tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17419925042725438812024-03-19T19:48:51.819+11:00Kate Herbert Theatre ReviewsKate Herbert is a Melbourne theatre reviewer at Arts Weekly 3MBS & formerly The Age (2022), Herald Sun, Melbourne Times. Kate is a director & playwright (21 plays). Pub. Currency Press. Teacher: Scriptwriting & Theatre Industry since 2019 at Melb Polytechnic; Worked as actor, comedian, improviser, teacher: Acting, Improvisation, Playwriting, was Head of Drama NMIT, Coordinator Writing/ Editing, Swinburne Uni 2010-18. Reviews at theage.com.au/culture/theatre or heraldsun.com.au/arts Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2525125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-91755919712757262242024-03-09T16:15:00.006+11:002024-03-09T16:15:23.677+11:00RADIO REVIEWS Arts Weekly 3MBS SAT 9MARCH2024<p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii5pSI9hfrjigpWE5RHtrAsmWFTWv4hmVOXuMxeKMY8ocp1kNdhhW5P-U-Lt2RhBFZOAeDqnIKqDTKfGrIlOp236akny7VzeEj1Kyc70A9VK-7wT88lMnQpD5dHf8P1_-h_rSkEvjrsU6kIESuWtkj8Dcdc3qoTKQ5S4Q37zGhcKSk1gmHEPXiXZ6laPQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii5pSI9hfrjigpWE5RHtrAsmWFTWv4hmVOXuMxeKMY8ocp1kNdhhW5P-U-Lt2RhBFZOAeDqnIKqDTKfGrIlOp236akny7VzeEj1Kyc70A9VK-7wT88lMnQpD5dHf8P1_-h_rSkEvjrsU6kIESuWtkj8Dcdc3qoTKQ5S4Q37zGhcKSk1gmHEPXiXZ6laPQ=w352-h352" width="352" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href=" https://youtu.be/PdwqP4q_-94 "> KateArtsWeeklyReviews9Mar2024</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In this radio spot, I review <b><i>The Hate Race</i></b> by
Maxine Beneba Clarke with Zahra Newman,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>MTC. I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>talk about <b><i>Yentl</i></b>
at Malthouse and Nick Tolhurst tells me about the show I missed, <b><i>Eat Your
Heart Out</i></b> by Shift Theatre at La Mama Courthouse.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-17902221736209313292024-03-08T14:36:00.017+11:002024-03-08T16:45:11.284+11:00 Trans Woman Kills Influencer online REVIEW 9 Mar 2014 ***<span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">THEATRE
ON SCREEN</span></b></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Trans Woman Kills Influencer</span></i></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">by Dax Carnay</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">At La Mama Theatre On Screen: Online Season: Feb 13 - Feb 27, 2024</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Stars:
*** (3)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 10 March 2024. It is a review of the live production <b><u>On Screen</u></b>. KH</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1DsUwLTXRBpB5iHD_9FpWpudvSpmoM9Ll-80yBZ8sMluIJTNLuEDwb8_6GLtrQJ7bGVDIwQ1QyQRZeTnlMyR5BYEPLjXk_IG6UVlE0eobc_d9GFaExvF6WjSSE8xCbfzpn4S6JrIrj_wd4eNG4cLm32qSyl7L8_CpiQ0LJ694f-JX_H3PuX0Q3FLoX4/s4000/Trans%20Woman%20-1.jpeg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="4000" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1DsUwLTXRBpB5iHD_9FpWpudvSpmoM9Ll-80yBZ8sMluIJTNLuEDwb8_6GLtrQJ7bGVDIwQ1QyQRZeTnlMyR5BYEPLjXk_IG6UVlE0eobc_d9GFaExvF6WjSSE8xCbfzpn4S6JrIrj_wd4eNG4cLm32qSyl7L8_CpiQ0LJ694f-JX_H3PuX0Q3FLoX4/w603-h401/Trans%20Woman%20-1.jpeg" width="603" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Image by Darren Gill supplied. Cast names not provided. </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Trans Woman
Kills Influencer</span></i></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">, by Dax Carnay, tells its story from the
perspectives</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> of the four characters, until finally reaching its
denouement after 70 minutes.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The title
of the play is certainly an attention grabber, and the premise has dramatic
potential, which is fulfilled to some degree in parts, and most effectively in its
final scene.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Denise,
known as Dee, is a trans woman who manages the advertising campaign for the
evidently straight, male influencer, Alejandro, who, for some reason,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is promoting a feminine hygiene product.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dee’s
colleague and frenemy, Jen, is frustrated and angry that Dee took the senior
position in the agency that Jen believes she deserved. The fourth character is Dee’s shrill and
high-camp personal assistant.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
narrative unfolds in sections, each presented from the perspective of a
different character. Each character’s view generates stereotypes of the other
characters in their story. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">For example, Jen is represented as angry, aggressive and vile
from the others’ perspectives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her own
version, she is milder, reasonable and more genuinely distressed when she tries
to explain why she believes a man who has become a woman is just another man
who is taking a high-level job from a woman.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Part of the
story is told in video projections of TV interviews or stylish Vlog and influencer posts. All the
characters are American, placing this story firmly on another continent that is
notorious for its melodramatic and over-acted soap operas, which are echoed in
this production.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some of the
potential drama and authenticity of the story is lost because of the hysterical behaviour of characters in particular scenes. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">However, <i>Trans
Woman Kills Influencer</i> is certainly a novel and catchy idea.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Written By
Dax Carnay</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Directed by
Emmanuelle Mattana</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Performed
by Dax Carnay, Khema De Silva, Vateresio Tuikaba and Ryan Henry</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Stage
Direction by Finn McLeish</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Set and Costume
Design by Filipe Filihia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Content
Warnings: Violence, Hate Speech, Haze, Strobe, Blood, Use of Replica Weapons</i></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Written by </span></b><b><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">Gary Abrahams, Elise Esther Hearst & Galit
Klas, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">based on Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Malthouse Theatre and Kadimah Yiddish Theatre</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;">At Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse until 17 March
2024</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </b></p>
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the production, I cannot review this but I will make a comment.</b></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It is published only on this blog. I’ll mention it
on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 9 March 2024. KH</span></i></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfsCRdH5m7RhNhbNyuffWs8xfP_HZdWG8BqFPDvBMSEMM-_myz-HoUUzfRC1drfv7HJLXGKwZ9di5M64Y4hqf0O2AV7f150A066-CFvnLHGTFcb2Go0FSRx8-jO_GLW961xTjcqZ1sZkuWTkJXx21LTMs1hp6WG464sUg_wnRXQt_TugkJX55wZsomedA" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfsCRdH5m7RhNhbNyuffWs8xfP_HZdWG8BqFPDvBMSEMM-_myz-HoUUzfRC1drfv7HJLXGKwZ9di5M64Y4hqf0O2AV7f150A066-CFvnLHGTFcb2Go0FSRx8-jO_GLW961xTjcqZ1sZkuWTkJXx21LTMs1hp6WG464sUg_wnRXQt_TugkJX55wZsomedA=w599-h398" width="599" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Amy Hack & Evelyn Krape_photo Jeff Busby</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Yentl is an adaptation of Isaac
Bashevis Singer’s original Yiddish language short story.</b> Parts of the dialogue are delivered in Yiddish with surtitles, which adds a layer of authenticity and
eccentricity.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">It tells the story of Yentl (Amy
Hack) a young woman who wants to be a Jewish scholar, but is not permitted
because of her gender. Religous study is the preserve of males.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">Yentl studies in secret with her
father but she must change plans when he dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dressed in man’s clothing, and with the encouragement of a mischievous,
at times, wicked Dybbuk (Evelyn Krape), she goes on a journey to a distant town
where she meets a young man who introduces her to a Yeshiva - a traditional
Rabbinical school - where she becomes a scholar and a favourite.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">The production is visually
compelling and boasts a talented and versatile cast. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">Krape balances the comic and the
grim as the Dybbuk, scuttling about the stage like a demented creature. Amy
Hack is passionate and credible as young Yentl as she wrangles her secret life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">Directed by Gary Abrahams, this
production draws on the styles and forms of Yiddish Theatre, Polish theatre,
cabaret and a range of other styles to weave its narrative. The design is
almost monochromatic on stage, with actors in white face and black-and-white
costumes with splashes of colour. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;">There is more to say about the
production but, to quote the Dybbuk, there are three weddings, only one of which
lasts, and Yentl’s life becomes more and more complicated and messy. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</span></style></span>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-4904960001677935952024-03-06T14:32:00.009+11:002024-03-09T10:07:40.963+11:00The Hate Race REVIEW 28 Feb 2024 ****1/2<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">THEATRE</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Adapted by Maxine Beneba Clarke from her memoir, Malthouse Theatre</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beckett
Theatre, </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Malthouse</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">until 17 March 2024</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Reviewer: Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: 4&1/2</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This review is published only on this blog.
I’ll present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat March 2024. KH</span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjieTL7hG0rabVCrt_Fa5anffQWlKBHKaBroAy5AbHc1qzJa5L40ERM8akAukFX1llWv1SMv1V1XvgNuemeBJ5oJ26-VI5NqhG4shzeI_NnMZnDzhdn7tPmDqtNRn-cIPb8OINuE27vcS0su_AFs9JCxqwio57alZSMYw4aHCk-dCBIKTYdAgUETtySd1E" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjieTL7hG0rabVCrt_Fa5anffQWlKBHKaBroAy5AbHc1qzJa5L40ERM8akAukFX1llWv1SMv1V1XvgNuemeBJ5oJ26-VI5NqhG4shzeI_NnMZnDzhdn7tPmDqtNRn-cIPb8OINuE27vcS0su_AFs9JCxqwio57alZSMYw4aHCk-dCBIKTYdAgUETtySd1E=w585-h389" width="585" /><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Zahra Newman</span>
&
<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Kuda Mapeza, image supplied</span></i>
</td></tr></tbody></table></span></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Zahra</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Newman is a force of nature in <i>The Hate
Race</i>, commanding the stage and populating</b> it with a parade of characters
from the life of the woman at its centre, Maxine Clarke. <i>The Hate Race</i>
is adapted from Clarke’s memoir about her childhood in Australia when she was exposed
to racism and micro-aggressions because of her skin colour and heritage.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Newman is an exceptional and
charismatic performer, impeccable in her telling of the story, and she skillfully embodies characters from Clarke’s life, including her British Afro-Caribbean parents,
teachers, best friends, worst enemies, and assorted bullies, transforming herself
and transporting us to the world of Maxine’s childhood.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Although this is a solo
performance, Newman is not alone on stage, but is accompanied by the magnetic Kuda
Mapeza, who cannot simply be described as a singer or musician; she uses her
voice and instruments to create not only song and music, but the entire environment
and atmosphere that surrounds Newman’s characters. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The direction, by Tariro
Mavondo and Courtney Stewart, is inventive, imaginative, sleek and deft, while Clarke’s
stage adaptation of her novel is spare and swift-moving, avoiding incorporation
of tracts of prose and making the text theatrical and accessible to an
audience. The use of self-narration by Newman as Maxine captures the intimacy
and authenticity of the memoir.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As the child Maxine, Newman
reveals episodes of her being bullied by boys on bikes and by students in
playgrounds, making friends with white students, being called ‘Blackie’ and being
told she is ‘brown’, which seems to be the only characteristic that other
children could identify in her, despite her intelligence, competence, and
fascinating life stories.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The most compelling and transformational
</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">moment was Newman’s jubilant description of Maxine’s victory at her
final school debate. Her escalating energy, joy and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">delicious sense of triumph </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">was thrilling. This scene brought tears to my eyes as she honoured her
father, her heritage, her politics and her own conscience, exposing the
entrenched subjugation of people because of their race or colour.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Performed by Zahra Newman (actor) & Kuda Mazepa (musician)<br /></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Directed by Tariro
Mavondo and Courtney Stewart</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-79766285872892396872024-02-28T14:10:00.001+11:002024-02-28T14:11:34.708+11:00Much Ado About Nothing, REVIEW Re-post of Jan 2023 production ****<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b>THEATRE</b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Written by William Shakespeare, music by Paul Norton<br /></b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Australian Shakespeare Company (ASC)</b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>At Botanical Gardens, Southern Lawn, until 4 Feb 2023</b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Reviewer: Kate Herbert </b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Stars: **** (4)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll do a radio review on Arts Weekly on 4 Feb 2023. KH</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0R-1y3TRXDr8UycMUgzfTXSjE7K2IA4w3VlKqRjiKQB8dcWB9_Dp_GdoT2mWVYF-j5qXwlZ3j240_Alz5OPsLWtURn3hx3LgrsGofSF0pIaKZBL0MALkks5uoeyCKlRENzg9a8XlQ30pk7ozmw1GIurXtGT7Ov_7ts5O9upzxgvArEIqBoU1cqMSH" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="768" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0R-1y3TRXDr8UycMUgzfTXSjE7K2IA4w3VlKqRjiKQB8dcWB9_Dp_GdoT2mWVYF-j5qXwlZ3j240_Alz5OPsLWtURn3hx3LgrsGofSF0pIaKZBL0MALkks5uoeyCKlRENzg9a8XlQ30pk7ozmw1GIurXtGT7Ov_7ts5O9upzxgvArEIqBoU1cqMSH=w602-h402" width="602" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Cast-of-Much-Ado-About-Nothing 2023_Credit-Ben-Fon</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Shakespeare’s plays were performed under an open sky for people who were not fancy-pants literati.</b> Glenn Elston’s audacious, summer production of <i>Much Ado About Nothing,</i> set against a backdrop of lush trees in the Botanical Gardens, would have delighted the bard’s audience, so don’t expect a stodgy or even predictable version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">The production opens with a comical intro by clown security guards /roadies, Dogberry (Madeleine Somers) and Verges (Antony Rive), followed by The Babes: four of the female characters sassily singing a hot rock number. Then the lead male characters, a band of returning soldiers, enter as rock band, The Loved Ones, all accompanied by on-stage guitarist, Tony Harvey.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Paul Norton’s songs are deliciously eclectic and, although they were written for a previous ASC production of <i>Much Ado</i> in 1998, they sound new and contemporary. Norton’s use of Shakespeare’s poetic text as lyrics or titles in these rock/pop songs is a cunning addition that adds another layer of enjoyment.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">The entire cast is versatile, able to play both the comedy and drama and to perform the repertoire of songs. Nicholas Cameron is suitably seductive, arrogant, witty and charming as Benedick, playing the character as a loose limbed rock star in the style of Michael Hutchence. Anna Burgess, playing Benedick’s equally combative love match, Beatrice, captures the boldness, verbal sparring and seductiveness of the character.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Special mention must be made of Larissa Teale as the sweet, loving and tragically abandoned Hero. Teale’s warm and lovely vocal quality singing Hero’s solo ballad was a thrilling surprise.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Elston’s new production of <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> is a rollicking, Shakespearean rock musical that provides another summer treat. Get a picnic and a bottle of wine and get down to the gardens before 4 Feb.</span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">by Kate Herbert </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CAST </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BENEDICK Nicholas Cameron</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BEATRICE Anna Burgess</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CLAUDIO Alex Cooper</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">DON PEDRO Hugh Sexton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">DON JOHN Kevin Hopkins</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BORACHIO Elizabeth Brennan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">LEONATO Claire Nichols</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ANTONIO Syd Brisbane</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">HERO Larissa Teale</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">MARGARET Meg McKibbin </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">URSULA Olivia McLeod</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">DOGBERRY Madeleine Somers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">VERGES Tony Rive</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">BALTHASAR/MUSICIAN Tony Harvey</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CREATIVE TEAM</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">DIRECTOR Glenn Elston</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">MUSICAL DIRECTOR Paul Norton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">COSTUME DESIGN Karla Erenbots</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-74996537441427822242024-02-25T10:37:00.006+11:002024-02-25T10:37:48.727+11:00RADIO REVIEWS Arts Weekly Sat 24 Feb 2024 <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjpJSzwALZg">Kate Herbert RADIO REVIEWS Arts Weekly 3MBS Sat24Feb2024</a> <br /></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOTqjCig_k1I2usXvKeivsK0f6SQyVYRpdeyZxt479L7b7aHgE4D-qTpe_EgS5EE9dBxWcVuV6HJCWe5HpcM17sfRiCPKNWxz8ct0pN3-SzfSfiDn1IwhbdFkJY3oCweVmWj0QhSzQeV_vlRRFxZ3-Y-oQObD4jvjUNBMztt01pvp0JXtfxMSoX4HyUno" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOTqjCig_k1I2usXvKeivsK0f6SQyVYRpdeyZxt479L7b7aHgE4D-qTpe_EgS5EE9dBxWcVuV6HJCWe5HpcM17sfRiCPKNWxz8ct0pN3-SzfSfiDn1IwhbdFkJY3oCweVmWj0QhSzQeV_vlRRFxZ3-Y-oQObD4jvjUNBMztt01pvp0JXtfxMSoX4HyUno=w299-h299" width="299" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />In this radio spot, I review <span><i><span><b>Meet Me At Dawn</b></span></i></span> by Zinnie Harris at MTC and <span><b><span><i>Medea</i></span>, </b></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"><span style="font-family: arial;">with the exceptional Helen McCrory, available </span></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span>on National
Theatre At Home. I chat with Nick Tolhurst and Paul
Kruspe about both shows. I was pretty bloody entertaining this morning!</span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">Click link above. </span></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">You will also see</span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> on this blog,</span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"> my written review of <b>Medea</b> with the link to <b>NT Live.</b> </span></span> </p><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-38858149393054995102024-02-19T16:26:00.001+11:002024-02-19T16:26:08.053+11:00Medea, National Theatre Live REVIEW 19 Feb 2024 ***** (5)<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">THEATRE</span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Medea adapted by Ben Power from
Euripides</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
<span> </span>National Theatreat Home Collection -
online</span></b></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span face=""Arial", sans-serif"><i>https://www.ntathome.com/videos/medea-full-play</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars:***** (5)<br /></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 24 Feb 2024. KH</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If<b> you want to see a genuinely inspired performance
in an exceptional production</b>, you must see Helen McCrory in Medea by National
Theatre. It is available to rent on NT Live website.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">McCrory has left this mortal coil now, but her
remarkable work lives on in this, and other filmed productions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Medea has been rejected and abandoned by Jason,
played with cool cruelty by Danny Sapani, her one great love for whom she
betrayed her family. He is to marry a young princess and Medea is banished from
Athens by the King (Dominic Rowan), while Jason demands that she leave her two
young sons behind with him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">She pleads for, and is granted, one day’s grace before
her exile. During these few hours, Medea, In her grief and rage and bitter
desire for revenge, poisons the princess and murders her own sons to exact her
vengeance on Jason.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Her Medea is passionate, compelling, volatile, complex,
sympathetic and, ultimately, doomed. McCrory embodies the grief, ferocity and potent
sense of betrayal of this spurned woman, plumbing the depths of despair,
devotion and fierce violent jealousy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Carrie Cracknell’s direction is deft, inventive and
polished. McCrory commands the stage but she is surrounded by a chorus that
dances and sings her story and her fate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Michaela Coel’s Nurse is Medea’s champion and
narrator of her achingly painful journey from queen, to deserted lover then
murderer. Her emotional telling of the story foreshadows the horrors of its
ending.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There is more – much more – to tell, but you must
see this production to feel its potency, its clawing pain and its flawed and
shattered heroine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">By: Kate Herbert.</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLqZf4yC3nmui4XqWRjkHHnVrpLOTBXKmKGlXxRj3tM70wAAKvGCR-_sHzPEL9iYlKV1HzoxMyIFCRi9t6uuVyA5U4gTQvVNTfMZJMZ4_6Ah-0_J_PCyv367JoraKAo5-BSsDyWgHhcYjSJnz5pnYR_5WFzMqLv5Ejb-5TrCVNxdYV-LD1yiQQyc7xjJw" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="771" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLqZf4yC3nmui4XqWRjkHHnVrpLOTBXKmKGlXxRj3tM70wAAKvGCR-_sHzPEL9iYlKV1HzoxMyIFCRi9t6uuVyA5U4gTQvVNTfMZJMZ4_6Ah-0_J_PCyv367JoraKAo5-BSsDyWgHhcYjSJnz5pnYR_5WFzMqLv5Ejb-5TrCVNxdYV-LD1yiQQyc7xjJw=w462-h245" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Helen McCrory in Medea -image from video on website<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /> </span><p></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-79900042794769203602024-02-19T16:20:00.001+11:002024-02-19T17:20:41.184+11:00Meet me at Dawn REVIEW 15 Feb 2024 *** <p><span style="font-family: arial;"> T<b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">HEATRE</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Written </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">by Zinnie Harris</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By Melbourne
Theatre Company</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne, until 16 March 2024</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Stars: *** (3)<br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 24 Feb, 2024. KH</span></i></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNadI_EyPC72efcVBd60np0rUlSlluA3Cfc5ppZrDa3atGcI5USoWQXB93Yn3nblk92DSZGlrw-xSYvqA02pheC1lnFIyNc3Fv1AIaQvAcycE87BKTSSxuxQpMCGm0ge4iN9mvfXp2gMMlllo7eWqWyVcOg69fGXcxn_Su4NUUAOZOL9PGD_b1uWNwc-Q" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNadI_EyPC72efcVBd60np0rUlSlluA3Cfc5ppZrDa3atGcI5USoWQXB93Yn3nblk92DSZGlrw-xSYvqA02pheC1lnFIyNc3Fv1AIaQvAcycE87BKTSSxuxQpMCGm0ge4iN9mvfXp2gMMlllo7eWqWyVcOg69fGXcxn_Su4NUUAOZOL9PGD_b1uWNwc-Q=w556-h370" width="556" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">L-R <span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sheridan Harbridge</span>, <span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jing-Xuan Chan</span>_photoPiaJohnson</i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>In <i>Meet Me at Dawn</i>, two women wash up, half-drowned
and disoriented, on the deserted shore</b> of an unknown and remote location. They
are partners who were on a recreational boat trip when their craft capsized forcing
them to scramble desperately to apparent safety.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">This two-hander, written by Scottish playwright,
Zinnie Harris and directed by Kary Maudlin, charts a single day after their seafaring accident. As the
sensible but anxious and troubled Robyn, Jing-Xuan Chan acts as narrator, speaking
directly to the audience, establishing details of their adventurous, albeit
foolhardy boat trip, the accident and their arrival, marooned, on the blue shore.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sheridan Harbridge plays Robyn’s brittle and
acerbic partner, Helen, who appears to have been injured in the boating
accident but seems no worse for wear. She is feisty, frosty, witty and certain
they will be found. Robyn, however, is more pessimistic and wrestles with the
facts of their foolhardy boating trip and her doubts that they will be found
safe and sound.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Meet Me at Dawn</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is the
dramatic collision of delicate love story and philosophical mystery. What
begins as a seemingly simple story of love and survival, slowly evolves into a
mystery in which reality converges with reverie or illusion.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">The truth of their predicament is fairly clear from
quite early in the play, but there’ll be no spoilers here – just in case you
are slow to grasp their reality. The pair struggles to understand what
happened, how they survived, why the strange woman in the distance ignores
them, whether they can really see a distant, inhabited shore and when they will
be rescued.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">This is an engaging, often funny and ultimately
touching 75-minute piece that gently explores love and grief – with a nod to
Orpheus and Eurydice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> By Kate Herbert<br /></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1</span></style><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Cast</b></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sheridan Harbridge- Helen<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jing-Xuan Chan - Robyn<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Creative Tea</b>m</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Katy Maudlin - Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Daniel Nixon -Composer & Sound Designer </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Amelia Lever-Davidson -Lighting Designer </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Romanie Harper -Set & Costume Designer </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Geraldine Cook-Dafner -Voice & Text Coach</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Intimacy Coordinator- Isabella Vdiveloo </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <br /></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-4216206245947306932024-02-11T12:30:00.001+11:002024-02-11T12:30:13.796+11:00KATE HERBERT RADIO REVIEWS Arts Weekly 3MBS SAT 10 FEB 2024 <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9w-R39-qI"></a></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhtK3gptXENjNUW_fLXj7Yx2ruGbqUyR97ENMiSlGrsAWz2hMJS-xFHZHaVbNRH6C2cUAmN9TMWvReKRZy0hFi8AlIpMjgauy55sSCV3E9vUpMPSNVQZrZt45n5KfayVVLYOzF2bvIPWrAH7MnPHvbMhLZOyLd-b0-s0BVykjVaEPYQScb5o0mIv_9ywk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhtK3gptXENjNUW_fLXj7Yx2ruGbqUyR97ENMiSlGrsAWz2hMJS-xFHZHaVbNRH6C2cUAmN9TMWvReKRZy0hFi8AlIpMjgauy55sSCV3E9vUpMPSNVQZrZt45n5KfayVVLYOzF2bvIPWrAH7MnPHvbMhLZOyLd-b0-s0BVykjVaEPYQScb5o0mIv_9ywk=w337-h337" width="337" /></a></div>KATE HERBERT Arts Weekly 3MBS SAT 10 FEB 2024 <p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">First radio post for 2024. I review <b>Seventeen</b> at MTC Jan and <b>Groundhog Day the Musical</b> at Princess Theatre on 1 Feb.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> I also mention briefly <b>The Choir of Man </b>and<b> A Midsummer Night’s Dream</b> by ASC in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">(I seem to have a squashed head in the image!) </span></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-35621917358112731272024-02-04T11:33:00.005+11:002024-02-05T09:53:56.476+11:00Groundhog Day, the Musical REVIEW 1 Feb 2024 *****<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">MUSICAL
THEATRE</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Book by </span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Danny Rubin</span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">, Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">At
Princess Theatre Melbourne until 7 April 2024</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Stars: ***** (5)</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">This
review is published only on this blog. I’ll present a radio review on Arts
Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 10 Feb 2024. KH</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJyxuOvdffe7n60hiB1BSUqVrXbB5kpePWbSmEBeqvirjfQl5Gb4hbM-HHHtyUUHmCRyzi2HfsexEx9dPZ_2Vk7F08mZba6zuX25VhPQ0vDQ_z64T6zvQ1JtIKjJ9Pvxl95GN4BEUTvwr8Eb5SXgSixSva-FSFg3fwr49WGbK2l5MYTcVX6IXVhaOhoWU" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJyxuOvdffe7n60hiB1BSUqVrXbB5kpePWbSmEBeqvirjfQl5Gb4hbM-HHHtyUUHmCRyzi2HfsexEx9dPZ_2Vk7F08mZba6zuX25VhPQ0vDQ_z64T6zvQ1JtIKjJ9Pvxl95GN4BEUTvwr8Eb5SXgSixSva-FSFg3fwr49WGbK2l5MYTcVX6IXVhaOhoWU=w566-h377" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Andy Karl, Aust. prod Groundhog Day The Musical. Photo Jeff Busb</i>y.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Groundhog Day</span></b></i><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i> the Musical </i></span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>is an
ebullient, frenetically paced, madly entertaining and funny</b> musical adaptation
of the classic 1993 movie starring Bill Murray. Every component in this production
is inspired: from Tim Minchin’s songs, to Danny Rubin’s book, Matthew Warchus’s
direction, the lead actors and support cast. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Andy Karl is exceptional in every way in the
role of Phil Connors, the cynical and egotistical TV weatherman who resents his
assignment to cover the eccentric Groundhog Day in the backwoods town of Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania. Every year, on February 2<sup>nd</sup>, these folksy townspeople
celebrate the appearance of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil. If Phil sees
his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When a blizzard travels off its expected path
into Punxsutawney and closes all the highways,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Connors and his hopeful, cheerful producer, Rita (played with warmth and humour by </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Elise McCann)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, and cameraman, Larry (</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kaya Byrne)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, are stuck in Punxsutawney
overnight. Here begins Phil’s hellish reliving of that same day for months,
perhaps even years. It is a splendidly absurd concept.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
repetition become comical, then desperate, fraught and nightmarish, but Phil
still manages to remain a conniving jackass who abuses, cheats, ridicules and
sneers at everyone, and uses his foreknowledge of the day’s events and people’s
needs to take advantage of people and manipulate them, particularly Rita.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">It’s odd to think of a story advancing when it is built on the repetition
of the same day. Repetition is often criticised in stage productions, apart
from reprises of songs. However, in this instance, it is the genius of the show;
music, lyrics, story, stage action, choreography, dialogue, character
interactions and the banal detail of Phil’s repeated day all cohere to create
an effervescent, thrilling episodic narrative in which we witness Phil evolve
from total jerk into a genuine and caring member of this simple community. This
morality tale forces Phil to repeat his 24 hours until he becomes the man he
never was.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Minchin's
music </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">is celebratory and eclectic, and his </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">songs cleverly </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">advance the
story, illuminate characters and develop relationships. H</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">is lyrics are infused with b</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">lack humour</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> as is Danny Rubin’s</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> dialogue</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> in this narrative that is cunningly constructed for the stage. (<i>Song list below)<br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matthew Warchus's direction</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">remarkable,
assured and always surprising</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">. He
dovetails vibrant pageantry and effusive choreography (Lizzi Gee) with comical,
dialogue-based scenes, poignant character vignettes, quirky visual design (</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rob Howell) </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">that
incorporates the </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">cunning use of a miniature landscape </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">and a flying car chase through suspended snow-covered houses. One
remarkable element is the startling illusions by Paul Kieve in which Karl, as
Phil, disappears and reappears in his repeated ‘suicide’ attempts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Go
see </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Groundhog Day</span></b></i><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i> the Musical</i></span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">, even if you are not familiar with the movie. It’s a
rollicking, fun show with heart and a simple message: be kind.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">By:
Kate Herbert. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Cast</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Andy Karl - Phil Connors</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Elise McCann - Rita Hanson</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lays Byrne -
Larry</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Alison Whyte-
Mrs Lancaster</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tim Wright - Ned
Ryerson</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ashleigh
Rubenaxch - Nancy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Conor Naylon -
Gus </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Connor Sweeney -
Ralph</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew Hamilton
- Sheriff</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Afua Adjel -
Debbie</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Creative Team</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Danny Rubin - Book </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tim Minchin
</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">-</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Music and Lyrics </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew Warchus-
Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rob Howell -
Scenic & Costume Design</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lizzi Gee -
Choreography </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Christopher
Nightingale - music supervision orchestrations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hugh
Vanstone<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- Lighting Design</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Simon Baker -
Sound Design</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul Kieve-
Illusions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Andrzej
Goulding- Video & Animation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Finn Campbell-
additional movement</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Campbell Young Assoc-
Hair, Wigs & Make-up</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Warwick Griffin
- Assoc Director </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">SONG LIST</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">ACT ONE</span></b></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">There Will Be Sun - Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Small Town, U.S.A. (Day 1) - Phil and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">February 2nd/There Will Be Sun - Rita and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Small Town, U.S.A. (Day 2) - Phil and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Punxsutawney Phil - Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">February 2nd/ There Will Be Sun - Rita and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Small Town, U.S.A. (Day 3) - Phil and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Stuck - Phil and Healers</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Nobody Cares - Gus, Ralph, Phil and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Philandering - Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://stageagent.com/audition-songs/8577/one-day/groundhog-day"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">One Day</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> - Rita, Phil and Company</span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">ACT TWO</span></b></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://stageagent.com/audition-songs/8546/playing-nancy/groundhog-day"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Playing Nancy</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> - Nancy</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://stageagent.com/audition-songs/8545/hope/groundhog-day"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Hope</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> - Phil and Company</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Everything About You - Phil</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">If I Had My Time Again - Rita, Phil and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Everything About You (Reprise) - Phil</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Philosopher - Phil and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://stageagent.com/audition-songs/8578/night-will-come/groundhog-day"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Night Will Come</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> - Ned</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Philanthropy - Phli and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Punxsutawney Rock - Piano Teacher and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Seeing You - Phil, Rita and Company</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Dawn - Company</span></li></ul>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-1973223487550755002024-01-20T18:37:00.006+11:002024-01-20T19:01:19.763+11:00Seventeen REVIEW MTC 19 Jan 2024 ***1/2<p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">THEATRE</span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">At
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sumner, Southbank Theatre until 17 Feb 2024</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars:***1/2</span></b></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1</style><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on a Sat in early Feb 2023. KH</span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>It is a delicious treat and a privilege to see a cast of such exceptional,
older, local actors</b> on stage together and, it must be said, the performances are
the major highlight of <i>Seventeen</i> by Matthew Whittet and </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">directed by Matt Edgerton.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">The team of stellar stalwarts includes Robert
Menzies (Tom), Genevieve Picot (Emilia), Richard Piper (Mike), Pamela Rabe
(Jess), and George Shevtsov (Ronny), all of whom play 17-year-olds celebrating the
end of their school days by getting plastered in a children’s playground. As they imbibe
more, their defences crumble, they confront their muddled thoughts about their uncertain
futures, and each reveals a closely guarded secret. In a peculiar twist, the
wisest words emanate from Mike’s party-crashing, 14-year-old younger sister, Lizzy
(Fiona Choi).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Their last night together as school pals or
colleagues deteriorates into drunken clashes
and stumbles, both physical and verbal. Whittet’s play evolves in a series of
episodes, some involving the whole group and others focusing more intimately on
pairs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">As the scenes ebb and flow, so do the relationships
and alliances, with friends discovering long-held secrets about each other,
losing faith, feeling betrayed or confessing their love. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Although they are playing 17-year-olds, some of the
dialogue and direction makes them seem like a much younger cohort – but perhaps
that is a symptom of school-leavers carrying their child selves with them into
the brave new world of adulthood. There is some imbalance between the
adolescent banter and bickering, and the individuals’ revelatory monologues
about themselves and their view of the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Menzies is sympathetic as Tom, capturing his introverted,
genuine and caring nature, Picot finds vulnerability in the brittle and awkward
Emilia, Piper makes the extroverted, good-looking Mike the focus of the group, Rabe
is compelling as the audacious and popular Jess, Shevtsov is poignant and sad as </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">“weirdo” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>outsider, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Ronny, while Choi vividly portrays the vivacious Lizzy, a younger teen who is
yet to feel the others’ sense of the impending doom of adulthood.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Watching these older actors playing teens allows us
to see into the characters’ futures. As they muse about their hopes, dreams and
fears about becoming an adult or growing old, we see, in the image of the actors,
the actuality of later middle-age for each of the characters. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Seventeen</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is both joyful and
moving and its significant draw card is the exceptional cast.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">By Kate Herbert</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cast </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Fiona Choi, Robert Menzies, Genevieve Picot,
Richard Piper, Pamela Rabe and George Shevtsov </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Director </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Matt Edgerton<br />
<b>Set & Costume Designer </b>Christina Smith<br />
<b>Lighting Designer </b>Paul Jackson </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Composer & Sound Designer </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Joe Paradise Lui </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Movement Director </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Vincent Crowley<br />
<b>Assistant Director </b>Tasnim Hossain<br />
<b>Intimacy Coordinator </b>Amy Cater </span></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</span></style>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-68749380431471207432024-01-06T16:08:00.021+11:002024-01-13T09:28:46.060+11:00The Choir of Man REVIEW 5 Jan 2024 ****1/2<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">MUSICAL
THEATRE</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne until 11 Feb 2024<br /></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: ****1/2 (4.5)</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat in early Feb 2024. KH</span></i></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">NB: I've fixed a couple of misspellings. Apologies to those who I wrongly named. K<br /></span></i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwHZ5Bi-Scs1duUa_Wv50thyF4jCUJuJhxUG3RsPQ9vaJlZxw79oBIj3R02JzlGhXC_QAAUr02J4-spvfCmOYNvZUAzZVxm04oM5o824aMRTFAfoWneAI7WY33XGBZ7AsRmyztjCz9twzqv1ftpUYPM7XlOnFqPPz9Onr04U6rpRlr_Wj6AKnaMFYfnM4" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwHZ5Bi-Scs1duUa_Wv50thyF4jCUJuJhxUG3RsPQ9vaJlZxw79oBIj3R02JzlGhXC_QAAUr02J4-spvfCmOYNvZUAzZVxm04oM5o824aMRTFAfoWneAI7WY33XGBZ7AsRmyztjCz9twzqv1ftpUYPM7XlOnFqPPz9Onr04U6rpRlr_Wj6AKnaMFYfnM4=w547-h364" width="547" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Cast-The Choir Of Man_Melbourne-pic Danysha Harriott</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> <b>The Choir
of Man</b></i><b> is a rollicking
night of singin’, talkin’, dancin’ and drinkin’ in a local pub and it is ideal entertainment
for this lazy holiday period before the year starts making its demands on us.</b></span>
</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nic Doodson’s vivacious, uplifting and celebratory 90-minute production
is set in an old-fashioned, English pub called The Jungle in which nine multi-talented blokes – AKA The
Choir of Man – dance, spin yarns and <span style="color: #212121;">sing an eclectic repertoire of pop
songs, rock anthems, pub and folk tunes.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">Accompanied
by<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> a tight, on-stage band, the performers</span>
fill the theatre with thrilling harmonies<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> and a cappella singing</span>, inspired musical arrangements (<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jack Blume) of instruments including guitar,
piano, banjo, trumpet, clarinet and violin, as well as the foot-stomping,
percussive rhythms of a tap-dancing Handyman (Ethan Vijn).</span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">The audience is encouraged to participate by singing along to songs such
as a raucous rendition of The Proclaimers’ <i>500 Miles</i> and a rousing <i><span style="color: #212121;">You’re
the Voice</span></i><span style="color: #212121;"> (Tom Brandon) that sends the Farnham-loving Melbourne
crowd into vocal paroxysms of delight.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some lucky audience members are invited on stage to drink beer, and on
opening night, one saucy minx was a blazing hit, gesturing and flirting shamelessly
with the Beast (Rob Godfrey)
while he <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">serenaded her with <i>Teenage
Dream</i>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">There’s
the Irish, piano-playing Maestro (Matthew Campbell), the guitar-wielding Godfrey,
a perky Barman (Nathaniel Morrison), the Bore who has a velvety, Welsh bass baritone
voice (Aled Pennock), the lovelorn Romantic (Bradley Walwyn) and the practical
Joker (Christian Tyler-Wood).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">This joyous show has many highlights, including a <span style="color: #212121;">soaring
and moving rendition of Adele’s anthemic song, <i>Hello</i>, a raunchy version
of Queen’s <i>Somebody to Love</i> </span>and an <span style="color: #212121;">a cappella</span> version of <span style="color: #212121;">Sia’s
<i>Chandelier</i>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial;">The nine men display their musical versatility in
an instrumental number, three men sing a goofy trio standing at a urinal, and Higgins
delivers the poignant melody, <i>Dance With My Father</i> and their finale is a
moving Irish (or is it Scottish?) folk tune, <i>The Parting Glass.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">Doodson’s direction is inventive, assured, complex and seamless, while
the poetic, social commentary (Ben Norris) spoken by the charming narrator, Alistair
Higgins, laments the loss of pubs to luxury apartments – ‘the easy casualties
of time’ – and encourages us to value community and communication. </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, do not expect a <span style="color: #212121;">dramatic arc or a storyline. This piece
might have explored more deeply the narrative of the fall of the local pub and
the rise of shiny new towers, but it dodges that line and continues merrily as
a musical miscellany.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: #212121;">The Choir of Man</span></i><span style="color: #212121;">
is a vibrant production that not only entertains but also urges us to preserve
the spirit of those close-knit communities that meet at their local for a few
brews and some yarn-spinning – until developers buy the block!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial;">By Kate Herbert</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">CAST<br />
Maestro -Matthew Campbell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Beast
- Rob Godfrey</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Barman
-Nathaniel Morrison </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Bore
- Aled Pennock </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Handyman-
Ethan Vijn </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hardman
-Tom Brandon</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Joker
-Christian Tyler-Wood</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Poet
-Alistair Higgins <i>5 Jan</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Romantic
-Bradley Walwyn <i>5 Jan</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><i> </i> <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">BAND</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Craig
Newman- Bass & Band Leader</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Angus
Burchall -Drums</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Marcus
Kurban- Guitar</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt;">Kyla
Matsuura-Miller </span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">-</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Violin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Creators
-Nic Doodson & Andrew Kay </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Musical
Supervisor etc Jack Blume</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Choreographer-
Freddie Huddleston</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Monologues
Writer- Ben Norris</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Scenic
Designer- Oli Townsend</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Costume
-Verity Sadler</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Lighting
-Richard Dinnen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sound
Design -Sten Severson</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SONGS
& MONOLOGUES LIST</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(Intro Scene) </span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SAVE TONIGHT </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TEENAGE DREAM </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(“Pubs” Speech) </span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">HELLO </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PIÑA COLADA </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">500 MILES </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UNDER THE BRIDGE </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">CHANDELIER </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">HOMESPEECH </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">JUNGLESTOMP </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">BRINGTOMORROWON </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">DANCEWITHMYFATHER </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SOMEBODY TO LOVE </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">YOU’RE THE VOICE </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SOME NIGHTS </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a.
SOME NIGHTS REPRISE </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(Goodbye
Speech) 15. THE PARTING GLASS </span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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{margin-bottom:0cm;}</span></style></span>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-87577232376057382662023-12-31T12:54:00.005+11:002024-01-07T11:06:47.211+11:00A Midsummer Night’s Dream COMMENT 29 Dec 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">OUTDOOR
THEATRE</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Written by William
Shakespeare</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Australian Shakespeare Company</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">At
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Botanical Gardens, Southern Cross Lawn, until
11 Feb 20224</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: NA</span></b></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">NB: Apologies to the company but I had to leave the
performance early due to unforeseen circumstances. For this reason, the
following is an observation rather than a full review of the production. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’ll
present a radio comment on Arts Weekly on 3MBS When we restart in early Feb 2024.
KH</span></i></p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2I2v0xu9xF4LF5ABecD9Xm5CyhEG6IJsZnbYz_jo8z3dUqabfdhLaovg1XDphd5xrc1C2_SkUByCwdxOeU-4Do9M7TqXZ42O5KKvSgY8oYmWyeLvpbHLM9B5VJcY4XlZMyltOZJxvReNKaIeZ-9Aa_jfbBvoOnKKdkHS3m7oNtdy20NSqeB4hA8aDyzQ" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2I2v0xu9xF4LF5ABecD9Xm5CyhEG6IJsZnbYz_jo8z3dUqabfdhLaovg1XDphd5xrc1C2_SkUByCwdxOeU-4Do9M7TqXZ42O5KKvSgY8oYmWyeLvpbHLM9B5VJcY4XlZMyltOZJxvReNKaIeZ-9Aa_jfbBvoOnKKdkHS3m7oNtdy20NSqeB4hA8aDyzQ=w479-h319" width="479" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fletcher O'Leary, Hugh Sexton, Cameron Shook and Syd Brisbane_Credit Ben Fon</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glenn
Elston’s 35th production of <i>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</i> under the stars is
playful, youthful and irreverent, cheekily incorporating contemporary language,
attitudes and references to update Shakespeare’s text and appeal to audiences
unfamiliar with the Bard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Mechanicals are like a clutch of tittering, testosterone-soaked teenage boys
who would hear sexual innuendo in a teacup. Syd Brisbane’s Puck has a devilish
attitude and a primate-like gait and he compels his two acrobatic fairies (Fletcher O’Leary, Cierra Shook)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">to do
his and Oberon’s bidding.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">There are
some notable performances, including the impressive </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Larissa
Teale</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> as Helena; Teale adroitly penetrates the poetic text, creating a
credible and comprehensible Helena and giving the audience access to
Shakespeare. Hugh Sexton is, as always, a treat to watch; he is dignified as Theseus
and compelling as Oberon, the Fairy King.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">As ever,
the exquisite Botanical Gardens and its resident wildlife provide an evocative
environmental backdrop to the simple staging. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Get out
there with our picnic and see this celebratory and entertaining summer delight.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CAST</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">TITANIA | HIPPOLYTA</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nicole Nabout</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">OBERON | THESEUS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Hugh Sexton</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">PUCK | PHILOSTRATE<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Syd Brisbane</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">HELENA | COBWEB</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Larissa Teale</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">HERMIA | FAIRY<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Olivia McLeod</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">DEMETRIUS | ROBIN STARVELING<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Tane Williams</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">LYSANDER | TOM SNOUT</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Alex Cooper</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">BOTTOM<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Elizabeth Brennan</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">PETER QUINCE | MUSTARDSEED</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Madeleine Somers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">FRANCIS FLUTE</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jackson McGovern</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">SNUG | FAIRY</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Henny Walters</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">MOTH<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Claire Duncan</span></p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-60076058008322787752023-12-09T12:54:00.000+11:002023-12-09T12:54:01.417+11:00KateHerbert ArtsWeekly 3MBS Sat9DEC2023<p>In this last Arts Weekly 3MBS radio spot for 2023, I review Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Red Stitch and Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill by MTC with Zahra Newman as Billie Holiday.</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Qo1vi5xINAw?si=YXvkyvERoH_4Tl2j" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qo1vi5xINAw/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe> </p><p></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-29263009030473266852023-11-28T19:59:00.009+11:002023-12-09T11:04:30.902+11:00Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill REVIEW 28 Nov 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">THEATRE
/ MUSICAL</span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Written by
Lanie Robertson</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne extended until 9 Dec 2023</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: *****
(5)</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 9 Dec 2023. Apologies that I'll review it on air after close of season. KH</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3xFwDieNAiIexELGT0nQt3RglQ1wcAE_VsYPtk5eZtYqEAte4YB7AVcECv6dStuP0zsZjKdef8G3CUfcb9dPwIdVV3eNnHW9lLMweiltF-jhUWNIp5vbMZCFV2y6DzP6LbqJrBVEYxLiDB6gKJpQsc0AGpDaf4AS7J_53Ti-CRnqJDMmSzor_TDmaOaQ" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3881" data-original-width="2587" height="503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3xFwDieNAiIexELGT0nQt3RglQ1wcAE_VsYPtk5eZtYqEAte4YB7AVcECv6dStuP0zsZjKdef8G3CUfcb9dPwIdVV3eNnHW9lLMweiltF-jhUWNIp5vbMZCFV2y6DzP6LbqJrBVEYxLiDB6gKJpQsc0AGpDaf4AS7J_53Ti-CRnqJDMmSzor_TDmaOaQ=w335-h503" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zahra Newman -Lady Day_pic by Matt_Byrne</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Zahra
Newman totally inhabits the heart, body and spirit of Billie Holiday, known as
Lady Day, in her inspired and poignant performance of <i>Lady Day at Emerson’s
Bar and Grill.</i></span></b></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Accompanied
by a tight, gifted and very cool jazz trio <i>(Kym Purling on piano, Dan Witton
on upright bass, Edward York on drums</i>), Newman, wearing a gleaming, white
satin gown, addresses us as if we were a devoted audience at Emerson’s in
Philadelphia, a bar that she knows so well from her chequered past. Lady is
supported – in all meanings of the word – on stage by Jimmy, her pianist, show-host
and sublimely patient, current beau, who encourages and prompts her whenever
the need arises – which is often by the end of the evening.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Newman is a
gifted jazz singer in her own right, but she also captures impeccably the
bluesy-jazz stylings of Holiday’s singing, and the drawling, slightly slurred
tones of her speech as she becomes progressively more intoxicated, to the point
where she can barely stand. The voice and dialect coaching by Geraldine
Cook-Dafner must be commended.</span></p>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8bpaoUfHlC6Zc1Yhym0yYSjofKowVm3wxuQXwm9a_rADpWZGmKvo6v2LoNQUomJxP3Jv6fTS1j4dbRF4LLUA6wV8HWMSO5KhfmK9F_qRSzCzz-ImijILl69pM-3R9OX5Kyav-f6gNCc4d6tM44QBmfHaws7GcbtFQ8YYGw8ukI0-o4e_lVVIh8BXyoG8" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="2486" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8bpaoUfHlC6Zc1Yhym0yYSjofKowVm3wxuQXwm9a_rADpWZGmKvo6v2LoNQUomJxP3Jv6fTS1j4dbRF4LLUA6wV8HWMSO5KhfmK9F_qRSzCzz-ImijILl69pM-3R9OX5Kyav-f6gNCc4d6tM44QBmfHaws7GcbtFQ8YYGw8ukI0-o4e_lVVIh8BXyoG8=w554-h282" width="554" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zahra Newman -Lady Day_pic by Matt_Byrne</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The live
music, and Newman’s vocal renditions of Holiday’s exceptional repertoire of
songs, are thrilling and musical arrangements by Danny Holgate are captivating.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p>
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profoundly painful to witness this great talent, Holiday, disintegrating before
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from her past, including her appalling choice of partner, her heroin addiction,
and the imprisonment that ended her career.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The song
list includes some full tunes and many snatches of Holiday’s popular melodies,
including her most famous and most requested songs, <i>God Bless the Child</i>,
and <i>Strange Fruit</i>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mitchell
Butel’s direction is discreet and unobtrusive, focusing the eye and the ear on
Newman and allowing the audience to experience the immediacy of Newman’s
performance as Holiday’s story unfolds and her character unravels.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lanie
Robertson’s script draws on Holiday’s lived experiences, illuminating the woman
and her life and trials, but never slipping into exposition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is an exceptional night at the theatre and Newman’s charismatic performance
must be seen. Forget the Chrissie shopping! Rush out now!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">CAST
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Billie
Holiday </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Zahra
Newman<br />
<b>Alternate Billie Holiday </b>Elenoa Rokobaro<br />
<b>Jimmy Powers</b> Kym Purling</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">BAND</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Upright</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> <b>Bass </b>Dan Witton<br />
<b>Drums </b>Edward York</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">CREATIVE
TEAM </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Director
</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Mitchell
Butel<br />
<b>Associate Director </b>Zahra Newman<br />
<b>Musical Arrangements </b>Danny Holgate</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Musical
Director & Additional Arrangements </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Kym Purling<br />
<b>Set & Costume Designer </b>Ailsa Paterson<br />
<b>Lighting Designer </b>Govin Ruben<br />
<b>Sound Designer </b>Andrew Howard<br />
<b>Voice & Dialogue Coach </b>Geraldine Cook-Dafner<br />
<b>Voice & Dialogue Coach</b> Jennifer Innes</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Stage
Manager</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">
Bridget Samuel<br />
<b>Assistant Stage Manager </b>Sean Proude<br />
<b>Animal Trainers</b> Paws on Film</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In
this show, I review <b><i>A Very Jewish Christmas Carol </i></b>at MTC and
A<b><i> Christmas Carol</i></b> by Old Vic with Owen Teale at Comedy Theatre, Melbourne. Two very different adaptations of Dicken's for theatre.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> The Old Vic one is much more successful than the other. k</span><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/oLEj7LqFGjo?si=4YTovguaZZiP61Nn" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oLEj7LqFGjo/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>THEATRE</b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>A version by Jack Thorne, conceived by Matthew Warchus from Charles Dickens novel</b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>An
Old Vic production</b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>At
Comedy Theatre Melbourne until 7 Jan 2023</b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Reviewer:
Kate Herbert</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Stars: ***** (5)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25 Nov 2023. KH</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NB: I “re-purposed” some content from my 2022 review of this production, where it was still relevant. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">K</span></i></p>
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{page:WordSection1;</span></style></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMgCMa3ljW30Bw9jKh3bysQY3a2usAoa2ePbS6ZmUVuWxS5jI7XTftD1heu2Y0KgIiUpep5ZledsDbO3JOCoqiMAqZUCZy9lHkNwfVgyn8k4Wq4od6QXONzWWhMfLQqgD-07UUKJOFeTbCPq1npVpyb84eJTSuGzHTBjqIC14vbqvW-MOSb9QsD4Oa2HU" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMgCMa3ljW30Bw9jKh3bysQY3a2usAoa2ePbS6ZmUVuWxS5jI7XTftD1heu2Y0KgIiUpep5ZledsDbO3JOCoqiMAqZUCZy9lHkNwfVgyn8k4Wq4od6QXONzWWhMfLQqgD-07UUKJOFeTbCPq1npVpyb84eJTSuGzHTBjqIC14vbqvW-MOSb9QsD4Oa2HU=w543-h361" width="543" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2023_</i><i>c Jeff Busby</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matthew Warchus’s exhilarating production of A Christmas Carol, adapted by
Jack Thorne from Dickens’ ripping yarn,</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is a very Christmassy feast of carols, choral harmonies, mass bell
ringing, snow, faith, hope and charity and even a veritable feast of fruits,
vegetables, meat platters, puddings and breads all sliding down from the
balcony along draped sheets to the stage and into wicker baskets. Yes, real
food – mostly. </span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The pre-show musical entertainment includes actors dispensing mince pies
and mandarins to audience members who wave furiously at actors to get their
hands on the Chrissy nosh. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thorne’s version of Dickens’ story extracts crucial moments, takes
licence with some dialogue, and omits some characters and scenes because, let’s
face it, Dickens’ book would take many hours to perform in full.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The centre of this morality tale is Ebenezer Scrooge, played by virtuoso
UK actor, Owen Teale, who manages to take Scrooge from ferocious to vulnerable by
the end of the show. Scrooge is a miserly old moneylender who thinks Christmas
is ‘humbug’ <i>(He says the word only once in this show.) </i>and who underpays and
makes unreasonable demands on his dutiful, hard-working office clerk, Bob
Cratchit <i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Bernard
Curry)</span></i><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">who lives in poverty with
his wife and many children including Tiny Tim <i>(</i></span><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">played adorably by Mira
Feldman on opening night). </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Scrooge reviles the carol
singers at his door and dismisses his genial nephew, Fred (</span><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Andrew Coshan</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">. He suspects everyone wants to steal his money.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Teale’s performance is rich, nuanced and passionate
but feels effortless and natural, as if he isn’t acting at all, while his warm,
honey-toned voice soothes and charms, even when Scrooge is being mightily mean.
Teale’s transformation from this stone-hearted old grump into joyful, bouncing,
childlike benefactor is swift but credible, and his 180-degree change triggers
the truly joyous Christmas celebration and feast that follows at the Cratchit’s
home.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The supporting cast is outstanding with Debra Lawrance as the wry, pert,
elderly Christmas Past, and Samantha Morley as the critical, chivvying
Christmas Present. The entire cast takes the role of Christmas Future – a group
of black-clad veiled ghostly figures – while Scrooge’s late sister, Little Fann
(Aisha Aidara) takes Scrooge to view his own, desperately lonely funeral at
which he learns his lesson of love and kinship.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anthony Harkin is compelling as Jacob Marley and his warm, velvety
baritone is welcome in the final song, Grant Piro’s Fezziwig is playful and
naïve, while Sarah Morrison is warm and composed as Belle, Scrooge’s past love.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">We marvel like children at Rob Howell’s gloriously atmospheric set
design of tumbled lanterns and drop lights, falling snow, Scrooge’s money boxes
and secret compartments in the stage floor, and </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 53, 53); color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Hugh Vanstone‘a</span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> evocative, often spooky,
sometimes festive lighting. The music, composed by Christopher
Nightingale, is an imaginative collision of Christmas carols, a capella harmonies, inspired bell
ringing and haunting soundscape, played by a live band perched in a balcony
box and musicians who are on stage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Christmas Carol</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #353535; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">, with its dancing, singing,
snacks, tears and laughter, is a delicious Christmas tonic that reminds us of
those who struggle to make ends meet. In London and here, money is collected
and donated by the show to charities for the poor. Teale speaks with warmth
about donations to FairShare and there are collection boxes at the doors.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Ebenezer
Scrooge - Owen Teale</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Cameron
Bajraktarevic-Hayward -Young Ebenezer (also cello/double bass)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Bernard
Curry - Bob Cratchit</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Anthony
Harkin - Father / Marley</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Andrew
Coshan - Fred</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Stephanie
Lambourn - Mrs Cratchit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Mandolin)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Debra
Lawrance - Ghost of Christmas Past</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Samantha
Morley - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ghost of Christmas Present</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Aisha
Aidara - Little Fan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sarah
Morrison - Belle</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Grant
Piro - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fezzwig</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Kaya
Byrne - Nicholas</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Benjamin
Colley -George (Accordion/tin whistle)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Deirdre
Khoo – Jess</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Tiny
Tim - On opening night Tiny Tim played by Mira Friedman; Alexis Abela, Sasha Hampson, Evie Rose Hennessy, Libby Segal </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">CREATIVE TEAM</span></b></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Jack Thorne - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Adaptation </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew Warchus - Director </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rob Howell - Set & Costume </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Christopher Nightingale - Composer &
Arranger </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Peter Rutherford - Australian Musical Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Hugh Vanstone <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-Lighting </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Simon Baker - Sound</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lizzi Gee – Movement</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Simon Baker – Sound</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Campbell Young Assoc- Hair, wigs, make-up</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">BAND</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Natasha Fearnside – Reed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Lisa Reynolds – Violin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kalina Krusteva – Cello</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><style>@font-face
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{page:WordSec</style><span><br /></span></span></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-9472060878875148872023-11-22T18:49:00.007+11:002023-11-22T18:52:34.333+11:00Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf REVIEW 18 Nov 2023 ****<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">THEATRE</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Written by Edward Albee</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">By
Red Stitch<br /></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
Red Stitch Theatre, St. Kilda, until 17 December 2023</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: ****
(4)</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 25 Nov 2023. KH</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9TT5T6ZyqTGXdWN8Ht8W7ibYG_aub8-tuz_xkcrfrAEZgn8jYEfQb7fMqfPaWfjeIMGJsk_x_UgvNmJmd2PuBak8hLgY4j19Ene7IiqdFQDyY8di5cLFUH8bw18DK1nDNnS_XhvP3hG1wzVd0gS1qfpGtrguv8C3KNP5rK3gwu37Woj3_v0Gt40PCLQQ" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9TT5T6ZyqTGXdWN8Ht8W7ibYG_aub8-tuz_xkcrfrAEZgn8jYEfQb7fMqfPaWfjeIMGJsk_x_UgvNmJmd2PuBak8hLgY4j19Ene7IiqdFQDyY8di5cLFUH8bw18DK1nDNnS_XhvP3hG1wzVd0gS1qfpGtrguv8C3KNP5rK3gwu37Woj3_v0Gt40PCLQQ=w519-h345" width="519" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kat Stewart, Emily Goddard, Harvey Zielinski, David Whiteley-image by Jodie Hutchinson</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Edward
Albee’s play is a brutal examination – or rather, dissection – of the
dysfunctional </b>and volatile marriage of George (David Whiteley) and Martha (Kat
Stewart), a bitter, frustrated and hard-drinking middle-aged couple.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The play is
set in the couple’s home (designer, </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Harriet Oxley</span><span style="font-family: arial;">) <style>@font-face
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{page:WordSection1;}</style><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">after a college faculty party hosted by Martha’s
father, the college president. Late that night, the hunky new and young biology
lecturer, Nick (Harvey Zielinski), and his mousey wife, Honey (Emily Goddard),
visit George and Martha for a few tipples. Little do they know what is to come.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">46-year-old
George, a lecturer in the history department, is deeply embittered that he has
hit a ceiling on the ladder to seniority and he blames Martha’s father for
stymieing his academic rise. Martha, who is six years older than George,
resents his failure and punishes him at every turn for disappointing her and
ruining her ambitions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">George, Martha
and their two unwitting guests continue to drink hard liquor into the wee
hours. What could go wrong?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Over this harrowing night,
</span>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">he petty
bickering and verbal sparring, routine humiliation, point-scoring and bizarre
psychological games that George and Martha play begin to affect and infect Nick
and Honey. George and Martha are patients zero in an awful, viral contagion. Their
alcohol fuelled brawling and scrapping morphs into Martha’s boozy seduction of
Nick and, finally, it reveals their shared despair. By the end, we witness the shreds
of a fragile bond that keeps George and Martha clinging to each other.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The pair take
no prisoners, except for Nick and Honey who, in the face of such vitriol, seem incapable
of leaving. Why? we might ask. Why not just get up and go? But where’s the
drama in that?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">With taut
direction by Sarah Goodes, each of this talented cast gives detailed, nuanced
and compelling performances and feast on Albee’s gritty and challenging
characters and dialogue. In the intimate, Red Stitch space, we are so close to
the actors that we are almost sitting in their laps; we can smell their boozy
breath and sip their bourbon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is a
production worth seeing, particularly if you’ve never seen Albee’s scarifying,
masterly drama on film or stage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Cast</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Emily
Goddard</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Kat
Stewart</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">David
Whiteley</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Harvey
Zielinski</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Damon
Baudin (Understudy) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Writer:
</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Edward
Albee</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Director:
</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Sarah Goodes</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Set
& Costume Design: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Harriet Oxley</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Lighting
Design: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Jason
Ng Junjie<br />
<b>Sound Design & Composition: </b>Grace Ferguson & Ethan Hunter </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Asst.
Director: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Keegan
Bragg</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Set
& Costume Design Asst.: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Natalie Petrellis</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Stage
Manager: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Kelly
Wilson</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Asst.
Stage Manager: </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Georgina
Bright </span></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-17323892555244222842023-11-22T17:04:00.009+11:002023-11-22T20:31:54.737+11:00A Very Jewish Christmas Carol REVIEW 20 Nov 2023 **1/2 <p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">THEATRE</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Written by Elise Esther Hearst with Phillip Kavanagh</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">After
Charles Dickens’ <i>A Christmas Carol</i></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">By
Melbourne Theatre Company</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
The Sumner, Southbank Theatre until 16 December 2023</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: **1/2</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 25 Nov 2023. KH</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7LM9sNrruO7cpU6SmeV01TBMjZfXku5LH43Zcpdcig9qPE85msEdribco4hqY_rHFXyXunvKjTqFNXT511etmbCfI3DEXJZ1ZI2WuIESgiZzGOWg-_gFV2A8QJOgrAU9XqACPnhJa_CRSYNLnn5s-a-wvwNCTvi7tyHApOAlK-41g8lSfnvGSSBDP5UY" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7LM9sNrruO7cpU6SmeV01TBMjZfXku5LH43Zcpdcig9qPE85msEdribco4hqY_rHFXyXunvKjTqFNXT511etmbCfI3DEXJZ1ZI2WuIESgiZzGOWg-_gFV2A8QJOgrAU9XqACPnhJa_CRSYNLnn5s-a-wvwNCTvi7tyHApOAlK-41g8lSfnvGSSBDP5UY=w551-h367" width="551" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Evelyn Krape-A-Very-Jewish-Christmas-Carol.-Photo-by-Pia-Johnson</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Chrismukkah is upon us! Christmas, with all its
tinsel, trees and Jesus, collides with Chanukkah in <i>A Very Jewish Christmas
Carol.</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Steel yourself for an audacious take on Charles Dickens’
<i>A Christmas Carol </i>in which the belligerent, miserly, misanthropic Scrooge
is Elysheva Scroogavitz (Miriam Glaser), known as Ely, a reclusive and sad, young
Jewish woman who wrestles with family, pregnancy, a failing bakery she inherited
from her grandmother, her Bubi (Evelyn Krape), and the recent death of her baby’s
daddy (</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Michael
Whalley</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">) by ill-timed bee-sting.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Nothing
is sacred in this script written by Elise Esther Hearst with Phillip Kavanagh </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and directed by Sarah Giles. Both Christmas and Channukah, Christian and
Jewish customs get a pasting. Music, food, characters and rituals from both
cultures merge into Chrismukkah parodies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The ghosts arrive in bizarre cross-cultural, Chrismukkah
forms: a smart-talking Rein-dybbuk (Louise Siversen), a hilarious, childlike gingerbread
Golem (Krape) and Lilith (Natalie Gamsu) as a grim-faced, black-gowned, spooky sort of cabaret
singer. Amidst the demon ghosts is Ely’s vivid, acerbic and critical Bubi,
played with relish by Krape.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The audience guffawed at the cheap and cheesy jokes,
the dialogue littered with Jewish humour and cultural references, and the recognisable
characters: overbearing mother (Gamsu), flighty little sister (</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Emma Jevons)</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">, every-present Rabbi (Jude Perl), intrusive mother-in-law (Siversen),
and grumpy albeit dead, grandmother. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ely’s Christian mother-in-law is ridiculed for her ignorance
of Jewish culture and rituals and her obsession with all things Christmassy. <i>(Her
treatment, unfortunately, has a whiff of bigotry.)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Despite the hilarity, the production and the script
are not totally successful. The link to Dickens’ story is tenuous and it’s a
stretch to see Ely as anything other than a depressed, grieving young
mother-to-be. Bubi ‘s character and back story would make a far more convincing
and effective Scrooge.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">After
the chaos of the first 80 minutes, the play takes a turn for the dramatic and
tragic as Bubi revisits her past and her family in pre-war Poland, the last
time she saw them alive. There is a mismatch between the style and execution of
these two parts; so much so that it feels like two different plays.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">The
acting is uneven amongst the cast, but Krape steals she show with her bolshy
Bubi and </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">ebullient bouncing gingerbread child. It’s worth
the ticket just to see Krape gambol around the stage like a mad, wind-up toy.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhahK-QROSqh2f6lRTuaRZSxCYEgj3v8Kcv-EC7Gbe110aPAAG-jkicidWwxunMwFFxZ-H8XlroAIpKfwJbNZA8QlFxTtNmBz6puX-tfZFHK09po7uO2LIVaUzZs0MGvBiViRcQpkATLrh_P-GRTlALHlfUCB6ShPdFbu6bIvmC1USdHNH2825Ev7eTcFk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhahK-QROSqh2f6lRTuaRZSxCYEgj3v8Kcv-EC7Gbe110aPAAG-jkicidWwxunMwFFxZ-H8XlroAIpKfwJbNZA8QlFxTtNmBz6puX-tfZFHK09po7uO2LIVaUzZs0MGvBiViRcQpkATLrh_P-GRTlALHlfUCB6ShPdFbu6bIvmC1USdHNH2825Ev7eTcFk=w465-h310" width="465" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Miriam Glaser-A-Very-Jewish-Christmas-Carol.-Photo-by-Pia-Johnson</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">CAST </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fran / Lilith / Ensemble</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Natalie Gamsu<br />
<b>Ely</b> Miriam Glaser<br />
<b>Sarah / Ensemble</b> Emma Jevons<br />
<b>Bubi / Golem / Ensemble</b> Evelyn Krape<br />
<b>Rivka / Ensemble</b> Jude Perl<br />
<b>Carol / Rein-Dybbuk / Ensemble</b> Louise Siversen<br />
<b>Ben / Ensemble</b> Michael Whalley</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">CREATIVE TEAM </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Director</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Sarah Giles<br />
<b>Associate Director</b> Cassandra Fumi<br />
<b>Musical Director / Arranger</b> Jude Perl<br />
<b>Set Designer</b> Jacob Battista<br />
<b>Costume Designer </b>Dann Barber<br />
<b>Lighting Designer </b>Richard Vabre<br />
<b>Composer & Sound Designer</b> Jed Palmer<br />
<b>Design Concept Contributor</b> Jonathon Oxlade<br />
<b>Additional Composition </b>Jude Perl<br />
<b>Voice & Text Coach</b> Matt Furlani<br />
<b>Fight Choreographer </b>Lyndall Grant<br />
<b>Intimacy Coordinator </b>Cessalee Stovall<br />
<b>Polish Translation & Language Coach</b> Krystyna Duszniak<br />
<b>Yiddish Translation </b>Rebecca (Rivke) Margolis<br />
<b>Yiddish Language Coach & Song Translation</b> Freydi Mrocki</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Directing Intern (VCA)</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Kathryn Yates<br />
<b>Set Design Intern (VCA) </b>Ishan Vivekanantham<br />
<b>Costume Design Intern (VCA)</b> Louisa Fitzgerald<br />
<br />
<b>Stage Manager </b>Whitney McNamara<br />
<b>Deputy Stage Manager </b>Meg Richardson<br />
<b>Assistant Stage Manager </b>Brittany Stock<br />
<br />
<b>Rehearsal Photographer </b>Charlie Kinross<br />
<b>Production Photographer </b>Pia Johnson<br />
<b>Marketing Campaign Photographer </b>Jo Duck</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In this radio spot, I review Orlando by Antipodes Theatre,
and the new production of Miss Saigon at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. <iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/_vq_r6M2c8A?si=iRpbB63Ijsfey0RH" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_vq_r6M2c8A/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-67958323544656264662023-11-06T14:25:00.002+11:002023-11-07T17:20:06.281+11:00Orlando REVIEW 5 Nov 2023 ***<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>MUSICAL THEATRE</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Adapted from Virginia Woolf's novel,<i> Orlando<u><br /></u></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span>Music and Lyrics by Rachel Lewindon
Book, Lyrics by Willow Sizer</span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>By Antipodes Theatre</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span>At
45downstairs until 11 Nov 2023</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span>Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Stars: ***</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This review is published only on this blog. I’l</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">l
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 11 Nov 2023. KH</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3a2AM7rTQ_mdKYRNHtyOSRRZ-zdRML2QZZKQsB8IekZ8-iiNeRI6yREDNzdN_OZfmxonyHudEzRCf5nsJkiYw1GCKQ6CCDxkLJNJrRM2iiWW9z2VglyXeseiY35xSgLBHeYs0kHNDWzFWRIEoHg897vV9bM1pDv5CK7ERHTIgjcXtuCrDf5lpmPuAeRk/s700/Orlando%205%20-%20Angel%20Leggas,%203%20Fates%20Media.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3a2AM7rTQ_mdKYRNHtyOSRRZ-zdRML2QZZKQsB8IekZ8-iiNeRI6yREDNzdN_OZfmxonyHudEzRCf5nsJkiYw1GCKQ6CCDxkLJNJrRM2iiWW9z2VglyXeseiY35xSgLBHeYs0kHNDWzFWRIEoHg897vV9bM1pDv5CK7ERHTIgjcXtuCrDf5lpmPuAeRk/w571-h380/Orlando%205%20-%20Angel%20Leggas,%203%20Fates%20Media.jpg" width="571" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Orlando - Angel Leggas, 3 Fates Media</i></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Virginia
Woolf’s novel, <i>Orlando</i>, has inspired many stage adaptations and a film
starring</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Tilda Swinton. This
production by Antipodes Theatre is a small-scale musical that highlights contemporary
transgender issues through Woolf’s story of Orlando’s transformation into a
woman, after starting his life as a pretty, noble and promiscuous youth in
Elizabethan England.</span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Five young <i>actors (</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Marty Alix, Louie
Dalzell, Manali Datar, Willow Sizer, Kikki Temple)</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">play Orlando, both man and woman, sometimes
individually, and sometimes as a group or chorus. The narrative evolves through
layered dialogue, excerpts of Woolf’s text, and in the lyrics of the eclectic
repertoire of songs </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Music
by Rachel Lewindon, lyrics by Lewindon &Willow Sizer</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On a set design (</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Bethany J Fellows</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">) that has a centrepiece representing a
pebbled stream, directors</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">, Margot Fenley and</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.333333px;"> Maude Davey, with movement director,</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.333333px;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.333333px;">Belle Hansen, and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">the cast, create an abstract,
movement- and text-based performance. It is underscored by live music (<i>Musicians, </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Lewindon, Imogen Cygler</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">) and peppered with songs, with the most
successful musical moments being the five-part harmonies.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The difficulty with
adapting a novel for stage is that there is an inclination to include tracts of
the original prose and to cram all the narrative threads into the performance.
Such is the problem with this <i>Orlando</i>. Too many words, too many
narrative threads leading to a lack of clarity in the delivery of Orlando’s
story.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There is also an unevenness
in the performance and vocal skills of the cast. Some have rich tone and fine vocal
technique, but there is some awkwardness in the acting and a lack of nuance and
finesse which limits the characterisations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately,
the important issues of gender and identity are often overstated and didactic. The
script could trust the audience to understand the intention without resorting
to what sounds like preaching.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This production certainly
has some interesting musical elements and physicalisation, but has not created the
definitive, dramatised version of Woolf’s <i>Orlando</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">CAST
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Marty
Alix (they/he), Louie Dalzell (he/him), Manali Datar (she/her), Willow Sizer
(they/them), and Kikki Temple (she/goddess) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">MUSICIANS
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Rachel
Lewindon (she/her) and Imogen Cygler (she/her) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">CREATIVE
TEAM </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Director:
Margot Fenley (she/her)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dramaturge/Director: Maude Davey (she/her) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Movement
Director: Belle Hansen (she/her) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Set
& Costume Designer: Bethany J Fellows</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sound Designer: Evan Drill (he/him)<br />
Lighting Designer: John Collopy (he/him) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">PRODUCTION
TEAM </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Casting
& Cultural Consultant: Kuda Mapeza (she/they) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Cultural
Consultant: Chels Morgan (they/xe)<br />
Stage Manager: Ashleigh Walwyn (she/her)<br />
Publicist: Cameron Lukey (he/him) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Social
Media Manager: Chloe Towan (she/her)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sound
|Operator: Rami Blowes<br />
Artistic Director/ Produciton manager: Brandon Pape<br />
New Work Manager/Producer: Cameron Steens (they/them) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Marty
Alix (they/he), Louie Dalzell (he/him), Manali Datar (she/her), Willow Sizer
(they/them), and Kikki Temple (she/goddess) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">CAST
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Marty
Alix (they/he), Louie Dalzell (he/him), Manali Datar (she/her), Willow Sizer
(they/them), and Kikki Temple (she/goddess) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">MUSICIANS
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Rachel
Lewindon (she/her) and Imogen Cygler (she/her) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">CREATIVE
TEAM </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Director:
Margot Fenley (she/her) Dramaturge/Director: Maude Davey (she/her) Movement
Director: Belle Hansen (she/her) Set & Costume Designer: Bethany J Fellows
Sound Designer: Evan Drill (he/him)<br />
Lighting Designer: John Collopy (he/him) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">PRODUCTION
TEAM </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Casting
& Cultural Consultant: Kuda Mapeza (she/they) Cultural Consultant: Chels
Morgan (they/xe)<br />
Stage Manager: Ashleigh Walwyn (she/her)<br />
Publicist: Cameron Lukey (he/him) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Social
Media Manager: Chloe Towan (she/her)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sound
|Operator: Rami Blowes<br />
Artistic Director/ Produciton manager: Brandon Pape<br />
New Work Manager/Producer: Cameron Steens (they/them) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-77846946479834908002023-11-06T14:20:00.000+11:002023-11-06T14:40:23.270+11:00Miss Saigon REVIEW 3 Nov 2023 ****1/2<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">MUSICAL
THEATRE</span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Music by
Claude-Michel </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Schönberg</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">; Book by </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Schönberg</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> & </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Alain Boublil</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">; Ly</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">rics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain
Boublil, adapted from original French lyrics by Alain Boublil, with additional
lyrics by Michael Mahler</span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: .1pt; margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Produced by </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Cameron
Mackintosh</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, until 16 Dec 2023</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: ****1/2</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 11 Oct 2023. KH</span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0s2nrl8dVUWronAqBxe0NEiwp9f2kGX73gLw9FumWcbTi933Hyzg2CkyxAZzjOCAAZuJhgRzu_cuapRocoNAggY6ZWas5UTcRaxr_lgnK1M14_B4vWgpxvSfBsboflg2TW5HnuKpVT7sAXuZQQCvb3cEjiYAJa3VYB-dfCInZdfQ4QkElT0m_v4TTLF0/s500/5.%20Abigail%20Adriano%20(Kim)%20and%20Nigel%20Huckle%20(Chris)%20in%20the%20Australian%20production%20of%20Miss%20Saigon%20-%20Photo%20by%20Daniel%20Boud.png" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="500" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0s2nrl8dVUWronAqBxe0NEiwp9f2kGX73gLw9FumWcbTi933Hyzg2CkyxAZzjOCAAZuJhgRzu_cuapRocoNAggY6ZWas5UTcRaxr_lgnK1M14_B4vWgpxvSfBsboflg2TW5HnuKpVT7sAXuZQQCvb3cEjiYAJa3VYB-dfCInZdfQ4QkElT0m_v4TTLF0/w590-h394/5.%20Abigail%20Adriano%20(Kim)%20and%20Nigel%20Huckle%20(Chris)%20in%20the%20Australian%20production%20of%20Miss%20Saigon%20-%20Photo%20by%20Daniel%20Boud.png" width="590" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Abigail Adriano, Nigel Huckle-Australian production - Miss Saigon - Photo by Daniel Boud</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b> This new and updated
production of Miss Saigon is musically electrifying, visually spellbinding and
technically remarkable.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The story still features
17-year-old Kim (Abigail Adriano), an innocent Vietnamese orphan, whose
indigent circumstances force her to become a dancer and unwilling prostitute in
the Dreamland night club in Saigon. Her every move is controlled by the
flamboyant Engineer (Seann Miley Moore), club manager, who pimps her out to
American GIs in the days before the US withdraws from Vietnam. Here begins the
romantic but doomed affair between the naive, hopeful Kim and jaded but morally
upstanding GI, Chris (Nigel Huckle).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The book (</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Claude-Michel
</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Schönberg</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> & </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Alain Boublil</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">) is loosely based on Puccini’s 1904 opera, <i>Madam
Butterfly</i>, transposed to the 1970s. However, earlier productions attracted
severe and widespread criticism of its negative portrayal of Vietnamese women
as whores, its paternalistic and patronising view of the Vietnamese, and the
casting of Caucasian actors as Asian characters. (<i>Particular criticism was
directed at casting Jonathan Pryce as the Engineer.)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Cameron Macintosh’s striking
new production, impressively and imaginatively directed by Laurence Connor <i>(Australian
production directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy</i>), presents a more
acceptable and contemporary view of the issues: it incorporates searing
criticism of US politics and invasion, its soldiers’ abuse of Asian women and
of the Vietnamese in general, and its cruel abandonment of the people during
the US troops’ evacuation of Saigon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">However, there is still no getting
around it: the GIs still take advantage of these disadvantaged, desperate
young<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>women who are eking out a living
in the Engineer’s sleazy night club that is inappropriately called Dreamland.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Claude-Michel Schoenberg’s outstanding
score soars and thrills, teases and enchants, while the lyrics by </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Richard Maltby Jr. and </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Alain Boublil advance the story, illuminate
the characters and challenge the audience. Like an opera, it is sung through,
with memorable songs including <i>The Heat is On in Saigon, The Movie in My
Mind </i>and<i> Last Night of the World.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
American Dream</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> is a
showstopper, not only because of Avian’s choreography, but also because of Moore’s
electrifying performance of the Engineer’s elaborate fantasy about life in
America. </span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Moore commands the stage
with his ebullient, flamboyant and audacious performance, prowling, prancing
and manipulating the clientele in his vibrant Saigon club and later, in a seedy
Bangkok brothel. His voice is powerful and versatile, and he totally inhabits
this provocative, charming, mischievous and deeply flawed character.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Adriano captures the
vulnerability, passion, and hopefulness of Kim as she travels the road from
shy, helpless, orphan to bold and feisty mother, determined to reunite with her
lost love, and unite her son with his father and provide him with a dream life
in America.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Huckle has a splendid voice
that is sometimes heartbreakingly poignant and at others, bold and impassioned,
while Chris negotiates the dangerous terrain of his abandoned love in Saigon, his
new wife in America and the tiny son of whom he was unaware.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adriano and Huckle have romantic chemistry
and are credible as the tragic couple immersed in their enchanted love bubble -
before it all goes wrong.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Totie Driver and Matt Kinley</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'s phenomenal set is another star, with its monumental design elements, evocative and
vivid locations and the famous helicopter that now appears as both a flickering
projection and as an actual chopper, which is just as alarming and breath-taking as it was the first time.<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">David Avian’s choreography
and musical staging is dazzling and eclectic; the scene after the reunification
of Vietnam is muscular, regimented dance integrated with exceptional acrobatics
with echoes of Chairman Mao exercises.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This production of <i>Miss
Saigon </i>looks and feels like a completely new creature compared with that which
we saw in Melbourne 16 years ago. It is a jaw-dropping spectacle that is
thematically and dramatically compelling and this new production is a must-see
for lovers of musical theatre.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">by Kate Herber<i>t</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMYFyu0ZFKKtgUHABo-35ylZpbTXoZfqaKOcGgvwrqQp9S6mRsOt16mKBI5ksYvn2RzpcqtXQt7WygCHOCSEz_-u2lLbQ326u2KZ4qc3aytODtBllxflbuWS_txOS9DOzW6zNlnfh_69G1e3H4DRPbCIWcgCZS5v0TTYf0FZEPsh3YfGRKmJdi5A4wSk/s500/3.%20The%20Australian%20production%20of%20Miss%20Saigon%20-%20Photo%20by%20Daniel%20Boud.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="500" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMYFyu0ZFKKtgUHABo-35ylZpbTXoZfqaKOcGgvwrqQp9S6mRsOt16mKBI5ksYvn2RzpcqtXQt7WygCHOCSEz_-u2lLbQ326u2KZ4qc3aytODtBllxflbuWS_txOS9DOzW6zNlnfh_69G1e3H4DRPbCIWcgCZS5v0TTYf0FZEPsh3YfGRKmJdi5A4wSk/w624-h390/3.%20The%20Australian%20production%20of%20Miss%20Saigon%20-%20Photo%20by%20Daniel%20Boud.jpg" width="624" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Australian production - Miss Saigon - Photo by Daniel Boud</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><br /> </span></i></span><p></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-32963454559879745542023-11-02T14:32:00.002+11:002023-11-02T14:32:15.297+11:00Kate Herbert RADIO REVIEWS Arts Weekly 3MBS Sat 28 Oct 2023 <p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzDygaESxD4IUTQRWsdyeoFIjWfCXVsXQk7DmnFZiYiwwz1fyi2QXRroy1QSNsh6PuwwfhS8fbFsiey1BZPpEBg1JNdrK9On44Jr-15IVyiYL_o-f3faaYkejVexWHC1KxpxTp3Hom3CxCIcG-lKRARJMwuwjiEUydxK1buD1OGMU0iuKn1WfkV-F3OIM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzDygaESxD4IUTQRWsdyeoFIjWfCXVsXQk7DmnFZiYiwwz1fyi2QXRroy1QSNsh6PuwwfhS8fbFsiey1BZPpEBg1JNdrK9On44Jr-15IVyiYL_o-f3faaYkejVexWHC1KxpxTp3Hom3CxCIcG-lKRARJMwuwjiEUydxK1buD1OGMU0iuKn1WfkV-F3OIM=w318-h318" width="318" /></a></div>In this show, I review <b><i>Hour of the Wolf </i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at Malthouse, <i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Flake</b> </i>at Red Stitch and <b><i>Othello</i></b>,
on National Theatre at Home UK. I pre-recorded this for the program so there is
no chat with Nick Tolurst.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Click this link to listen: <br /></span></p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrZ_njNAets">Kate Herbert ArtsWeeklySat28Oct2023 </a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u">I pre-recorded this for <span><i>Arts Weekly 3MBS (i.e. before I fell on my head on Saturday. I think I was on air at the moment that I hit the ground!) </i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-52618761952628616632023-10-24T20:12:00.003+11:002023-10-24T20:19:16.551+11:00Flake REVIEW 22 Oct 2023 *** <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">THEATRE</span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Written by
Dan Lee, co-created by </span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Chi Nguyen</span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"></span><span face=""Arial", sans-serif"> </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">At
</span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">Red Stitch Theatre</span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">until 5 Nov 2023</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif">Reviewer:
Kate Herbert</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial", sans-serif"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Stars: *** (3)</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><i style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This review is published only on this blog. I’ll
present a radio review on Arts Weekly on 3MBS on Sat 28 Oct 2023. KH</span></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifpbkewJI9LRqDllolWolFsV76caNTvt7-jk4rlkW2BSPbN5T3g75FTKdzdasDpjLSzD27giEo1gbtvysKvGC7I9H4laPZOJK4hMZ14573Ah0CQJBvd9BxEZqeyGuGY9FQWlhoH5ybvrLF9Onr-4OMuhtYdKozK90COvDn5gCdGp99JuhCsaaHRaLYPus" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="400" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifpbkewJI9LRqDllolWolFsV76caNTvt7-jk4rlkW2BSPbN5T3g75FTKdzdasDpjLSzD27giEo1gbtvysKvGC7I9H4laPZOJK4hMZ14573Ah0CQJBvd9BxEZqeyGuGY9FQWlhoH5ybvrLF9Onr-4OMuhtYdKozK90COvDn5gCdGp99JuhCsaaHRaLYPus=w624-h446" width="624" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><i> Robert Menzies-Photo credit, Jodie Hutchinson</i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><i> </i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>When
globe-trotting, 68-year-old hipster, Murph (Joe Petruzzi), visits his old mate,
Bob </b>(Robert Menzies), in his rundown hideaway in Hanoi, it becomes apparent
that Bob, who is limping, feeble, unkempt and often confused, is displaying
early signs of dementia. But, in Dan Lee’s play, <i>Flake</i>, Bob has a plan
to exit this mortal coil in his own time and on his own terms.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">A young Vietnamese woman (</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Phoebe Phuoc Nyugen) </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">arrives
with Murph, but it becomes clear that she has more connection to Bob’s abode
than just her presumably accidental meeting with Murph can explain.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Petruzzi’s
Murph is big, audacious, adventurous, irresponsible and unwilling to accept
ageing or admit to his failings as a father of multiple children by different
mothers. Menzies as Bob is cynical, reclusive, articulate, verbose and a bitter
critic of Murph – and just about everyone else: “I hate people,” he quips. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The fun
reunion that Murph expects, with fond reminiscences about their shared hippydom
in Melbourne, degenerates into a series of beer-soaked barneys in which Bob and
Murph trade insults and dredge up old sins. It’s difficult to understand why
Murph still maintains this friendship with Bob who teases him mercilessly, patronises
him and is constantly passive-aggressive. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The audience of mostly seniors at the <i>Flake</i> Sunday 6.30pm show reacted
to the issues of ageing, loss of independence, forgetfulness and failing
faculties with groans and laughs of recognition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">The
entire play, directed with a light hand by Ella Caldwell, is set in a shabby
kitchen (designed by Jacob Baptista) in Bob’s Hanoi haunt, and the room’s worn
surfaces mirror his declining health. What becomes clear as the play progresses,
is that Bob is bitter and haunted and that he has no contact with his only son
in Australia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lee’s script, co-created with </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Chi Nguyen, is well-structured with a plot that
is peppered with revelations about characters, and sharp, unexpected turns in
the narrative. It not only paints a vivid picture of the world of Hanoi outside
the tiny, dank kitchen, but also explores the grim life of Bob, the surly,
clever expatriate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Some
of the longer monologues seem a little over-written and verbose, but the witty dialogue
and verbal sparring gives clear voices to the characters of Bob and Murph and
their relationship is well-developed. The character of Duyen, the young Vietnamese
woman, is less fully drawn.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Some
of the nuances in the text and the more subtle emotional and psychological
moments may have been lost as Menzies, after an illness during rehearsal, was
still using his script throughout the performance. Despite this, his intensity and
technical skill carries the character of Bob and makes this grumpy old man
sympathetic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">by Kate
Herbert </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">CAST
</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Joe
Petruzzi - Murph</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Robert
Menzies - Bob</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Phoebe
Phuoc Nyugen - Duyen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">CREATIVES</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Writer</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> Dan Lee<br />
<b>Co-Creator</b> Chi Nguyen<br />
<b>Director</b> Ella Caldwell<br />
<b>Set/Costume Design</b> Jacob Battista<br />
<b>Lighting Design </b>Jason Ng Junjie<br />
<b>Composition/Sound</b> <b>Design</b> Daniel Nixon<br />
<b>Set Design Associate/ Scenic Painter</b> Khue Nguyen<br />
<b>Dialect Coach</b> Yuanlei (Nikki) Zhao<br />
<b>Dramaturg</b> Tom Healey<br />
<b>Stage Manager</b> Finn McLeish<br />
<b>Assistant Stage Manager</b> Finleigh Wadsworth</span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1741992504272543881.post-8961977087210986942023-10-24T16:43:00.003+11:002023-10-24T16:43:24.714+11:00Kate Herbert talks about LUNG on Behind the Scenes, 23 Oct 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Thompson interviewed me about my play, <b><i>LUNG</i></b>, on his show, <i>Behind the Scenes</i>, on Vision Australia radio AM1179 yesterday. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixbeVHbqEEi5XMeGgSxg_9Ti5ZA953SLg2xIA3nS3bhZ_-OX4ncOp8QZUny-DI38Oa0rbB_K7affl8tpHAo3eHlldHYt4efBA2BkoxRGzmg8J2TKGd_aN--OdEnap94hrwvRqAuynxSN_ETgpi5OjlertEvnzTYc5Cd9PSk3I9HhuKb3fKJO501zZiEYg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixbeVHbqEEi5XMeGgSxg_9Ti5ZA953SLg2xIA3nS3bhZ_-OX4ncOp8QZUny-DI38Oa0rbB_K7affl8tpHAo3eHlldHYt4efBA2BkoxRGzmg8J2TKGd_aN--OdEnap94hrwvRqAuynxSN_ETgpi5OjlertEvnzTYc5Cd9PSk3I9HhuKb3fKJO501zZiEYg=w553-h311" width="553" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Artwork by Joe Calleri</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's the link to the podcast:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/behind-the-scenes-vision-australia-radio/behind-the-scenes-23rd-october-2023?fbclid=IwAR3p74lXpS-uF_8-DO1HMaWELz3YbeRHVz5AsJ96fh3WRxDYKRi-NQRqvzk">Kate Herbert interview: Behind the Scenes</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">My interview is at <i>19min22sec </i>to<i> 30min50sec</i>. Russell Fletcher's interview starts around <i>47min28sec.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>LUNG</b>, play reading is at <b>La Mama on Saturday 28 October at 2pm. </b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Link here for info & </span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">bookings</span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b></b><a href="https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/playreadings-book-launches/playreading-lung/">LUNG play reading</a> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p>Kate Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312994405821642754noreply@blogger.com0