Poem for a Dried Up River

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Event Poem for a Dried Up River
Venue Carriageworks, Eveleigh, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Festival 2021
First Date 6 January 2021
Last Date 10 January 2021
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This riveting performance melds opera, poetry, physical theatre and art installation in a mesmerising, unique combination. Alice Oswald’s text about a figurine of a naiad trying to coax water from a bed of limestone ‘unfolds like a cry of environmental despair’. Sheldon’s exquisite palette of musical colours plays on contrasts: dry and wet, weak and strong, barren and fecund. Elizabeth Gadsby’s powerful installation mirrors the nymph’s exertions with the unrolling of a 200kg path of clay.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Poetry
Physical Theatre
Installation
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elizabeth Gadsby Artistic Performer Installation
Danielle Micich Choreographer
Jane Sheldon Composer
Jack Symonds Conductor
Alexander Berlage Lighting Designer
Benjamin Carey Sound Designer
Alice Oswald Writer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Australian Premiere
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Sydney Festival Guide
Event Identifier 161611
Dataset AusStage