Mil Quinientos Metros Sobre el Nivel de Jack (1500 Meters Above the Level of Jack)

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Event Mil Quinientos Metros Sobre el Nivel de Jack (1500 Meters Above the Level of Jack)
Venue BlackBox , Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne International Festival of the Arts
First Date 25 October 2002
Opening Date 25 October 2002
Last Date 2 November 2002
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Set in a typical Buenos Aires bathroom, a woman has immersed herself in the bathtub to ponder the disappearance of her deep-sea diver husband, Jack... Two mothers and two sons fight for room and struggle to breathe as the bath overflows towards the audience... the play charts the tensions of a shattered family threatened with drowning in a river of mourning.
Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Black Comedy
Absurdist
Surrealism
Subjects Family
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Carla Crespo Actor
Diego Ferrando Actor
Ignacio Rogers Actor
Beatriz Thibaun Actor
Marianela Portillo Assistant Director
Federico Leon Director
Alejandro Le Roux Lighting Designer
Federico Leon Playwright
Tatiana Saphir Production Manager
Resources
Further Information Mil Quinientos, premiered in 1999, was co-produced by the Theatre Complex of Beunos Aries and staged throughout Europe and Canada. Performed in Spanish with English surtitles.
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 19982