TONIGHT’S the night for something new in Canberra’s theatre scene.
Readers will have noticed over the past year that Canberra’s Street Theatre establishing itself as a hive of dramaturgical activity.
By no coincidence at all, the writers program developed by artistic director Caroline Stacey to encourage new local playwriting is called “the Hive,” (under former Melbourne Theatre dramaturg Peter Matheson) and a new play opening tonight at The Street and written by Dave Temme is a direct result of that program.
Titeld “Our Shadows Pass Only Once,” the play, according to The Street, consists of “poetic richness and an emotionally charged dramatic text, exploring how we see each other and how we wish to be seen by others.” Constructed as a series of vignettes, it shows the deterioration of two relationships, or in other words, falling in and out of love.
Although featured as a dramaturg in The Street’s “First-Seen” program earlier in the year, this is actually the directorial debut at this theatre for Andrew Holmes, known to readers for his explorations of Lorca and Archibald McLeish at the ANU.
Holmes has chosen to use live-feed video to explore the relationships in the play, which features two relatively new faces in Canberra Theatre, Sarah Nathan-Truesdale and Josh Wiseman, the latter much admired for his recent star role in “The Venetian Twins” at Canberra Rep. Other performers are Street regular, Raoul Craemer, and Caroline O’Brien now back from Los Angeles.
The action is set against an experimental sound design from Shoeb Ahmad and scenic designer Gillian Schwab’s minimalist set.
“Our Shadows Pass Only Once” is the second show in this year’s “Made In Canberra” season, which focuses on interdisciplinary work in live performance for ACT independent artists.
“Our Shadows Pass Only Once,” at October 11–19, 8pm, with Sunday performances at 6pm. Bookings to 6247 1223 or www.thestreet.org.au
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