After a very long development process the production of this inventive and original play is under way. After months of hectic labour, it's finally happening. The actors are flowing, the sound and lights are brilliant, and I doubt if there's ever been a set like it in the Courthouse. Even the slime is impressive - a sort of lurid green under the lights. An audience member asked for a sample the other night. [It was actually stripped from the rocks at Williamstown.] If you're in Melbourne, don't miss Mysterium
See The Age for a preview article [Nov 1]. You'll need to do the free registration thingy
Alison Croggon's review at State of The Arts. A longer version of the same at http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Mysterium is a full length play for five actors. Its style verges on magical realism and borrows from the form of the Medieval miracle play. It explores the tension between the irrational and rational, science and religion. It mixes the absurdly comic with Byronic Romance and Gothic horror.
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Direct media enquiries to Meredith Lewis on 0421 653 325 or meredith.lewis@rmit.edu.au or to this site or to Sam at 0422 248 486
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Special thanks to
Julian Meyrick and Kickhouse Theatre, who originally commissioned this
play. To Playbox Theatre and Aubrey Mellor, who helped with development
and submitted it for the Wal Cherry Prize.
PERSONNEL
Director : LYNNE ELLIS
Performers :
Designer: MARK RASZEWSKI [see his site REVERBERANT]
Soundscape: NADAV RAYMAN & BOYD KORAB
Costume Design: GEORGIA McCORKILL
& OTHER VALUED INDISPENSABLE HUMANS
and thanks to WunderKammer, the most curious shop in Melbourne, for support of all kinds.
MISCELLANEOUS
