Ajax and Little Illiad

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Event Ajax and Little Illiad
Venue Sue Benner Theatre, Brisbane, QLD
Umbrella Event Brisbane Festival 2013
First Date 24 September 2013
Opening Date 24 September 2013
Last Date 28 September 2013
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Interrogating why we go to war, these two linked plays by Canadian performance makers Evan Webber & Frank Cox-O’Connell set out to re-define ‘theatre of war’.

The soldiers are actors, the actors are objects, and the chorus is the audience. Two friends talk on skype. One’s a soldier going to Afghanistan, and one’s Evan, who wants them to make a play together. One performer is live, the other one isn’t. Ajax is set in the past where two Greek soldiers watch a tragedy about their lives. Ajax and Little Iliad consider the contemporary relationship between art and war.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Multimedia
Subjects War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Frank Cox-O'Connell Creator
Evan Webber Creator
Frank Cox-O'Connell Performer
Evan Webber Performer
Works
Text Nationality Canada
Production Nationality Canada
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Brisbane Festival website
Programme Brisbane Festival 2013 programme
Production Company Antonym's website
Event Identifier 107974
Dataset AusStage