Category: Valerie Berry

Photo by Amanda James Riversides Theatre presents, National Theatre of Parramatta, with SWALLOW, by Stef Smith, in the Lennox Theatre, Riversides Theatre, Parramatta. 21 – 30 April. SWALLOW, is a work by Scottish writer, Stef Smith. It was presented last year, 2015, at the Edinburgh Festival. It tells of three women: Rebecca (Megan Drury), responding (acting out) in a rage to the desertion by her boy friend to another woman; of Anna (Luisa Hastings Edge), an artist suffering from a breakdown depression who cannot leave her apartment and smashes it in pursuit of creativity; and of Sam (Valerie Berry), in…

SEYMOUR CENTRE and PERFORMING LINE present THEATRE KATANKA’S MISSING THE BUS TO DAVID JONES in the York Theatre. In October, 2009 Theatre Kantanka presented MISSING THE BUS TO DAVID JONES at Performance Space in the Carriageworks. I remarked that this was a work of some importance. Other critics, concurred. I lamented that the work may not have the audiences it deserved and, so, am heartened and encouraged that Performing Lines has taken it aboard in its producing endeavours. That the Seymour centre have curated it as part of their season is highly laudable. I hope it attracts an audience. This…

The Folding Wife (8 min excerpt) from Anino on Vimeo. Performance Space & Mobile States present THE FOLDING WIFE by Paschal Daantos Berry. An Urban Theatre Projects Production. Toured by Performing Lines for Mobile States at the Performance Space, CarriageWorks, Sydney. The Folding Wife is a “biographical fiction” written by Paschal Daantos Berry in collaboration with the performer Valerie Berry, the writer’s sister. This project began in 2006 and along with the Anino Shadowplay Collective and the Director Deborah Pollard it has been nurtured through time and onto a tour around Australia, Sydney being the last stop before a Melbourne…

  Performance Space and THEATRE KANTANKA present MISSING THE BUS TO DAVID JONES at CarriageWorks. MISSING THE BUS TO DAVID JONES is a work developed by KANTANKA THEATRE under the direction of Carlos Gomes with performers/devisers: Valerie Berry, Rosie Lalevich, Arky Michael, Phillip Mills, Katia Molino, Kym Vercoe. This year I have had a very exciting (and hope filled) set of experiences in the Sydney Theatre scene. This work hosted in development by Campbelltown Arts Centre and Performance Space concerns a part of our community that is rarely exposed, explored or even acknowledged: The aged. It is odd since most…