Colin Webber

Performers:              
Chris Beckey, Laurel Collins, Jodie Le Vesconte, Rob Pensalfini