The Exception and The Rule
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| Venue | University of Melbourne, Guild Theatre, The University of Melbourne (Parkville), VIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 26 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Date | 26 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Date | 27 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Amateur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | This play was written in the mid 1920’s, in a continent gripped by cultural innovation and political instability. The world was changing and Brecht – a socialist in a country turning towards fascism – was using his craft to speak out and open people’s eyes. Both Brecht and Russian director Meyerhold were creating presentation forms of theatre that would cause the audience to respond intellectually to their work – epic theatre and biomechanics. Our production gives a nod to the work of both men. The subject matter of ‘The Exception and The Rule’ is incredibly relevant for Australia in the early 21st century. Our miners buy advertising space to influence our govt to remove taxes. They hire in low paid immigrant labour who have no rights so they can avoid meeting Australian standards and protections for workers, and then they use the government they installed to create an ‘investigation’ into unions to reduce their influence and weaken the political opposition. All of this is legal, but is it really what we as a society wanted when we made those laws? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theatre
Musical |
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| Subjects |
Capitalism
Colonial |
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| Text Nationality | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event Identifier | 128754 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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