Scenes
Wed, 11 Nov 2009, 08:16 amGordon the Optom2 posts in thread
Scenes
Wed, 11 Nov 2009, 08:16 am‘Scenes’ is a collection of excerpts from well-known, classical and reputable Australian plays, directed by guest directors and presented by the students of John Curtin College of the Arts. ‘Scenes’ is showing at the Ellen Street Theatre within John Curtin, at 90 Ellen Street, Fremantle for two nights, the last show is at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 11th November.
All of the plays have a few brief pauses when the cast change, hence allowing as many year 10 drama students as possible to try the major roles.
‘Hoods’ by Angela Betzien has been directed by Julia Perkins. This is the sad and disturbing story of a group of teenage hoodies, the life they lead and the struggles that they face. The style of delivery is a series of brief punchy lines, spoken slickly by the cast of twenty. The play was filled with tension and pathos, as the actors moved rapidly around the stage. The pace was excellent. A very well produced and performed play. Loved the extremely realistic baby crying.
‘Stories from a Suburban Road’ by Tom Hungerford (director Christie Sistrunk) was delightful. The cast captured the childish antics perfectly, and the ‘adults’ in the play managed to portray the parents of the 1940s as though they knew them well.
‘The Removalists’ by David Williamson was directed by Glen Hall. What a difficult play to present with a team of year 10s, along with the added difficulty of having the cast change three times during this presentation of the play’s Second Act. However, the cast were totally at ease, the nastiness of the police officers, the desperation of the husband and the haughtiness of the sisters came across beautifully.
Having to take over halfway through a dramatic scene is very difficult, often the new actors take a couple of lines of dialogue to work up to the pace left by the previous actors, but this cast came in all guns blazing. Plenty of power in the delivery.
It is very reassuring to know that there is so much gifted talent for the future of WA theatre. There were many fine performances in all three plays, but my award of the night goes to the young lady who played the third husband in ‘The Removalists’, she was totally absorbed in the part, and had powerful body and voice delivery.
‘Scenes’ is a collection of excerpts from well-known, classical and reputable Australian plays, directed by guest directors and presented by the students of John Curtin College of the Arts. ‘Scenes’ is showing at the Ellen Street Theatre within John Curtin, at 90 Ellen Street, Fremantle for two nights, the last show is at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 11th November.
All of the plays have a few brief pauses when the cast change, hence allowing as many year 10 drama students as possible to try the major roles.
‘Hoods’ by Angela Betzien has been directed by Julia Perkins. This is the sad and disturbing story of a group of teenage hoodies, the life they lead and the struggles that they face. The style of delivery is a series of brief punchy lines, spoken slickly by the cast of twenty. The play was filled with tension and pathos, as the actors moved rapidly around the stage. The pace was excellent. A very well produced and performed play. Loved the extremely realistic baby crying.
‘Stories from a Suburban Road’ by Tom Hungerford (director Christie Sistrunk) was delightful. The cast captured the childish antics perfectly, and the ‘adults’ in the play managed to portray the parents of the 1940s as though they knew them well.
‘The Removalists’ by David Williamson was directed by Glen Hall. What a difficult play to present with a team of year 10s, along with the added difficulty of having the cast change three times during this presentation of the play’s Second Act. However, the cast were totally at ease, the nastiness of the police officers, the desperation of the husband and the haughtiness of the sisters came across beautifully.
Having to take over halfway through a dramatic scene is very difficult, often the new actors take a couple of lines of dialogue to work up to the pace left by the previous actors, but this cast came in all guns blazing. Plenty of power in the delivery.
It is very reassuring to know that there is so much gifted talent for the future of WA theatre. There were many fine performances in all three plays, but my award of the night goes to the young lady who played the third husband in ‘The Removalists’, she was totally absorbed in the part, and had powerful body and voice delivery.
The Removalists