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Event

Fireface

Venue

Wharf 2 Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney, NSW

Umbrella Event

Sydney Festival 2001

First Date

4 January 2001

Opening Date

6 January 2001

Last Date

21 January 2001

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

Teenage siblings Olga and Kurt become unnaturally close and Kurt's obsession with fire leads the pair into a world of their own where the only reality is the unthinkable. An intense, nightmarish chamber play for five actors.

Description Source

Programme

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Contemporary
Black Comedy

Organisations

Channel 9, Sponsor
The Royal Court Theatre, Presenting Company
Tourism New South Wales, Grant Body
Blueprints, Presenting Company
Sydney Theatre Company, Production Company
Sydney Festival, Presenting Company
Goethe Institut, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Lynette Curran	Actor
Pia Miranda	Actor
Socratis Otto	Actor
Anthony Phelan	Actor
Matthew Whittet	Actor
Max Lyandvert	Composer
Gabriela Tylesova	Costume Designer
Benedict Andrews	Director
Mark Truebridge	Lighting Designer
Marius von Mayenburg	Playwright
Justin Kurzel	Set Designer
Maja Zade	Translator

Resources

Article: Keith Gallasch, Degrees of pathos: Sydney performance, RealTime Arts, 41, February 2001, 23
Article: Paul Pottinger, Metro, 5 January 2001, 4
Book: Sydney Theatre Company [Subscription Brochure for Season ] 2001, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection, 2000
Performance Recording: Fireface, Sydney Theatre Company, January 2001
Performance Recording: [Fireface], University of New England, Stage on Screen Collection, 14 December 2000

Works

Fireface

Text Nationality

Germany

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

Australian Premiere

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Press Release	John McCallum Collection
Programme	Sydney Festival

Event Identifier

7287

Dataset

AusStage