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'Cloudstreet', directed by Ross Hall, consisted of 5 live performances at the Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat during October 2010. The production used the theatrically adapted text by Nicholas Enright and Justin Monjo, based on the original novel by Australian novelist Tim Winton, to explore narrative structures and their relationship to performative transposition from host medium (the novel) to live theatrical performance. The research also explored the parameters of Black Box theatre (theatre performed in a bare black box space), specifically as this relates to large cast productions, where the use of corporeal representation replaces conventional stage machinery (set and costumes). The production also explored the stylistic representational mode of 'naturalism' within the specific context of Australian family drama. The work constitutes part of my ongoing research with respect to adaptation processes and theatrical prepresentation in contemporary Australian pedagogically-based theatre.
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'Cloudstreet', directed by Ross Hall, consisted of 5 live performances at the Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat during October 2010. The production used the theatrically adapted text by Nicholas Enright and Justin Monjo, based on the original novel by Australian novelist Tim Winton, to explore narrative structures and their relationship to performative transposition from host medium (the novel) to live theatrical performance. The research also explored the parameters of Black Box theatre (theatre performed in a bare black box space), specifically as this relates to large cast productions, where the use of corporeal representation replaces conventional stage machinery (set and costumes). The production also explored the stylistic representational mode of 'naturalism' within the specific context of Australian family drama. The work constitutes part of my ongoing research with respect to adaptation processes and theatrical prepresentation in contemporary Australian pedagogically-based theatre.
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'Special Study of Tennessee Williams', directed by Ross Hall, consisted of 5 live performances held at the Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat during October 2005. The production was undertaken by 2nd Year students within the undergraduate acting program at UB and constituted in-depth research into the area of naturalistic American theatre in the wake of Stanislaski's influenct on the Group Theatre. Specifically, research focussed on two rarely performed pieces by the playwright Tennessee Williams: Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer. The work exposed the viewing public to material now, in the main, unfamiliar to contemporary Australian audiences. It also focuses perfroming students on material which is now culturally and socially foreign to them, with a special focus on performance within a Black Box mode: theatre stripped of conventional set and costume machinery, and, along with many other performance projects, constitutes part of my ongoing research with respect to theatrical representation in contemporary Australian pedagogically-based theatre.
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'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby', directed by Ross Hall, was performed at the Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat during October 2009. The production was a seven hour live student production of David Edgar's adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. Specifically, the production explored the research area of narrative structures and their transportation from source medium (the novel) ino the adapted theatre medium: live performance. The production also examined the use of corporeal performative respresentation (bodies in space) within the parameters of Black Box theatre: theatre stripped of all scenographic representation except bodies in a bare black space. The project also explored (and exposed student artists to) vital socio-historic-political domains of nineteenth century industrial England, with the concomitant disciplines of performance style and representational modes. The work consitutes part of my ongoing research with respect to adaptation processes and theatrical representation in contemporary Australian pedagogically-based theatre.
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'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby', directed by Ross Hall, was performed at the Post Office Box Theatre, Ballarat during October 2009. The production was a seven hour live student production of David Edgar's adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. Specifically, the production explored the research area of narrative structures and their transportation from source medium (the novel) ino the adapted theatre medium: live performance. The production also examined the use of corporeal performative respresentation (bodies in space) within the parameters of Black Box theatre: theatre stripped of all scenographic representation except bodies in a bare black space. The project also explored (and exposed student artists to) vital socio-historic-political domains of nineteenth century industrial England, with the concomitant disciplines of performance style and representational modes. The work consitutes part of my ongoing research with respect to adaptation processes and theatrical representation in contemporary Australian pedagogically-based theatre.
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Performed 17th October-21st October 2019 By Polly Teale Presented by the Second Year Acting Company In 1845 Branwell Brontë returns home in disgrace, plagued by his addictions. As he descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, his sister write.... Polly Teale’s extraordinary play evokes the real and imagined worlds of the Brontës, as their fictional characters come to haunt their creators. Director: Ross Hall Venue: Post Office Box Theatre, Camp St Campus