This is
after the event and now out of sequence – Hilary’s post about the upcoming Seven Stories (3rd June) should be read first!
I had
promised the rest of 7-ON that I would post about Brink Productions’
presentation of Long Tan in Adelaide
in April of this year. But…sometimes a show will leave a tidal wash in its wake
and then it takes a while to get back to normal life. After three years working
on this piece, and the responsibility of accurately reflecting survivor testimony
without lessening the complexity of the material in play, it’s taken me a while
to get my nose out of that big surf.
So… I won’t
go on. The moment for immediate reflection has gone. But I can say that the
experience of making this show has probably changed my life and certainly the
direction of my career. And how bizarre for that to happen at this time in my
life! It was completely wonderful to have some of the veterans of the battle at
the show on that first night, and to receive their approbation. We – any show
this big – 12 actors, creative team, technical exercise of the presentation
being by way of headphones, implies a ‘we’ – it’s a collective commitment –
received some fantastic responses, and reviews. So here’s a picture or two (both taken by photographer Kate Pardey) and
a link to a couple of the reviews – though for the one in The Australian you might need to be a subscriber to that paper.
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