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thespellofwakinghours: Transfigured night: SUDS’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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The Process (essay series). Transfigured night: SUDS’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Is one of Shakespeare’s perennial masterpieces – an effervescent concoction of magic, darkness, dreams, comedy, and love, it is the first Shakespeare play I studied. At school, the first one I loved wholeheartedly, and certainly one of the best introductions to the Bard’s work, and a play for all ages. Presented here by SUDS. While I believe that it usually takes a scene or two for anyone to get th...
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thespellofwakinghours: Love will tear us apart, again: STC’s The Present
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The Process (essay series). Love will tear us apart, again: STC’s The Present. This review appeared in an edited form on artsHub. Chekhov’s reputation as a writer rests upon the legacy of his four major plays ( The Seagull. And The Cherry Orchard. And his short stories. Generally dismissed as juvenilia or the work of an amateur writer, his earlier plays – and particularly the play we generally call Platonov. At between four and six hours if uncut,. 8217;s new version for. That Chekhov’s plays were. 8220;...
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thespellofwakinghours: Chaos theory: Belvoir’s Mother Courage and Her Children
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The Process (essay series). Chaos theory: Belvoir’s Mother Courage and Her Children. Two particular things happened at the beginning of this year: I sat down with director Eamon Flack. For a discussion about his work, process, and intentions as incoming artistic director of Belvoir; and I saw a Korean pansori. Production of Brecht’s Mother Courage. 8211; at the Sydney Festival. Without wanting to jinx Flack’s production so early on in the year, I believed Ukchuk-ga. Set in the seventeenth century, it is ...
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thespellofwakinghours: A bard thing: Genesian Theatre’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
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The Process (essay series). A bard thing: Genesian Theatre’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). This review was o. Riginally written for artsHub. Back in 2002, my parents took twelve-year-old me to see The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). In Sydney’s CBD, is the fifth production I’ve seen of this play, and it is every bit as silly and as enjoyable as it was thirteen years ago; as it has always been. Created and performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Jessica Gray...
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thespellofwakinghours: August 2015
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The Process (essay series). The show must go on: Belvoir and Sisters Grimm’s La Traviata. Billed as “part opera, part protest, part drag show,” Sisters Grimm. 8217;s La Traviata. 8211; co-produced with Belvoir. And playing in Belvoir’s Downstairs theatre – is a curious mash-up of Verdi’s opera. Which was recently playing in Sydney. In particular – their customary verve for. Links to this post. Such stuff as dreams are made on: Bell Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Written in 1612, The Tempest. 8211; John Bell.
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thespellofwakinghours: Young at heart: Belvoir’s Seventeen
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The Process (essay series). Young at heart: Belvoir’s Seventeen. We’ve seen it before – actors playing children and/or characters much younger than themselves – in plays like David Holman’s The Small Poppies. And more recently in Matthew Whittet. 8217;s School Dance. And Girl, Asleep. In fact, a lot of Whittet’s work draws on this conceit, something he readily acknowledges in his writer’s note in this show’s program. But in Seventeen. Group of teenagers (! Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks. Why is Lizzie rea...
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thespellofwakinghours: Murder ballads: Griffin Theatre Company’s The Bleeding Tree
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The Process (essay series). Murder ballads: Griffin Theatre Company’s The Bleeding Tree. The statistics are staggering. On average, one woman is killed every week as a result of intimate partner violence. One in three women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence. Perpe trated by someone known to them; one in four children are. 8217;s new play The Bleeding Tree. 8211; winner of the. Produced by Griffin Theatre Company. Cerini’s play unfolds upon Renée Mulder. 8217;s murder ballads. On stage, how...
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thespellofwakinghours: May 2015
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The Process (essay series). Barking mad: Living Room Theatre’s She Only Barks at Night. This review appeared in an edited form on. The old adage goes that you should never work with children, animals, or firearms. In Living Room Theatre. 8217;s (henceforth LRT) new performance installation, children and animals play a central role in evoking the world of hysteria. Presented in association with the Sydney Environment Institute and. And Veterinary Science faculty, LRT’s She Only Barks at Night. Henceforth ...
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thespellofwakinghours: July 2015
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The Process (essay series). Play by the rules: STC and Malthouse’s Love and Information. 8217;s plays are renowned for their intellectual rigour and their political preoccupations, as much as for pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be, what it can do. In Love and Information. 8217;s Malthouse Theatre. Ripples with an unbridled wit, compassion, and a sense of precision which is truly mind-boggling. Links to this post. The outsiders: Sport for Jove’s Of Mice and Men. Links to this post. Back in 2002...
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thespellofwakinghours: April 2015
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The Process (essay series). Doing the time warp, again: Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show. The Rocky Horror Show. Is a phenomenon bordering on a cult, which first sprang to life in 1973 in. And the following year in. A mash-up of science-fiction and horror tropes, and gleefully set firmly within the tradition of the rock’n’roll musical, the Rocky Horror Show. Now rocks back into Sydney’s Lyric theatre in this 40th anniversary production. Links to this post. Links to this post. Theatre stage in a whirlw...
