Performance Dates
23 Aug 2007 – 2 Sept 2007August 2007
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Details
- Playwright
- Vlad Mijic & Rhys Auteri
- Director
- Vlad Mijic & Rhys Auteri
If you are reading this now, it means that I have been murdered.
This is a story of how it happened.
This is an actual person.
This is the softest I can whisper.
This is a diagram of the scars and wounds I have on my body.
This is the loudest I can scream.
This is the longest I can hold my breath.
This is the ash of a moth burnt to a crisp.
This is villain written in Cyrillic characters.
This is a history of a fictional character.
And it goes for one hour, seven minutes and thirty-six seconds.
This is a lie.
It is more difficult than ever to avoid being a “villain”. A bomb explodes - a whole race is condemned for that single act. An artist drinks his own urine on stage – all artists are guilty of wasting precious taxpayer dollars. Why do we need to create villains? Is there really such a thing? If you are constantly being called a villain, what do you call yourself? In Villanus, Vlad Mijic channels villains everywhere and pleads their case, doomed to lose everynight to the forces of the Righteous. He examines the blood on his own hands, excavating histories that are personal, mythological and fictional. He is trapped by a language and environment that are constantly shifting, revising and coexisting. The work is sometimes dark, sometimes humorous, often both at the same time.
Vlad Mijic and Rhys Auteri have been creating theatre since completing their Honours Degrees in Performing Arts at Monash University. They co-founded Welcome Stranger in 2002 to create daring new performances that are worthy of public attention.
Welcome Stranger’s debut work The End of Civil Twilight drew wide acclaim in 2002, winning a prestigious Development Award at the inaugral Malthouse Theatre 3D Fest, leading to a successful stand alone season. They followed this with two seasons of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on Her Life (2004) and an adaptation of an Ursula LeGuin story in Towards Omelas (2006).
Praise for The End of Civil Twilight
“[A] refreshing approach to staging and direction … excellent performances.”
“An innovative production.” Stage Left
“[A] resourceful attempt to introduce new techniques to the stage to extend that which is normally assumed possible.”
“Not easily forgotten.” Farrago (Melbourne University)
SEASON DETAILS
Dates: 23 August - 2 September 2007
Venue: Old Council Chambers, Trades Hall
(cnr Lygon & Victoria St) /address>
Times: Tues - Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm
Tickets: $20 full, $15 concession
Bookings: 9782 2625
Bookings
This production has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.