Year: 2014

Photo by Steven Siewert Riverside Theatres presents Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image, MONKEY. JOURNEY TO THE WEST, written by Donna Abela, and Composed by Peter Kennard, at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, 2 -11 October. Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image is presenting his new work, a version of the 16th Century, three-volume, 1500-page novel, MONKEY. JOURNEY TO THE WEST. The original is attributed to Wu Cheng’en (Ming Dynasty). Arthur Waley, in 1942, published a popular abridged translation in English. It has since been translated again, and seen in many, many stage versions – opera, included, and for film and television. My…

Photo by Mark Banks Collaborations Theatre Group presents BROTHER DANIEL, by James Balian at the Upstairs Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst. 24 Sept – 27 Sept. 30 Sept – 5 Oct. BROTHER DANIEL is a new Australian play by James Balian. It is set in a prison in a totalitarian state. Brother Daniel was once a charismatic leader of a successful government coup. Now, years have passed, and he finds that his leadership qualities, his presence, his partisanship is required by the establishment he was once part responsible for setting up, as it is by the opposition, consisting of student rebels attempting…

Photo by Mark Nolan Griffin Theatre Company presents THE WITCHES by Roald Dahl, adapted for the stage by David Wood, re-imagined by Lucas Jervies, at the SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross. 24 Sept – 5 Oct. THE WITCHES, is an adaptation (re-imagining) of David Wood’s play (1983), which is an adaption of the famous Roald Dahl story. The David Wood play written for 10 actors and 15 or so extras, puppets etc has been reduced to just one actor, Guy Edmonds, by Director, Lucas Jervies and Dramaturg, Chris Summers (with permission one presumes). This version began as a graduating exercise…

  The King Collective present Lepidoptera: An Exploration of Youth as part of Sydney Fringe 2014: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES by Rajiv Joseph at the Downstairs Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst. 23-28 September. GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES (October, 2009), by American playwright, Rajiv Joseph is the third play of The King Collective Sydney Fringe 2014, contribution. It is written for two characters: Kayleen (Megan McGlinchey) and Doug (Aaron Glenane), and spread over the course of thirty years, from their age of 8 to 38, in eight scenes, but not in chronological order. We observe them flitting in and out of each others lives at…

  The Kings Collective present “Lepidoptera: An exploration of Youth” as part of Sydney Fringe 2014. THIS IS OUR YOUTH by Kenneth Lonergan, at the Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst. 16-21 September. Lepidoptera: an order of insects comprising the butterflies and moths – which in the adult state have four membranous wings, more or less covered with scales. This new Independent Theatre collective: The Kings Collective have as their core Collectives: David Harrison, Tyler Hawkins, Jai Higgs, Cecelia Peters, Scott Lee, Georgia Scott, and Megan McGlinchey. Mission Statement: We are young. We are tired of being small and being alone. We are…

Photo by Katy Green-Loughrey Brief Candle Productions in association with Sydney Independent Theatre Company (SITCO), as part of Sydney Fringe 2014, presents, FOUR DOGS AND A BONE by John Patrick Shanley, at the Old Fitzroy Theatre, Woolloomooloo. 16 – 27 September. FOUR DOGS AND A BONE is a short four scene satire about the Hollywood movie machine from 1993. It has two ‘mean’ ambitious actresses, one calculatingly ‘ditzy’, the other ‘ageing’, pitched against each other; and two mendacious, stupid and/or greedy production guys, one the money guy, the other the writer guy, all chewing the bone for fame and money. Four…