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Red Stitch Theatre Presents Penelope
0 Comments. 576 Views. Posted 20 Feb 2013 @ 3:26pm.
Beauty is defined as a combination of qualities that pleases our aesthetic senses; this is what Penelope is about. Presented by Red Stitch Theatre, the new play by Enda Walsh details the story of four men who try to ensnare the heart of Penelope while her husband is away. Based off Homer’s Odyssey, the production is sure to be a fusion of tragedy and comedy. Penelope will explore the pursuit of... Read More
4000 Miles
0 Comments. 434 Views. Posted 6 Feb 2013 @ 12:00pm.
It’s that time of year again where production companies around Melbourne begin touting their wares and launching the shows which will lead their 2013 season. Red Stitch have chosen a relatively new play, award-winning American playwright Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles. The play premiered in 2011 and won the Off-Broadway (Obie) award for Best New Play. “4000 Miles is drawn from the playwright’s... Read More
Pompeii, L.A.
0 Comments. 875 Views. Posted 14 Nov 2012 @ 2:52pm.
The dark world of celebrity culture is seldom explored by the industry that made it. Stepping back from that madness, Melbourne playwright Declan Greene has attempted to shine a cynical light on the destructive force celebrity culture really is, especially to the children who are sucked into the fish bowl. Pompeii, L.A. presented by Malthouse Theatre and directed by Matthew Lutton,... Read More
Midsummer
0 Comments. 742 Views. Posted 13 Nov 2012 @ 9:20am.
“He’s a beautiful playwright. I believe he’s one of the best contemporary playwrights out there,” proclaims Ella Caldwell, a long-standing member of Red Stitch Theatre’s accomplished ensemble. “This is our fourth David Grieg play in our 11 years of Red Stitch. I actually had the absolute pleasure of being in most of those. The first Grieg play I did was years and years ago, one of our first plays... Read More
Wittenberg
0 Comments. 512 Views. Posted 3 Oct 2012 @ 6:20am.
Before the Bard’s manic depressive hero Hamlet was prince of ‘rotten’ Denmark, he was a student at Germany’s Wittenberg University, at least in the imagination of playwright David Davalos. In Wittenberg, he creates an unlikely meeting of minds of the university’s alumni: Dr John Faustus, Martin Luther and Shakespeare’s tragic protagonist, and with the two conflicting philosophers as his... Read More
The Kitchen Sink
0 Comments. 748 Views. Posted 7 Sep 2012 @ 8:20am.
The Red Stitch Actors Theatre is committed to bringing new works to local stages, and this month, they present the Australian premiere of The Kitchen Sink by British playwright Tom Wells. The play is a comedy about family life and perseverance during tough times – it’s all about heart, and this, says actress Kristina Brew, is what so attracted her to it. “It’s hilarious on the page, but... Read More
The Pride
0 Comments. 710 Views. Posted 24 Jul 2012 @ 1:40pm.
A challenging work from debut British playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell, The Pride takes the form of two parallel narratives. Both of these look at the lives of gay men, but one strand of the story takes place in the repressive 1950s, the other in the seemingly-permissive present day. The hook is that its core three cast members play characters with the same names in both eras, and while their... Read More
Red Stitch Presents The Pride
0 Comments. 1,591 Views. Posted 10 Jul 2012 @ 1:00pm.
To help open their second season for 2012, Red Stitch will present the Australian premiere of acclaimed British playwright, Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride.  A perfectly crafted, time shifting exploration of sexual freedoms from then and now, the play is set in 1958. Phillip is married to Sylvia and finding himself in a destructive state of denial when he falls in love with another man.... Read More
Red Stitch
0 Comments. 758 Views. Posted 21 Jun 2012 @ 10:07am.
Red Stitch always seem to deliver the goods, and their second season of 2012 is no exception.  Beginning in July, this season will offer an exciting variety of internationally acclaimed plays, including three Australian premieres and one Victorian premiere. The program is getting set to take audiences on a journey through time and place, from the classrooms of Wittenberg University in 16th... Read More
The Motherfucker With The Hat
0 Comments. 2,852 Views. Posted 6 Jun 2012 @ 8:09am.
The United States isn’t the only contemporary society plagued by addictive physical and psychological behaviour.  Across the Atlantic the drinking habits of various European countries has become part of the cultural fabric – from a pint of Guinness in Ireland, to shots of vodka in Russia.  In Australia, gratuitous alcohol consumption is various celebrated as part of the national... Read More
Day One. A Hotel, Evening
0 Comments. 1,944 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:23am.
Since its inception in 2001, the Red Stitch Actors Theatre company has created a reputation for staging new and challenging plays most main-stage directors ignore. At the culmination of its ten year anniversary season, the self proclaimed 'actors company' has programmed a new work by Joanna Murray-Smith. The playwright's notable collaboration with MTC's outgoing artistic director, Simon Phillips... Read More
The Aliens
0 Comments. 2,250 Views. Posted 1 Sep 2011 @ 9:26am.
" I was 100 per cent sure that I would never 'make it' as a writer, but I kept writing anyway, because writing adds great meaning to my life and keeps me sane. If you're happy not writing, don't be a writer." Wise words from American playwright Annie Baker, whose recent Off-Broadway hit The Aliens is currently showing in Melbourne thanks to Red Stitch Theatre. Brett Ludeman is... Read More
The Laramie Project – Ten Years Later
0 Comments. 3,616 Views. Posted 28 Apr 2011 @ 9:50am.
In 1998 a brutal hate crime was committed in Laramie, Wyoming that left a young gay student dead and a town in uproar. The crime brought a media swarm that descended and overwhelmed the community, as well as created a swirl of demand for hate crime legislation in the United States. Members of the Tectonic Theatre Project went to Laramie and through interviews with members of the community devised... Read More
Howie The Rookie
0 Comments. 3,318 Views. Posted 10 Mar 2011 @ 10:05am.
James Joyce's Ulysses is a text that poor students of literature are frequently subjected to at university - I can unfortunately attest to being a victim of this 1000 page monstrosity. Boy, that Joyce is one intense Irishman! But if you can understand what the hell it is he's saying, he's also pretty funny. Possibly a generalisation, but so far this is something I can say about... Read More
Creditors
0 Comments. 1,340 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
A mystery surrounds the plot of Red Stitch Theatre’s latest production, Creditors. Speaking to Dion Mills, who plays the part of Gustav in Daniel Grieg’s adaptation of August Strindberg’s original play, he says: “I can’t tell you the exact story because there’s a twist in the tale and I don’t want to give it away.”   Creditors marks the third... Read More
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