Deakin Performing and Creative Arts
School of Communication and Creative Arts
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The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco introduces two characters, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who reveal a series of apparently mundane facts about their lives, their children and their location in London. Mr. Smith works as a clerk. The cliches of the language used in the performance primer fermented into chaos, and exposed the ways language often functions to mask social alienation and consolidate meaningless social conventions. Often described as an anti-play, The Bald Soprano remains a classic example of the so-called Theatre of the Absurd. Adsurdist theatre does not merely refer to works that eschew the conventions of realism, and embrace the random and irrational for comic effect. While plays categorised under this rubric are often wickedly funny, they are united by a specific philosophical vision articulated most clearly by Albert Camus in his book the Myth of Sisyphus (1942). The production bring music, movement and muti-media to center stage.
"I've a feeling we're not on canvas anymore..." In this re-visioning of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's quest for self-realisation leads her to the vivid, yet disturbing, Land of Vincent Van Gogh. Follow, follow, follow, follow as she stumbles down a twisted path of experimentation, madness and sunflowers. Theatre and visual arts are combined in this absurd coming-of-age story. It's a horse of a different colour, awash with live music and song, dabs of innuendo and pop culture, and flecks of dark, quirky comedy. So goodbye yellow brick road...we're off to see Van Gogh. This show is part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival to be held 4 October - 11 October, 2008.
This play depicts a lesson which gone terribly wrong.....Perhaps our audience, seeing this production on the Campus of an Australian University, will be left asking themselves to what extent meaningful teaching and learning can actually occur in the world today........"
Caught in a web she can't escape, Missy must make choices that will affect the lives of everyone she is connected to.A theatre-in-education performance highlighting the issue of cyber bullying and its consequences.
A dramatic evening showcase by first year scene studies students.
First year student in Modern and Post Modern Drama will present scenes from great twentieth century theatre writers.
A fable of the Maize people
In a young land, overlooked by the sun god Inti, a struggle is developing. Can the Maize people unite and bring justice to Inti's land again? Universal themes of exploitation and oppression are explored in this mythical tale, inspired by the real-life events of the El Salvadoran civil war (1980-1992).
This piece is about a group of people suffering from various mental disorders who apply to be part of a new type of therapy. They reluctantly agree to be implanted with new micro-chip technology so that they can be observed in everyday life and healed of their many mental afflictions. Oblivious to the implications the group are slowly effected by the microship until they are induced into a state of permanent neutrality and conformity.
Fu@king Chaos Puppetry, a grotesquely anarchic dissection of beauty carving up a theatre near you! Pure theatrical Botox.
Come and be transported to a world of mystifying beauty and light. This piece of performance art is all about celebrating the here and now and remembering how we got here and realizing the next stage is just beginning.
