Night Letters

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Event Night Letters
Venue Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
First Date 1 April 2004
Opening Date 3 April 2004
Last Date 17 April 2004
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Robert Dessaix's novel Night Letters inspired this new stage play which receives its world premiere during the Festival. An Australian man, recently diagnosed with an incurable disease, leaves his home,his lover,their life and travels through Europe in search of answers to unanswerable questions. When he reaches Venice,e very night for 20 nights he writes a letter to his lover in Australia.At the pinnacle of his search, his thoughts suddenly return to Australia...home to his love,home to a piece of pristine bushland on the outskirts of his city, home to another way of living.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Contemporary
Drama
Adaptation
Subjects Relationships
Social Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Paula Arundell Actor camilla/jane
Paul Blackwell Actor professor
Humphrey Bower Actor Robert
Jeanette Cronin Actor scamozzi/jill/magician
Patrick Dickson Actor peter/stolte
Richard Gyoerffy Actor emilio/alberto/prologue/poet
Ksenja Logos Actor fiametta/anya
Robert Morgan Actor lorenzo/harry/flemyng
Deidre Rubenstein Actor innkeeper/rachel/patricia highsmith
Alison Whyte Actor antonietta/mary
Ingrid Voorendt Assistant Director
Corinna McLaine Assistant Stage Manager
Ingrid Voorendt Choreographer
Zoë Barry Composer
Quentin Grant Composer
Jodie Fried Costume Designer
Chris Drummond Director
Jill Smith General Manager
Kerry Ireland Head Electrician
Richard Casley-Smith Head Mechanist
Geoff Cobham Lighting Designer
Jane DeBiasi Make-up Artist
Zoë Barry Musician
Quentin Grant Musician
Stephen Griffiths Musician
Bob Cousins Set Designer
Jane Rossetto Sound Operator/Engineer
Francoise Piron Stage Manager
Jane DeBiasi Wig Stylist
Robert Dessaix Writer
Chris Drummond Writer
Susan Rogers Writer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Review
CV
Report Playbox Theatre Company Evaluation Report, 2004
Programme
Press Release
Event Identifier 63665
Dataset AusStage