EN TRANCE
AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 13 2009 at THE C.U.B. MALTHOUSE, TOWER THEATRE
Prices: $22.50 – $28.50
Presented by MALTHOUSE THEATRE
CREATED AND PERFORMED BY YUMI UMIUMARE
DRAMATURGE MOIRA FINUCANE
MEDIA ARTIST BAMBANG NURCAHYADI
INSTALLATION ARTIST NAOMI OTA
SOUND DESIGNER IAN KITNEY
COSTUME DESIGNER DAVID ANDERSON
LIGHTING DESIGNER KERRY IRELAND
From her many performances of The Burlesque Hour around the globe, to Malthouse Theatre’s very own presentation of DasShoku Hora!!, Yumi Umiumare’s electrifying performance style is in demand the world over.
In this bold new work, Umiumare is set to detonate her extraordinary vision from the international to the other-worldy as she thrusts us into the twisted corridors of the un-living. At times brutally visceral, the performance is counterbalanced with the purity of digital painting produced live with her collaborating artists, Bambang Nurcahyadi and Naomi Ota.
EnTrance extends even further Umiumare’s diverse dance vocabulary, plummeting into the cracks where the spirit and the body are propelled into another existence. Umiumare takes us from unsettling moments of physical extremity to magical images of reflective serenity.
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ONE NIGHT THE MOON
SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 3 2009 at THE C.U.B. MALTHOUSE, MERLYN THEATRE.
Prices: $22.50 – $42.50
Presented by MALTHOUSE THEATRE
ADAPTED BY JOHN ROMERIL
FROM AN ORIGINAL FILM BY KEV CARMODY, MAIREAD HANNAN, PAUL KELLY, RACHEL PERKINS
& JOHN ROMERIL
DIRECTOR WESLEY ENOCH
COMPOSERS KEV CARMODY, MAIREAD HANNAN, PAUL KELLY
MUSICAL DIRECTOR MAIREAD HANNAN
SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER ANNA CORDINGLEY
LIGHTING DESIGNER NIKLAS PAJANTI
SOUND DESIGNER KELLY RYALL
DRAMATURGE MARYANNE LYNCH
CAST
NATALIE O’DONNELL
KIRK PAGE
MARK SEYMOUR
URSULA YOVICH
WITH MUSIC PERFORMED LIVE BY
DEIRDRE HANNAN, MAIREAD HANNAN, BEN HENDRY, NICK TSIAVOS, RENS VAN DER ZALM
One evening in 1932 a young girl climbed from the window of her outback home and wandered off in search of the moon. Her grief- stricken parents searched the landscape in vain, but small-minded bigotry kept them from turning to the one man who could retrace the footsteps of this child, snatched up by the night.
One Night the Moon, the true story of Aboriginal tracker Sergeant Alexander Riley, first soared onto the big screen in 2001 to win AFI Awards for Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. The film, directed by Rachel Perkins and featuring Paul Kelly, who co-wrote the songs with Kev Carmody and Mairead Hannan, became a cult classic. Tales of the outback swallowing up young innocents have long served white Australia’s fear of the land. One Night The Moon crystallises the perils of a society trapped by its twin fears of a bedevilled landscape and its unholy prejudice.
Now, in this Malthouse Theatre commission, original screen co-writer, John Romeril, and director, Wesley Enoch (Black Medea, Yibiyung) have created a bold and evocative stage adaptation of this landmark work. Mark Seymour, of Hunters and Collectors fame, Kirk Page (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Bangarra Dance Theatre), Natalie O’Donnell (Mamma Mia!) and Ursula Yovich (Australia) will be accompanied by a live ensemble to realise this powerful story of loss and redemption.
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