The HotBed Season
Black Swan Theatre Company presents The HotBed Ensemble
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
In a version by Frank McGuinness
Directed by Adam Mitchell
Set & Costume Design by Brad Reid
Featuring:
The HotBed Ensemble
Brecht's Masterpiece of Epic Theatre
This is one of Brecht's most successful and widely regarded plays, in which he pioneered his theatrical technique known as Epic Theatre.
Drawing on an ancient Chinese story, The Caucasian Chalk Circle presents a play within a play, telling the deeply touching story of a servant girl who rescues a child of royal blood from a violent coup and becomes its surrogate mother. The play climaxes in a bizarre competition between the servant girl and the child’s biological mother to determine where the child belongs.
In a production infused with song and movement, the HotBed artists will rework this classic in a dynamic contemporary setting.
Venue: Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
Season: 28 February – 15 March 2008
Portraits of Modern Evil
Directed by Adam Mitchell
Set & Costume Design by Brad Reid
Featuring:
The HotBed Ensemble
Albert Tucker: Painter, Visionary, Acquaintance of a Killer?
Dirty green and yellow tram light reflects off the mud and rain of darkened streets in the winter of 1943. As World War II wears on to its bloody climax, Melbourne is invaded by its allies: an army of hard-drinking American soldiers living loudly and lewdly.
Albert Tucker's painterly vision, absorbing the undercurrent of violence around him, takes a unique turn. But painter and city are confronted by a fresh horror: a serial killer, preying on women as they tread the streets at night.
Based on the story of Melbourne's notorious brown-out strangler, Portraits of Modern Evil turns one of the great visionaries of twentieth century Australian art into a protagonist in a surreal and frightening tale.
Venue: Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
Season: 4 – 20 September 2008
The HotBed Ensemble - Black Swan Theatre Company's Emerging Artist Development Program
Black Swan Theatre Company's HotBed Ensemble is supported by RAC, the Holmes à Court Family Foundation and The Sony Foundation.
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