Event |
The Shape of Time
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Venue |
Downstairs Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW |
First Date |
11 February 1981 |
Last Date |
21 February 1981 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
"...the public (will) see a variety of styles of playing - lyrical, dramatic and comic.... Corporeal-mime... stimulates the imagination, because it is an evocative art. These moving actors perform on an uncluttered stage."Quote from Jill Sykes, review of first season at St John's Hall. Used on the publicity for repeat season at Seymour Downstairs.
"Elisabeth Burke and Pierre Thibaudeau have astonishing mastery over their muscles. Their skilful shifts of weight and balance can be caught and held as surely as a film might be halted in mid-action..." Jill Sykes, SMH.
"We are stunned not by their defiance of gravity, but by the sense of it that governs their every move" Kerry Brown,
“It is a delight to see their indivisibility, grace and absorption", Carol Payne, North Shore Times Feb 25 1981.
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Description Source |
Flyer/Poster |
Primary Genre |
Other
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Secondary Genre |
Performance Art
Corporeal Theatre
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Subjects |
Aesthetics
Daily life
Performance art
Poetry
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Gerard Brophy
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Composer
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SCMT (ETL) commissioned "Hydra" for the act "The Shadow of Time". Performed by 3 percussionists. Recorded for the performance.
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Peter Kerin
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Composer
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Composed music for "carvings" : Act 1 In the Quarry, Act 2 The Block, Act 3 Unbound Figures. He played the piano and it was recorded for the show.
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Jean-Louis Buhagiar
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Costume Maker
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Designed and created the tights.
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Elisabeth Burke
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Costume Maker
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Costume and prop maker
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Costume Maker
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Costume and prop maker
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Designer
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Stage Designer for all Entracte (SCMT) performances except On Archeology.
Publicity designer for this show.
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Elisabeth Burke
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Director
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Director
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Michael Manuell
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Lighting Designer
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Gary Luke
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Lighting Operator / Technician
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Michael Askill
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Musician, Percussionist
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Percussionist for "Hydra". Recorded for the performance.
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Colin Piper
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Musician, Percussionist
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Percussionist for "Hydra". Recorded for the performance.
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Peter Kerin
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Musician, Pianist
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Composed music for "carvings" : act ! In the Quarry, Act 2 The Block, Acte 3 Unbound Figures. He played the piano and it was recorded for the show.
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Elisabeth Burke
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Performer
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Pierre Thibaudeau
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Performer
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Catherine De Lorenzo
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Photographer
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B&W photos and negatives, and colour slides in the Entr'acte archives.
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Michelangelo
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Poet
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Just Jilly
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Set and/or Property Maker
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Made the grey backdrop
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Sita Stannard
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Set and/or Property Maker
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Made the blue sheet
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Christopher John Snow
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Voice Over Artist
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For some of the sonnets of Michelangelo, used in "Carvings" - a piece in three acts - the second half of the show.
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
Included children's matinees from Monday, February 23-Friday 27, 1981
THE SHAPE OF TIME 1980-1982:
Re 4. Data Sources Note: the above files cover performances across three years. The show premiered at Kelvin Grove in Brisbane; Sydney premiere season at St John's Hall. Repeat season at Seymour Centre. Toured to Adelaide Festival, Melbourne, and segme
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Entr'acte Archives |
THE SHAPE OF TIME
Slides: ETL02: Tray 3; ETL04: unmounted; ETL05: a few.
Photos: EP05; ETL06: Negatives and proof sheets; ETL08: B&W Carvings.
Programs, publicity and reviews; ETL10, EP05
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CV |
EB&PT long CV-unedited 1979-1991, p.2, Entr’acte Archives |
Entr'acte Archives |
THE SHAPE OF TIME
ETL24: Music Masters and Performance 21 x reel-to-reel 5" and 7".
ETL26.1: Music audio cassettes for rehearsal x 4.
ETL21: Videos x 5, USPS_001-3; 024-28, 042; 069; 072-3: digitised by University of Sydney Performance Studies following inundation.
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Event Identifier
| 142794 |
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