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The Light Box

  Fat Boy Dancing and we do not happen present, THE LIGHT BOX by Natalia Savvides at 107 Projects – 107 Refern St, Redfern. Natalie Savvides is an emerging Australian playwright and she writes to us in the program: THE LIGHT BOX is a play inspired by my research into the experiences of women in colonial asylums. As the play grew over the course of two developments led by James Dalton, the characters seemed to take on lives of their own, and more fantastical elements emerged. When a man made of spoons and a toucan walked onto the page, and…

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A Butcher of Distinction

  we do not happen presents A BUTCHER OF DISTINCTION by Rob Hayes at the Old 505 Theatre, Hibernian House, Elizabeth St. Central Railway. A BUTCHER OF DISTINCTION is a little ‘gem’ of a darkling play (70 minutes, or so) by a young British writer, I do not know: Rob Hayes, and despite the Internet address, handily given in the very modern format of the program – which assumes that all their audience have Internet connect to be informed of the ‘creatives’ histories – it was not very helpful, to find out more. I did gather he is a prolific…

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