The View From Up Here

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event The View From Up Here
Venue Theatre Works, St Kilda, VIC
First Date 18 May 2022
Last Date 28 May 2022
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In the ashes everyone’s been scorched. Family, survival and legacy in the aftermath of disaster.

Eva and Lily have returned to the farm following a catastrophic fire season. The family home has burnt to the ground, the fences have melted, the neighbours have fled and the animals have perished. Maggie, the matriarch, is living in a caravan on the blackened earth where the house once stood tending her new vegetable garden and refusing to leave her land. Painful family histories are revealed that force questions and confrontations to the surface. How much can this family ask of one another amidst the ashes?

Tackling the lived realities of a world increasingly affected by global warming and the impacts on our experiences of family, THE VIEW FROM UP HERE reflects and raises questions about the tapestry of our Australian zeitgeist. This theatrical experience investigates how we might find hope in one another in order to face tomorrow together.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Theatre
Subjects Australian National Identity
Family
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Marc Desengano Actor
Brigid Gallacher Actor
Chanella Macri Actor
Emily Tomlins Actor
Julian Dibley-Hall Director Director
Harriet Wallace-Mead Director Assistant Director
Olivia Satchell Dramaturg/e Dramaturg
Jason Crick Lighting Designer Lighting Designer
Fiona Spitzkowsky Playwright Writer & Creator
Annie Bourke Producer on behalf of Hot Mess Productions
James Lew Production Designer Production Designer
Claudia Mirabello Production Designer Production Designer
Jess Keefe Sound Composer Composer & Sound Designer
Jess Keefe Sound Designer Composer & Sound Designer
Ashleigh Walwyn Stage Manager Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Initially programmed for 2021, the production was postponed to 2022 due to ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.theatreworks.org.au/program/the-view-from-up-here
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 163070