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Sunday, 26 May 2013
FIRST SEEN: How We Create @ The Street Theatre
Taking four works in their very early stages across four very different modes of performance, the creators themselves will perform excerpts of their work and participate in a discussion on their creative processes and how their chosen performance medium effects the way in which they create their art. Holding has its basis in collaborative, improvisational performance in which the artists explore the lives of women in the Australian community during the First World War; Then There Were Three explores the trials and tribulations of a young couple dealing with their first born, co-written by husband and wife Craig and Michelle Higgs; Musician Steve Fitzgerald performs two pieces of a very personal nature and discusses the need for devising work for oneself to perform; and local playwright Emma Gibson discusses her writing process, replete with early character doodles, scene outlines and sketches and emails to a dramaturg. For more info and to purchase tickets Click Here
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
FIRST SEEN: Drama Queen @ The Street Theatre
Two women - a mother and a daughter - a dysfunctional relationship, and the lifelong search for the ‘gold’ in their lives all wrapped up in the seductive world of show business and men. As we move backwards and forwards in time, the themes of abandonment, dysfunction and abuse are woven through an evocative and upbeat musical score with comedy sequences. The question of just how much we become our parents and how much we are the navigators of our own lives is explored. Music Director: David King. Cast includes: Geraldine Turner. For more info and to purchase tickets now Click Here
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
FIRST SEEN: In Loco Parentis @ The Street Theatre
Set within an exclusive residential College in a prestigious city university in Canberra, In Loco Parentis explores a college system’s negligent handling of incidents of rape through the relationship between College President Mitch and concerned Senior Resident Katy. The former friends’ relationship deteriorates when Katy accuses Mitch of raping a first year student. Head of College Dr Bryce is initially supportive of an investigation until the implications of what is being uncovered are revealed and Katy’s own motivations are called into question in a world of rapidly shifting allegiances. The entire university community becomes involved, with personal consequences for everyone in the college, before Katy and Mitch are able to speak honestly to each other and assess the damage that has been done. Inspired by media revelations of an entrenched culture of violence against women in Australian residential colleges, writer Helen Machalias leads the audience on a journey into human dynamics within a shifting education landscape, and questions who has a duty of care to students in this environment. For info and to purchase tickets Click Here
Friday, 31 May 2013
FIRST SEEN: A Shameless and Scandalous Boy @ The Street Theatre
Highly comedic but with touching sentiment, A Shameless and Scandalous Boy is a provocative romp, exploring issues of vanity, love, jealousy and self-identity. Antinous, an Ancient Roman god, has become forgotten. In the 21 century he comes back to life, through one of his statues, to tell his story. During his mortal life he survives by selling his body, and, becoming renowned for his beauty, is in great demand by the men of the Roman Army. That is until he is claimed by one man, the Emperor Hadrian himself. As the Emperor’s ‘eromenos’ he obtains wealth and luxury beyond his wildest dreams, but soon realises his continued prosperity is entirely dependent on his youth and beauty, and time is ticking on both. In the meantime he must deal with Hadrian’s wife, Sabina; his most faithful servant, Lucius; and a young man, Marcus, with whom he falls in love. And somehow, through all this, Antinous becomes a god – and starts a cult that lasts three hundred years. For info and to purchase tickets Click Here
Saturday, 1 June 2013
FIRST SEEN: Bartleby @ The Street Theatre
The enigmatic character Bartleby is the confounding human problem at the heart of the office workplace. Imagined by Herman Melville in his equally enigmatic story that bears the character’s name, Bartleby, in 1853, he asks a timeless question of anyone who works: how much of another person’s humanity will we bear when it obstructs the flow of our work? This adaptation of Melville’s story by Julian Hobba puts Bartleby in the contemporary Australian office, where the demands of technology and endless economic growth have made the atmosphere permanently schizophrenic. Brilliantly capable, frustratingly unworkable, he forces the wise old lawyer who employs him to judge between the office – that effective system for managing human behaviour – against the weight of the human soul. For info and to purchase tickets Click Here
Sunday, 2 June 2013
FIRST SEEN: The Chain Bridge @ The Street Theatre
Imre’s world – his career, his marriage, his identity – rests on the fact of his Hungarian Jewish background. But it may all be a lie. Standing between him and his search for the truth is his mother, who rejects the past, even as she struggles to navigate the present. ‘The Chain Bridge’ shows how two worlds and two different understandings of truth can be connected. It explores what it is to keep on living after horror … in a country far removed from where that horror took place. For info and to purchase tickets Click Here
Event Re-cap
Recap: Katie Noonan @ The Abbey
by James van Leeuwen
Katie Noonan has proven herself to be an able songstress over the past decade. Voted as one of Australia’s top 20 singers of all time by iconic peers such as Kate Ceberano and Michael Paynter last week, it is her versatility that puts her at the pinnacle of the countries music scene. Being equal parts pop, to vocalize jazz, the Elixir and George star promised to pull out all stops with a night of hits focused around the new album Songbook.
