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'Unpack Nicola Gunn’s personal fantasy of being a French actress—despite being categorically not French.
'In a surreal comedic encounter, the aspiring French actress quarrels with a Japanese film director and their interpreter about how to translate a script of a complex mother-daughter relationship to the screen. Their different points of view spiral into riveting and confounding misunderstandings, and the power of who is doing the translating is paramount.
'The Interpreters (Apologia) fuses comedy with awkward attempts to express ourselves and communicate across boundaries. Armed with her signature bold and candid approach, Nicola Gunn (Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster) confronts having your voice translated by others.' (Production summary)
Production Details
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Presented by Malthouse Theatre. World premiere at Beckett Theatre, Southbank, Victoria : 6-18 August 2024.
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Theatre Review : Apologia, Malthouse Theatre
2024
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2024;
— Review of The Interpreters (Apologia) 2024 single work drama'Apologia is an offering of nonsensical delight steeped in real-life occurrences, which sees Nicola Gunn’s bizarre wish of becoming a French actress interrogated through a verbal ballet between the real and the surreal. What threatens to be 90 minutes of sensory overload is tamed by the ingenuity of the artistry underpinning the body of work.'
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Theatre Review : Apologia, Malthouse Theatre
2024
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2024;
— Review of The Interpreters (Apologia) 2024 single work drama'Apologia is an offering of nonsensical delight steeped in real-life occurrences, which sees Nicola Gunn’s bizarre wish of becoming a French actress interrogated through a verbal ballet between the real and the surreal. What threatens to be 90 minutes of sensory overload is tamed by the ingenuity of the artistry underpinning the body of work.'
