Lockdown: Love and Death in the Age of COVID

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Event Lockdown: Love and Death in the Age of COVID
Venue Online - Australia: NSW, NSW
Umbrella Event Digital Theatre Festival
First Date 5 August 2020
Opening Date 5 August 2020
Last Date 8 August 2020
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere Yes
Description It is a tough time to be an actor or someone working in theatre right now.
Tougher still to be embarking on your career. But disruption always has its upsides as we are forced to do things differently – and reinvent our lives and craft. Thanks to the students, working within this particular disruption
has proved an unexpected delight. While physically not all meeting together till the final day of rehearsals, this project has placed the cast at the centre of the devising of the project, created and recorded online through improvisation. Intended to capture their lives at this significant mo
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Online Theatre
Subjects Death
Diseases
Love
Organisations
  • NIDA, Production Company
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Micaela Ellis Actor
Tom Hughes Actor
Jessica Spies Actor
Alan Zhu Actor
Nigel Jamieson Director
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Devised with the Cast and Company
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme NIDA Archive
Event Identifier 153825
Dataset AusStage