2003
The Pitchfork Disney
by Philip Ridley
4 Bux Progressive Arts
The Chapel
Theatre 62
Murray Bramwell
The Pitchfork Disney first played in 1990 and heralded a wave of what might be called punk theatre. In works such as Shopping and Fucking and Disco Pigs – both of which have performed in Adelaide – and films such as Naked, Praise and Trainspotting, the best minds of a generation drew their subject from a vaguely futuristic underclass of alienated, sexually …
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Murray Bramwell
Moliere’s Scapin
Adapted by Scott Witt
State Theatre Company of South Australia
with Queensland Theatre Company
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
until 15 November, 2003. Bookings at Bass 131 246
Tickets $ 16.50 – $ 42
Brisbane season Optus Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre
24 November – 13 December. Bookings QTIX 136 246
Moliere’s Les Fourberies de Scapin – The Rascalities of Scapin – first presented in 1671, is rarely performed now. And that may …
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Adelaide
Theatre
Marcel Marceau
Her Majesty’s Theatre
Adelaide until 1 November.
5 November, Canberra Theatre Centre
Bookings : Canberra Ticketing 02 6275 2700
7 November, Regal Theatre, Perth.
Bookings : BOCS Ticketing 08 9484 1133
11- 12 November, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne.
Bookings : Ticketek 132 849
15 November, State Theatre Sydney
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849
Tickets : (Adelaide) $ 52 – $72
Murray Bramwell
When asked recently why mime had gone out of fashion, Marcel Marceau replied briskly …
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drowning in my ocean of You
by Fiona Sprott
State Theatre Company
Queen’s Theatre
Murray Bramwell
It must be many years since a red velvet curtain has been seen in the appealingly dilapidated Queen’s Theatre, but it suits the mannered theatrics of Fiona Sprott’s drowning in my ocean of You, a play for voices and crooners set at the edge of a pier and, at times, at the edge of the wits as well. In this commissioned work for …
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drowning in my ocean of You
by Fiona Sprott
State Theatre Company
Adelaide, Queen’s Theatre
until 18 October, 2003 Bookings at BASS 131 246
Tickets $ 16.50 – $ 42
Being at the end of a pier is not the same as being as at the end of your tether, but it is very close. In Fiona Sprott’s drowning in my ocean of You, her characters, known generically as Heroine and Hero, Mother and Handsome …
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by Fiona Sprott
State Theatre Company
Queen’s Theatre
Murray Bramwell
It must be many years since a red velvet curtain has been seen in the appealingly dilapidated Queen’s Theatre, but it suits the mannered theatrics of Fiona Sprott’s drowning in my ocean of You, a play for voices and crooners set at the edge of a pier and, at times, at the edge of the wits as well. In this commissioned work for State …
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
by Edward Albee
State Theatre Company
Space, October 2003.
Murray Bramwell
Poor Virginia Woolf. She is almost as famous for belonging in the quirky title of Edward Albee’s play as she is for To The Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway . A whole generation has wondered how she could be so scary, when, in fact, she has been commandeered only for the sake of a literary joke. Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf ? …
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Para//elo
Queen’s Theatre
September, 2003
Murray Bramwell
The rehearsal room for Parallelo’s Distance Project has not been in a building but on a website. For several years the company – previously known as Doppio Teatro – has, through the auspices of artistic director, Teresa Crea, brought together a diaspora of artists from Teatro Kismet in Italy, Theatre Athenor in France and the Nottingham Playhouse in the UK. Crea and video artist, Laurent Dupont co-ordinated contributions …
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The Snow Queen
Windmill Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company
Adelaide Festival Centre, Dunstan Playhouse
Until 4 October. Bookings at Bass 131 246
Tickets $ 15 – $ 23. $ 68 Family.
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson is a children’s story but it is a mighty complicated one to stage. For one thing, it is not a single story but a series of episodes – involving quests and danger, magical situations and animal …
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Proof
by David Auburn
State Theatre Company
The Space, August, 2003.
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
Things have moved very fast for David Auburn since his play Proof first opened in May 2000. Not only did it transfer successfully to Broadway but Auburn also picked up a number of prestigious awards including the Pulitzer Prize. Since then Proof has been widely performed – including in Australia, with separately mounted productions in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, as well as the State …
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