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Charity Wars

Charity Wars

January 6, 2011 8047

Charity Wars brings a high-quality mix of impressionism and satire. This is a great political farce, fast- paced and brilliantly inventive. You will be plunged into a world of furious chaos which is quite literally a RIOT! Charity Wars takes live theatre back to its inventive and ingenious roots. Charity Wars, 2007 © Jack Mcnemara

A Yukio Mishima Double Bill: Hanjo & Hell Screen

A Yukio Mishima Double Bill: Hanjo & Hell Screen

January 5, 2011 12498

Both plays are infused with a strong sense of loneliness, and the need for, pursuit and possession of love. Mishima’s characters become tragic heroes/heroines trapped inside their own desires. Framed within the poetry of the playwright’s modern texts, derived from the constructs of Noh (a major form of classic Japanese music drama) and Kabuki (highly

After Doroteia

After Doroteia

January 5, 2011 8005

Invisible men, Unlaced boots, Nausea, A Jar, A House with no bedrooms. The story of when a little boy left home only to return as… Doroteia. An adaptation of Nelson Rodrigues’ absurd play Doroteia. Directed by Franko Figueiredo Assistant Director: Erica Miller Cast: Tereza Araujo; Luke Bennett; Terri-Ann Brumby; Gael Le Cornec; Najlla Kay and

All Nudity Shall Be Punished by Nelson Rodrigues

All Nudity Shall Be Punished by Nelson Rodrigues

January 5, 2011 10394

Fear and obsession, the pervasive presence of death, sex, money and power reigns in this Nelson Rodrigues play. A father under austere sexual restrain, a Mephistophelian brother that exposes society’s rotten moral codes, a son that talks to his dead mother, the virgin aunts, guardians of the law. All Nudity is a fast moving play,

Basic

Basic

January 5, 2011 7839

In prison, talk is cheap… relationships are dangerous. Talking about the legacy of the past and sharing dreams for the future build a fragile intimacy which is threatened when Charlie receives a visit from an old friend. Will he believe what Ash tells him? Or will old patterns and prejudices resurface? The play challenges assumptions

Our Lady of The Drowned / Senhora dos Afogados

Our Lady of The Drowned / Senhora dos Afogados

January 5, 2011 7316

The bourgeois house of the Drummond family is juxtaposed against the world of the dockyard brothels to reveal truths hidden for nineteen years. Misael Drummond’s buried past and the fate of his daughter, Moema, will only be resolved by the weight of her forbidden desires, and the revenge she seeks. Rodrigues’s work ranges from realism

Waltz # 6

Waltz # 6

January 5, 2011 6851

In an ethereal world haunted by the melody of Chopin’s Waltz No 6, a young woman is caught somewhere on the edges of death and dreams. Her detached and confusing memories are slowly revealed as the story throws the audience continually back and forth between innocence and disturbance. A detached and hollow world combined with

“Josephine; the Singer” based on Franz Kafka’s short story

“Josephine; the Singer” based on Franz Kafka’s short story

January 5, 2011 8677

Josephine knows how to create an enchanting atmosphere, and not only through her singing. Her fame appears to be an escape from a hopelessly laborious life yet even her charisma will not free her from the daily grind. When people refuse to exempt her from work, Josephine becomes silent. Josephine, The Singer, 2005 © Marian

Miss Julie

Miss Julie

January 5, 2011 6524

Miss Julie is the daughter of the count, a young woman rebelling against her standing in 1880s society. When Julie encounters Jean, her father’s footman during the midsummer party there is a spark of interest between Julie and Jean, who begins a class match of sexual and class politics that will obliterate all barriers between

Carlo Goldoni’s Arlechinno, A Servant Of Two Masters

Carlo Goldoni’s Arlechinno, A Servant Of Two Masters

January 5, 2011 7201

Arlechinno, a cunning servant, gets a lucky break finding himself engaged in the service of two masters. But can the wily Arlechinno manoeuvre the confusion to pull it off? Arlechinno, a cunning servant gets a lucky break when he finds himself engaged in the service of two Masters at the same time. Things begin to

Yukio Mishima’s “The Damask Drum”

Yukio Mishima’s “The Damask Drum”

January 5, 2011 8984

The tragic story of a caretaker/gardener who falls in love with a lawyer to whom he writes 101 letters. Unmoved by mere words, she sets him a challenge and the story draws to a close with heartbreaking consequences. He is a typical Mishima hero and his lines are simple and direct although his character is

Yukio Mishima’s “Sotoba Komachi”

Yukio Mishima’s “Sotoba Komachi”

January 5, 2011 8189

A 99 year-old bag lady haunts a twilit park full of lovers and is questioned by a drunken writer. She reveals that she was once a great beauty who was courted by a handsome captain. Although she is old, ugly and wrinkled, something makes the writer see Komachi as she once was; his vision transformed

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