Burn Sonata

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Event Burn Sonata
Venue The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW
First Date 25 July 1996
Opening Date 25 July 1996
Last Date 4 August 1996
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Reviewer's opinion (Australian and New Zealand Theatre Record): "Almost unbearably good. Its exploration of dysfunctional family life is carried out with such searing theatricality that the performers' movement becomes a language of innermost thoughts, emotions and fears that would never dare be spoken."

From Performance Space database:
"Things would happen. Doors
slammed
Loud
noises in the night
lights switched on, wide
Awake. The dream of monsters
against sick green walls
The T.V. full volume on Joe
the Gadget Man? (Nikki Heywood).

"Burn Sonata uncovered the violence of childhood and institutionalised cruelty"
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Group-devised
Performance
Subjects Family
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gillian Thomas Costume Designer
John Levey Designer
Nikki Heywood Director
Simon Wise Lighting Designer
Clare Grant Performer
Ben Grieve Performer
Claire Hague Performer
Tony Osborne Performer
Dean Walsh Performer
Mark Mitchell Production Manager
Virginia Wilson Publicist
Garry Bradbury Sound Composer
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record July 1996
Performance Space Database
Event Identifier 28274