Oil

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Event Oil
Venue Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW
First Date 4 November 2023
Opening Date 10 November 2023
Last Date 16 December 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A time-bending epic that drills deep

In a remote English farmhouse at the end of the nineteenth century, a young woman witnesses the blinding light of an oil lamp for the first time before running into the midwinter night. She’s sacrificing the world she knows and the man she loves to build
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Surrealism
Subjects Oil
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Saif Alawadi Actor Ensemble
Violette Ayad Actor Ensemble
Jing-Xuan Chan Actor Ensemble
Callan Colley Actor William Whitcomb & others
Charlotte Friels Actor Amy
Josh McConville Actor Husband and others
Benedict Samuel Actor Ensemble
Brooke Satchwell Actor May Singer
Damien Strouthos Actor Ensemble
Anne Tenney Actor Ensemble
Nicole Pingon Assistant Director
Clemence Williams Composer & Sound Designer
Paige Rattray Director
Nigel Poulton Fight Director/Fight Choreographer Fight, Movement & Intimacy Director
Paul Jackson Lighting Designer
Ella Hickson Playwright
Emma White Set Designer
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2023/oil
Review https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/nov/13/oil-review-brooke-satchwell-and-charlotte-friels-magnetic-in-ella-hicksons-ambitious-epic
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211853