The Curve: A Playwright's Time Capsule

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Event The Curve: A Playwright's Time Capsule
Venue Online - Australia: NSW, NSW
First Date 28 April 2021
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description In the early days of the lockdown in 2020, playwrights Vanessa Bates, Mary Rachel Brown, Suzie Miller, Lachlan Philpott and Katie Pollock came together in a virtual writing group to support each other and spur each other on. There were only two rules: deliver a piece every Monday inspired by events of the previous week; and show up online to read them out. Write down, show up, read out.

The result was a collection of scenes and monologues that respond to 2020 in deeply personal ways. Loneliness, fear, bad dreams, repressed attraction or repugnance, lockdown and sudden escapes, jigsaw puzzles, food deliveries, bad tempers, and penguins all made their way onto their pages.

And The Curve was born.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Online Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kip Chapman Actor
Laurence Coy Actor
Katrina Foster Actor
Aileen Huynh Actor
Lucia Mastrantone Actor
Sam Wang Actor
Chris Bendall Director
Vanessa Bates Playwright
Mary Rachel Brown Playwright
Suzie Miller Playwright
Lachlan Philpott Playwright
Katie Pollock Playwright
Lucy Dinh Production Manager
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Streamed free for a limited time of Facebook and YouTube before becoming a premier pay-per-view stream in the Critical Stages Touring Screening Room.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 161489