Category: Asides

Check company websites for show times and days

Opening:

• Grimm Tales adapted by Carol Ann Duffy and dramatised by Tim Supple, Dir Michael Futcher, Queensland Theatre Company at Cremorne Theatre, QPAC (from MONDAY)
• Prydon Pairs a new Australian musical based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by Vicki Millar, Dir Tim O’Connor, Harvest Rain Theatre (Interns) at Mina Parade Warehouse, Alderley  (TUESDAY)
• The Fall of June Bloom or What You Will written and performed by Flloyd Kennedy, Geoffrey Rush Drama Studio, UQ (TUESDAY)

The Fall of June Bloom (or What You Will) a tragi-comedy by Flloyd Kennedy with William Shakespeare

Dame June Bloom tears out her hair, fumbles her words, mixes her poetry with Shakespeare’s – but she is not mad. This once successful actress is struggling to hold the plot. When her past is exposed her words are the weapons – and the truth cuts deep.

Memory, loss, love and betrayal is explored through the craft of the actor. With ingenuity and humour Dame June also delivers a live-on-stage acting lesson to one lucky audience member. Details at www.indieGoGo.com/June-Bloom.

Thunder’s Mouth Theatre is the latest independent professional theatre company to emerge on the Brisbane cultural landscape developing from an ensemble physical theatre company in Scotland which produced and toured texts from the world canon of theatre classics.

Thunder’s Mouth Theatre aims to present theatre of poetry, passion and philosophy,

The Fall of June Bloom (or What You Will) features:

Flloyd Kennedy (Anne of a Thousand Days, Lola the Magnificent) – actor, writer, director, singer, cabaret and street theatre artist
Tony Brockman (48 Shades of Brown, Hamlet UnPlugged)
Jeff Turpin (Sound Design); Therese Collie (Production Dramaturg); Jason Glenwright (Lighting Design); Rebecca Li (Stage Manager); Sue Smith(Company Intern)

Further information, photo calls and interviews – contact Sue Smith 0414 839 314 or info@thundersmouththeatre.com

Bookings (07) 3365 2552

Check company websites for further details

Opening:
Furious Angels by David Burton Dir Travis Dowling: !Metro Arts Independents at Sue Benner Theatre.

Continuing:
When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell Dir Chris Drummond: Brink Productions presented by Queensland Theatre Company at the Playhouse, QPAC

My Name is Rachel Corrie from the diaries and emails of Rachel Corrie and edited by Katharine Viner and Alan Rickman: La Boite Theatre Indie at the Roundhouse Theatre
Free forum Wednesday evening: Guest speakers will discuss the play within its broader context of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the current state of peace negotiations in the region. Providing further insight and alternative perspectives to an incredibly complex issue, the forum promises to be an informative and passionate evening of discussion.

Synecdoche 3 Sisters by Anton Chekhov adapted and directed by Allie Stapleton: Side Effect Theatre and !Metro Arts Independents at the Studio

Other:
Vulcana Women’s Circus 15th Birthday Bash (TUES) at Brisbane Powerhouse

Talking Shop #12  (WED) at Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, The Valley. The theme for this month CIRCUS with Circa’s AD Yaron Lifschitz.

Trolley Boys

Black Light brings Alex Cullen’s Trolley Boys to Metro Arts from 24 November until 4 December as part of the 2010 Allies program.

Trolley Boys has been developed by Queensland Theatre Company’s 2010 emerging director/dramaturg Melanie Wild. Now, in its Queensland Debut, Trolley Boys is set to carry the laughs through to the car park as trolley boys Todd and Dirk embark on an adventurous quest to prove their worth.

On the cusp of Dirk’s 21st birthday, Todd knows that Dirk will soon be replaced with some pimply faced trolley pusher who costs half as much to employ. All he wants is to keep working with his friend. After all, if Dirk’s gone who will he play bumper-trolleys with?
What both boys lack in brains they make up in balls.  When the hot-to-trot security guard Nivek shares a secret which could save their jobs; both boys venture blindly into the swamp behind the shopping centre. Will they make it out alive? Or will they be gobbled up by the creatures that lurk in the mangled trolleys before they can complete their quest?

Writer Alex Cullen is not a trolley boy. She is a girl who was inspired to write about them when she read that two trolley boys had been fired due to their fast approaching 21st birthdays. Aiming to create a theatrical experience that her friends (boys who liked video games not the performing arts) would enjoy, what has developed is a playful, surprising piece of theatre that captivates in its originality and suspends time with its silliness.
A graduate of the NIDA playwriting course, Alex Cullen began writing Trolley Boys while participating in Playwriting Australia’s graduate program during the National Script Workshop. As one of four young playwrights selected to participate in the event, Alex was introduced to emerging director/dramaturg Melanie Wild and together they explored the seven page beginnings, inspiring Alex to write a full-length script upon completion of the workshop.
Director Melanie Wild says “I have been working on the play so long as a dramaturge that I really wanted to see the play through to a production. I like the fact that the play is entertaining and isn’t trying to be educational or experimental but just really trying to give people a good night out in the theatre.” As a director and dramaturg, Melanie is currently an artist in residence with Playlab and has worked with La Boite, Queensland Theatre Company, Playwriting Australia, ATYP and Backbone Youth Arts.

Writer: Alex Cullen
Director: Melanie Wild
Sound Designer: Phil Slade
Lighting Designer: Jason Glenwright
Assistant Director: Haley Milner
Cast Includes: Amelia Dowd, Blake Laburniy, Toby Martin, Nick Newth, Chris Vernon, Kyle Walmsley

Bookings:  (07) 3002 7100, www.metroarts.com.au
Tickets: $20 (Adults), $16 (Concession), $12 (Cheap Tuesday and groups of 10 or  more)