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'A contemporary performance of profound lightness, humour and exquisite detail that explores the complexities of human affection. With conversation, song and live harpsichord music, Affection gently searches the connections between three performers and their audience. Freely traversing the abstract and the ordinary Affection looks at the way people empathise and nurture, reject, help and play with each other. Featuring the music of Francois Couperin (1668-1733), Brian Wilson, The Ramones and the harpsichord of Anastasia Russel-Head.'
Source: Description of the Melbourne, Victoria season from the Ranters Theatre website, www.ranterstheatre.com (sighted 30/06/2009)
Production Details
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First produced as a 30 minute work as part of an international collaboration at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales, 2007. Subsequently produced as a full length work at BlackBox Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 1 July, 2009. Directed by Adriano Cortese.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Hyperrealism and the Everyday : The Plays of Ranters Theatre
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 70 2017; (p. 134-158) 'This article reflects on the performance texts that I have written and dramaturged with Ranters Theatre over a twenty-two-year period, covering three phases of work, each of which engages everydayness as part of its methodology. A key focus is textual dramaturgy, how the text is constructed, critiqued and dramaturged in order to create a finished performance text of play. Comparison is drawn with other contemporary theatre practitioners in Melbourne and overseas who also engage the everyday as a central component of their raison d'etre.' (Abstract introduction) -
Small Talk Treated with Revealing Candour
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of Affection 2007 single work drama -
Theatre
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 6)
— Review of Affection 2007 single work drama -
Brothers Push Boundaries of Hyper-Reality
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 July 2009; (p. 10)
— Review of Affection 2007 single work drama -
Reinventing the Real
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 30 June 2009; (p. 13)
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Brothers Push Boundaries of Hyper-Reality
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 July 2009; (p. 10)
— Review of Affection 2007 single work drama -
Theatre
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 6)
— Review of Affection 2007 single work drama -
Small Talk Treated with Revealing Candour
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 July 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of Affection 2007 single work drama -
Reinventing the Real
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 30 June 2009; (p. 13) -
Hyperrealism and the Everyday : The Plays of Ranters Theatre
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 70 2017; (p. 134-158) 'This article reflects on the performance texts that I have written and dramaturged with Ranters Theatre over a twenty-two-year period, covering three phases of work, each of which engages everydayness as part of its methodology. A key focus is textual dramaturgy, how the text is constructed, critiqued and dramaturged in order to create a finished performance text of play. Comparison is drawn with other contemporary theatre practitioners in Melbourne and overseas who also engage the everyday as a central component of their raison d'etre.' (Abstract introduction)
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