The Return

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Event The Return
Venue Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Asian Theatre Festival
First Date 2 September 1994
Opening Date 2 September 1994
Last Date 18 September 1994
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description “Sensitively directed by Elisabeth Burke…there are two performers on stage: writer Ta Day Binh and composer Ngoc Tuan Hoang. They create clenched excitement - through the power of their story and the exactitude of their telling. Always there is a tension between delicacy and strength; between peace and turmoil…a precise, evocative work of rare joy.” Sun Herald.
"... while this might be an abstract, its breath and life come from the realness of its human emotion and response. The Return is the first offering in the Sydney Asian theatre Festival…It is a small beautifully polished pearl…", SMH
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Music
Movement-based Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Hoang Ngoc-Tuan Actor
Binh Duy Ta Actor
Elisabeth Burke Administrator
Hoang Ngoc-Tuan Composer
Pierre Thibaudeau Designer
Elisabeth Burke Director
Pascal Baxter Lighting Designer
Ngoc-Tuan Hoang Musician
Binh Duy Ta Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Vietnam
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Entr'acte Theatre Ltd managed the grant given to Ta Duy Binh from (Australia Council?). (Elisabeth Burke Feb 2019)
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Review Saigon Times, September 8, 1994. (written in Vietnamese). (See ETL10).
Review In addition to reviews listed below: Bob Evans, “Festival aims to explore our Asian connections”, (The Australian?) Friday September 2, 1994, p.19. (See ETL10)
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record September 1994
Entr'acte Archives ETL10: folders of programs, publicity and reviews
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 25852