Event | 
					 The Ends of Things 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				National Theatre, St Kilda, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| Umbrella Event | 
					
					Melbourne Festival 2000 | 
				
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					19 October 2000 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					20 October 2000 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					28 October 2000 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					'The Ends of Things' is based around a central character whose life, as he understands it, is drawing to a close. His world is reduced to a small room from which he continues his mundane daily activities with painstaking, fastidious monotony, remembering in fragments, the life that is behind him. These scenes of regret and missed opportunities are represented by three dancers who eventually encroach upon his world, collapsing the boundaries between reason and chaos, and consigning him to the borderless expanse of the stage and beyond.  | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Website | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Dance
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Contemporary
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Life and Death
						 
						
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				       Article:  Georgina Safe, 'Risky' Bach puts fest in black, The Australian, Theatre and Dance Platform, 3 November 2000
 
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				       Article:  Jonathan W Marshall, This is the end, Inpress, Theatre and Dance Platform, October 2000
 
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				       Article:  Melissa Blanco Borelli, Becomings and Belongings: Lucy Guerin's The Ends Of Things, Brolga, Theatre and Dance Platform, December 2009
 
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				       Article:  Shaun McLeod, Lucy Guerin: Finality and new direction, RealTime Arts, Theatre and Dance Platform, 39, October 2000, 37
 
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				       Article:  Suzanne Brown, Melbourne festival begins with sound ideas, The Age, Theatre and Dance Platform, 20 October 2000
 
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				       Document:  The Ends of Things (lighting), Theatre and Dance Platform, 2001
 
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				       Flyer:  The Ends of Things, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
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				       Letter:  Jennifer Barry, To Lucy Guerin, Theatre and Dance Platform, 11 January 2001
 
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				       Letter:  Jonathan W Marshall, To Rachael Azzopardi, Theatre and Dance Platform, 21 October 2000
 
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				       Performance Recording:  Melt (Part 1) and The Ends of Things, Theatre and Dance Platform, October 2000
 
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				       Performance Recording:  The Ends of Things, Theatre and Dance Platform, October 2000
 
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				       Photograph:  Jeff Busby, The Ends of Things, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
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				       Programme:  The Ends of Things, Theatre and Dance Platform, 19 October 2000
 
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				       Projection:  Dorotka Sapinska, The Ends of Things 01, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
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				       Projection:  Dorotka Sapinska, The Ends of Things 02, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
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				       Rehearsal Recording:  The Ends of Things 01, Theatre and Dance Platform, 11 February 2000
 
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				       Rehearsal Recording:  The Ends of Things 02, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2 September 2000
 
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				       Rehearsal Recording:  The Ends of Things 03, Theatre and Dance Platform, 10 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Alison Barclay, Odds and Ends, The Herald Sun, Theatre and Dance Platform, 24 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Ben Zipper, The Ends Of Things, Stage Left, Theatre and Dance Platform, 25 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Chris Boyd, Generation ex, Australian Financial Review, 28 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Hilary Crampton, Routine of Death, The Age, Theatre and Dance Platform, 23 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Jill Sykes, Bean machine makes a powerful impact, Sydney Morning Herald, Theatre and Dance Platform, 31 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Lee Christofis, Compassionate and Complex, The Australian, Theatre and Dance Platform, 27 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Neil Jillett, Perfectly judged work in The End Of Things, The Age, Theatre and Dance Platform, 29 October 2000
 
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				       Review:  Philipa Rothfield, Falling, breaking and at an end, RealTime Arts, Theatre and Dance Platform, 40, December 2000
 
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				       Sound Effect:  Franc Tetaz, The Ends of Things 01, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
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				       Sound Effect:  Franc Tetaz, The Ends of Things 02, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
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				       Sound Effect:  Franc Tetaz, The Ends of Things 03, Theatre and Dance Platform, 2000
 
				             
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Australia
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Australia
				
				
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Web | 
									
									Melbourne Festival web archive | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Web | 
									
									Lucy Guerin web archive | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Brochure | 
									
									Melbourne Festival 2000 guide | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					100623 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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