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Event

Facade Firm

Venue

Space Theatre, Adelaide, SA

Umbrella Event

Adelaide Festival 1996

First Date

12 March 1996

Opening Date

12 March 1996

Last Date

17 March 1996

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

Challenging traditional precepts of theatre such as acting, emotion, expression, character and plot in their adaptation of S.I. Witkiewicz's Regulations Of Portrait Painting Firm (1932).

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Butoh

Related Events

Is under umbrella of Adelaide Festival of Arts 1996 , South Australia, SA, 1 March 1996

Organisations

Molecular Theatre Company, Production Company
The Adelaide Festival of Arts, Presenting Company
Molecular Theatre Company, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Toshima Shigeyuki	Director
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz	Writer

Resources

Review: James Waites, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 1996
Review: John Emery, The Advertiser, 15 March 1996
Review: Maryanne Lynch, Dancing neurons, RealTime Arts, 12, 1 May 1996, 13
Review: Moira Fahy, Rip It Up, 21 March 1996
Review: Noel Purdon, The Adelaide Review, 1 April 1996

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record	March 1996

Event Identifier

26941

Dataset

AusStage