August 31, 2010
\nAdelaide
\nTheatre<\/p>\n
BRIEF
\nHarbinger
\nby Matthew Whittet
\nBrink Productions
\nSpace Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
\nAugust 31. Tickets\u00a0 $ 26.95 – 54. Bookings : BASS 131 246
\nUntil September 11.<\/p>\n
When Chris, a young man minding his own business (Nathan O\u2019Keefe) , happens upon Maddy, a late-teens uni student with blood gushing from her neck (Yael Stone) , Matthew Whittet\u2019s gen-X comedy drama, Harbinger<\/em> foreshadows scary monsters before dawn\u2019s early light.<\/p>\n Since Trueblood<\/em> we have known that vampires are more than just cloaks and fangy teeth and there is plenty of wit and whimsy as Chris and Maddy, armed with crucifixes, silver daggers, a Ziggy Stardust outfit and a photo of a father and daughter,\u00a0 confront a very domestic looking Nosferatu (Alex Menglet). \u201cCould this be a metaphor ?\u201d Chris asks, as a jug full of blood pours down the bewildered Maddy. Well, yes, it could.<\/p>\n The excellent performances are stylishly directed by Chris Drummond, with design by Wendy Todd, very bright lights from David Gadsden, and a delightful disregard for movie style FX.\u00a0 Harbinger<\/em> is funny, engaging and full of dark surprise.<\/p>\n Murray Bramwell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 31, 2010 Adelaide Theatre BRIEF Harbinger by Matthew Whittet Brink Productions Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre August 31. Tickets\u00a0 $ 26.95 – 54. Bookings : BASS 131 246 Until September 11. When Chris, a young man minding his own business (Nathan O\u2019Keefe) , happens upon Maddy, a late-teens uni student with blood gushing from her neck (Yael Stone) , Matthew Whittet\u2019s gen-X comedy drama, Harbinger foreshadows scary monsters before dawn\u2019s early light. Since Trueblood we have known that vampires […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraybramwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}