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BLACK BOX #4 - Red Stitch Actors Theatre in ‘Red Sky Morning’
Event Details
Date:
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Time:
8.00pm
Venue:
WestSide PAC, Echuca Road, Mooroopna
Admission:
Members: $28.00 / Non-members: $35.00. To become a member please contact the Riverlinks Box Office.
An extraordinarily dramatic telling of a too familiar world.
The Black Box 2010
This is our most innovative mini-season which aims to broaden the range of theatre we present, while building a whole new audience.
These are NOT shows that are typically in the main season. We have sought out works for this Black Box season that are new, edgy, surprising and sometimes, even a bit ‘confronting'. This is theatre which breaks the rules and pushes the boundaries. Our ‘Black Box' offerings may be works of theatre or music. They may be serious or comic.
In the past, we have kept the shows a secret, but we now recognise our audience has moved beyond the gimmick of the ‘mystery flight' and people have asked for a deeper engagement with the work and the artists. Part of this is actually knowing something about the show in advance. So this year, we say farewell to the ‘blindfold tasting' and move into a new era of ‘Black Box' experience.
Theatre going is about enjoying the anticipation, excitement and risk and we hope this special new season will ramp up all these aspects and we offer you four of the best for 2010.
BLACK BOX #1
Rachel Berger in ‘Hold the Pickle'.
EASTBANK CENTRE Tuesday 13 JULY, 8.00pm
An emotional personal exploration of growing up in the new world.
BLACK BOX #2
Angus Cerini in ‘Wretch'.
WESTSIDE PAC Tuesday 24 AUGUST, 8.00pm
A gut-wrenching journey into the world behind the ‘offender'. Unwatchable and unmissable.
BLACK BOX #3
Unstrung Heroes
EASTBANK CENTRE Tuesday 31 AUGUST, 8.00pm
A comical show about a string quartet.
BLACK BOX #4
Red Stitch Actors Theatre in ‘Red Sky Morning'.
WESTSIDE PAC Tuesday 14 SEPTEMBER, 8.00pm
An extraordinarily dramatic telling of a too familiar world.
Tom Holloway's award winning Red Sky Morning is a very funny, very warm and ultimately heartbreaking play that explores identity, dislocation and the need to connect. Three separate monologues by a father, a mother and their teenage daughter are interwoven throughout the course of one life-changing day. Red Sky Morning's form is as intriguing as its content. The play continues Holloway's trademark combination of linguistic experimentation and a robust Australian vernacular. An extended development process enabled the writer to push the envelope of theatrical communication - to experiment with a musical, overlapping form ideally suited to our noise-filled, attention-pulling world.
Visit the Red Sky Morning blog here.
View the cast's welcome video for Shepparton here.
The Shepparton Black Box Season is made possible thanks to the support of the Sidney Myer Fund.
Audience Advice: Performances in the Black Box Season may contain strong language and sexual references.
Related Links
Teacher's notes for senior Secondary students for Tom Holloway's award winning Red Sky Morning.
Contact: Riverlinks Box Office, phone (03) 5832 9511 for more information.