Event |
Raised By Wolves
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Venue |
Shed 14, Docklands, VIC |
Umbrella Event |
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts |
First Date |
17 October 1997 |
Opening Date |
17 October 1997 |
Last Date |
21 October 1997 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
Raised By Wolves was very ambitious and very complex. It was developed with Melbourne indie band Regurgitator, then riding a wave of popularity and recent ARIA Award winners, contemporary recording artist, Shinjuku Thief and Ben Cobham with his lighting company, Bluebottle.
The production's title referenced the myth of Romulus and Remus, the twins who were suckled by a wolf as babies, and founded the Roman Empire. Thematically, however, it postulated the decline of civilisation and culture and claimed closer connections to Satyricon. Teenage runaways, born of a giant cockroach in a modern urban wasteland, were beset by not only their own confused realities but by tortuous dreams and nightmares. Shipping containers, plastic and metal, overhung by multiple TV screens and capitalised slogans made up their world. |
Description Source |
Website |
Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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Secondary Genre |
Visual Theatre
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Performance Recording:  Raised by Wolves, University of New England, Stage on Screen Collection, 1 January 1997
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Photograph:  Jeff Busby, Raised by Wolves, 1997
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Review:  Barbara Biggs, The Sunday Herald Sun, 19 October 1997
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Review:  Bryce Hallett, The Australian, 21 October 1997
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Review:  Helen Thomson, The Age, 20 October 1997
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Review:  Jonathan Marshall, Inpress, 22 October 1997
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Review:  Kate Herbert, The Herald Sun, 20 October 1997
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Review:  Kim Trengove, The Age, 24 October 1997
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Review:  Steven Carroll, The Sunday Age, 26 October 1997
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
A contemporary re-telling of fragments of the Satyricon by Petronius.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Web |
www.handspantheatre.com.au |
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Event Identifier
| 31168 |
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