Performance Dates
20 Feb 2004 – 6 Mar 2004February 2004
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Details
- Playwright
- Michael Gow
- Director
- Peter Kingston
AddressPlayhouse Theatre, 3 Pier St Perth
The myth of Orpheus has long inspired the western imagination. His journey to Hell to recover his wife, and the loss of his powers, give the myth a poignant message: we cannot escape death. Enraged by Zeus' infatuation with a Trojan shepard-boy, Hera, Mother of the Gods, has her sights set on Orpheus, whose teachings she sees as responsible for the filth.
The Trojan War is the present: Andromache and Hector may be in Iran, Kosovo or Chechnya. The Spartans, righteous and obsessed with power, lead a coalition of the willing against them and civilisation is on the brink. In Michael Gow's brilliant new comedy humans, Gods and history seem destined to repeat themselves.
Live Acts on Stage is an unforgettable roller-coaster of celestial history in which nine actors play forty-five characters in one and a half hours. The celebrated author of Away has written a poetic and savage comedy of love and renewal for an apocalyptic age.
"We are all a little divine..."
Written by Michael Gow
Directed by Peter Kingston
Set & Costume Designer: Leon Salom
Sound Designer: Paul Charlier
Lighting Designer: Mark Howett
Movement Designer: Lisa-Scott Murphy
presented in association with the Perth International Arts Festival
tickets through BOCS ticketing www.bocsticketing.com.au / (08) 9484 1133
8:30am to 8:00pm Monday – Saturday
The Trojan War is the present: Andromache and Hector may be in Iran, Kosovo or Chechnya. The Spartans, righteous and obsessed with power, lead a coalition of the willing against them and civilisation is on the brink. In Michael Gow's brilliant new comedy humans, Gods and history seem destined to repeat themselves.
Live Acts on Stage is an unforgettable roller-coaster of celestial history in which nine actors play forty-five characters in one and a half hours. The celebrated author of Away has written a poetic and savage comedy of love and renewal for an apocalyptic age.
"We are all a little divine..."
Written by Michael Gow
Directed by Peter Kingston
Set & Costume Designer: Leon Salom
Sound Designer: Paul Charlier
Lighting Designer: Mark Howett
Movement Designer: Lisa-Scott Murphy
presented in association with the Perth International Arts Festival
tickets through BOCS ticketing www.bocsticketing.com.au / (08) 9484 1133
8:30am to 8:00pm Monday – Saturday
Bookings
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