AusStage

Event

Skin: Somewhere in the Darkness / Historia

Venue

Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney, NSW

First Date

16 February 1996

Opening Date

21 February 1996

Last Date

16 March 1996

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional Cooperative

World Premiere

Yes

Description

This double-bill (Somewhere in the Darkness and Historia) explores family, sexuality, race, ethnicity and history in two expressionistic one-act plays ...
Combined an art exhibition of works by the Aboriginal Artists' Co-operative entitled Boomalli.

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Experimental

Subjects

Humanity

Organisations

Sydney Theatre Company's Australian People's Theatre, Production Company
Sydney Theatre Company's Australian People's Theatre, Presenting Company
Sydney Theatre Company, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Cranston Brecht	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - The Voice or Priest
Bradley Byquar	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - Billy
Imelda Corcoran	Actor	Historia - Zosia
Joel Edgerton	Actor	Historia - the Anthropologist / Chorus
Margaret Harvey	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - Fay
Glenn Hazeldine	Actor	Historia - The Artist / Chorus
David Kennedy	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - The Noolung-Goorah or Waark
Odile Le Clezio	Actor	Historia - Zoe
Billy McPherson	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - Jay Jay
Susie Porter	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - Sally
Noel Tovey	Actor	Somewhere in the Darkness - Grandfather
Tony David Cray	Composer
Tim Kobin	Designer
Patrick Guerrera	Director	Historia
John Howard	Director	Somewhere in the Darkness
Sally Riley	Director, Assistant	Somewhere in the Darkness
Beatrix Christian	Dramaturg/e	Historia
Shane Stevens	Lighting Designer
Tracey Schramm	Photographer
Noelle Janaczewska	Playwright	Historia
Ray Kelly	Playwright	Somewhere in the Darkness
Mary Macrae	Secondment	Stage Management
Teresa Ryan	Stage Manager	Historia
Justine Thompson	Stage Manager	Somewhere in the Darkness