City wit
- Authors: Durban, Kim
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Play
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Goodnight Desdemona, Good morning Juliet
- Authors: Durban, Kim
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Play
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Kiss Me, Kate
- Authors: Durban, Kim
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Play
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- Description: Live performance of 'Kiss Me, Kate' directed by Kim Durban, Princess Theatre, Melbourne. 24 November - 3 December 2006. Research Background: Companies all over the world have produced this American musical. Research Contribution: This original Australian production used an innovative approach to the aesthetic of the play-within-a play The Taming of the Shrew, which is normally set in Shakespearean dress. In this version the players were set in the Art Deco/Jazz era, causing a series of innovative approaches to, and thus a shift in audience perception of character, costume, design, choreography and instrumentation. Research Significance: The significance of this research is that it proved the authenticity and theatrical flexibility of the material and provided sophisticated benchmarks for artist training. Durban's dramaturgical approach also supported the script and introduced the work of the regional Arts Academy to Melbourne audiences through a unique partnership with Melbourne's Princess Theatre. Its value is attested to by the following indicators: cast members have gained employment with national and international arts companies including MTC and Wicked (Asian Tour). Design team members have worked on the Australian Ballet and Moomba. The production was extensively attended and reviewed.
Kiss Me, Kate
- Authors: Wynen, David
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Play
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- Description: (Choreography & Staging by David Wynen) New choreography and interpretation of movement for Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me Kate. This work was in the field of dance and theatre performance. Most specifically music theatre. The research that underlies such a project relates to the brief given to a choreographer by the project's Director. This brief included making my dance work historically referenced as well as in line with the physical design of the piece. This had to encompass a set and aesthetics using shapes and references relating to Cubism and Deco design movements. My research question relates to fulfilling such criteria whilst supporting a project designed to graduate and showcase our Music Theatre students to the industry. Its research component relates to historic referencing, and educational and professional outcomes. Reviewed in The Age December 2006.
Laramie project
- Authors: Hall, Ross
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Play
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- Description: Producer of play- The Laramie project
- Description: 2003007052
Running with pigs
- Authors: Bourne, Tracy
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Play
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- Description: Play -Writer, Producer, Performer of live performance -Running with pigs
- Description: 2003007023
Scenes from an execution
- Authors: Durban, Kim
- Date: 2002
- Type: Text , Play
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- Description: Producer
- Description: 2003007048
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- Authors: Durban, Kim
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Play
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- Description: Live performance of 'Twelfth Night by William Shakespear' directed by Kim Durban, Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat. 14 - 18 June 2006. Research Background: Companies all over the world have produced this Shakespear play which enjoyed its first production by the Arts Academy. Research Contribution: This original Australian production used an innovative approach to the aesthetic of the play in 3 ways - first, by representing the characters using multiple actors who shared the lines and the part, second by using a peer actor to work alongside the graudate company and provide a professional role model and third by using a sculptor, a painter and a theatre designer as collaborators on the design setting. Research Significance: The significance of this research is that it proved the authenticity and theatrical flexibility of the material and provided sophisticated benchmarks for artist training. Durban's dramturgical approach also intersected with current Shakespeare scholarship and introduced the play to a regional audience. Its value is attested to by the following indicators: Cast and creative members have gained employment with national and international arts companies, including Steven Spielberg's 'The Pacific'.