Category: Sydney Festival

  Sydney Festival presents a co-production between Chichester Festival Theatre and Headlong SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello in a new version by Rupert Goold & Ben Power in the York Theatre, Seymour Centre. Written in 1921 and first performed in Rome in the Teatro Valle. “SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR” is a classic of modernism, a fundamentally subversive moment in the history of modern theatre. Its self conscious setting – an open stage prepared for rehearsal (of another Pirandello play THE RULES OF THE GAME) – its fragmented narrative, confusing time levels and…

      Sydney Festival present GISELLE from the Company FABULOUS BEAST led by Director, Michael Keegan-Dolan at CarriageWorks Bay 17. The first performance of GISELLE took place in June 1841 at the Paris Opera. It was conceived by the poet, author Theophile Gautier, inspired by Heinrich Heine’s work, De l ‘Állemange, where he came across a passage concerning “the snow white wilis (spirits of jilted brides) who walz pitilessly the whole night long” and lure and dance to death any who come their way during their dark haunting of the night. The music was sketched in 8 days and…

Lipsynch – Sydney Festival 2009 – Photo by Prudence Upton SYDNEY FESTIVAL presents LIPSYNCH, an Ex Machina / Theatre Sans Frontieres production in association with Cultural Industry Ltd and Northern Stage, at the Theatre Royal. LYPSYNCH was an eight and a half hour performance directed by Robert Lepage. Time passed with surprising ease. It was never difficult to participate in. This work began life a year or so ago. First appearing in Newcastle, England, in February 2007. Subsequently it has appeared elsewhere around the world and has a future set of dates to come. Robert Lepage explains that the process…

      Photo by Eva Vermandel SYDNEY FESTIVAL present MATTHEW HERBERT BIG BAND at the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. “Matthew Herbert is one of electronic music’s most versatile and prolific figureheads.” At a desk downstage centre he has all the gadgetry necessary to sample the sounds around him and process into the sound mix, that is being collaboratively created by a Big Band, Some 16 instrumentalists – trumpets, trombones, saxophones, piano, bass and drums – and a soloist singer. Dressed in a very beautiful set of tails he twists and twiddles with his electronic knobs and jauntily dances…

Fool’s Paradise – Photo by Erin Baiano THE WHEELDON COMPANY and the SYDNEY FESTIVAL present MORPHOSES at the Theatre Royal. “Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company is a new, dynamic ballet company founded in 2007 by Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez. The Company, is based in New York and London, has as its mission to broaden the scope of classical ballet by emphasising innovation and fostering creativity through collaboration……. In calling the company Morphoses, Wheeldon underlined his emphasis on versatility and the ability to change shape, implying the magical power of transformation……. All Wheeldon wanted to do was create works for…

  Photo: Virginie Schreyen ONTROEREND GOED and the Sydney Festival present THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE at the Pilgrim Theatre. OTROEREND GOED is a theatre performance group from Ghent. The name of the group roughly translates as Feel Estate. the “Feel” part is very apt for this show. When you arrive you are, sat one by one, into a wheelchair, your eyes are blindfolded, and you hands are lightly but firmly bound with rope at the wrists. You are then wheeled – individually, separately – behind a door and curtain and guided through a set of experiences. Deprived of sight…