the devil's tunic
Mon, 24 Mar 2003, 03:39 pmdi day2 posts in thread
the devil's tunic
Mon, 24 Mar 2003, 03:39 pmopened at WAAPA on Saturday and is an outstanding new work written and directed by Chris Edmund from the WAAPA Theatre school.
The play is a rich, complicated, provocative, entertaining tapestry of topics covering seven hundred years. The seed idea concerns a poor parish priest in the south of France who, in the 19th century, was renovating a very old church and found something that made him fabulously wealthy. What the "something" was has never been revealed, but part of the discovery is some strange documents which are seemingly untranslatable. The BBC has made a number of documentaries about this strange event which may involve the Roman Catholic slaughter of 20,000 Cathars, a gentle and attractive christian sect of the 13th century and the nefarious Knights Templar.
There are so many elements in this rich work that I'm going to see it again tonight and probably twice is not enough.
Last night some one or ones broke into the theatre before start and stole props, sabotaged the lighting board, and left St Christopher mementoes in the auditorium. There is a Personne who intends to recite the rosary in the foyer for the duration of the season.
The show is not fully booked and is well worth seeing. 7.30 start in the main theatre of WAAPA
There is a full gamut of Language, Nudity, Violence and Adult Themes
The play is a rich, complicated, provocative, entertaining tapestry of topics covering seven hundred years. The seed idea concerns a poor parish priest in the south of France who, in the 19th century, was renovating a very old church and found something that made him fabulously wealthy. What the "something" was has never been revealed, but part of the discovery is some strange documents which are seemingly untranslatable. The BBC has made a number of documentaries about this strange event which may involve the Roman Catholic slaughter of 20,000 Cathars, a gentle and attractive christian sect of the 13th century and the nefarious Knights Templar.
There are so many elements in this rich work that I'm going to see it again tonight and probably twice is not enough.
Last night some one or ones broke into the theatre before start and stole props, sabotaged the lighting board, and left St Christopher mementoes in the auditorium. There is a Personne who intends to recite the rosary in the foyer for the duration of the season.
The show is not fully booked and is well worth seeing. 7.30 start in the main theatre of WAAPA
There is a full gamut of Language, Nudity, Violence and Adult Themes
Re: the devil's tunic
Mon, 24 Mar 2003, 04:46 pmWalter Plinge
I saw this performance yesterday, and was BLOWN away! It's an epic, make no mistake! And as Di points out, there is SO much involved, you can't help but miss chunks.
It is very confronting, but is worth it. And being directed by the playwrite, I imagine we are seeing the play exactly as it should be performed.
The cast is brilliant, and you'll appreciate why, when you see some of the horrific circumstances their characters find themselves in.
If you're easily offended/Born Again Catholic, best stay away.
For those who love to be challenged, make an effort. It's one of those plays that stays with you and keeps creeping up on you when you least expect it!
Special congrats to the cast and crew for putting on a show, devoid of any technical glitches, after suffering a particularly nasty case of sabotage!
J x
It is very confronting, but is worth it. And being directed by the playwrite, I imagine we are seeing the play exactly as it should be performed.
The cast is brilliant, and you'll appreciate why, when you see some of the horrific circumstances their characters find themselves in.
If you're easily offended/Born Again Catholic, best stay away.
For those who love to be challenged, make an effort. It's one of those plays that stays with you and keeps creeping up on you when you least expect it!
Special congrats to the cast and crew for putting on a show, devoid of any technical glitches, after suffering a particularly nasty case of sabotage!
J x