COINCIDENCES AT THE END OF TIME
FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT (UK)
This production marked Second Chance Theatre’s debut fulllength presentation on The Blue Room Theatre stage. Performed by emerging artists Emily David and writer Scott McArdle, the story saw two ex-lovers find themselves in an abandoned café for a few hours nearing the end of the apocalypse.
Produced by Theatre Works in Melbourne, Fake It Til You Make It was an international import from Bryony Kimmings and her partner Tim Grayburn, who suffers from clinical depression. The work was performed by the couple and investigated depression from each point of view, using on-stage arguments, audience address, stupid dancing and pre-recorded voice-overs. Fake It Til You Make It won the Artrage Theatre Award for best theatre production.
CONCRETE:HEARTBEAT (NSW) Written and performed by Sydney-based artist Mark Haslam, Concrete: Heartbeat told the stories of eight people, over one 24 hour period, using the visual world of graphic novels, projection mapping and spoken word.
DEATH STOLE MY DAD Told from the point of view of 12-year old Dom, Death Stole My Dad was debut writer Daley King’s first full-length production presented at The Blue Room Theatre. Performed by Violette Ayad, the production used a mix of puppetry, storytelling and audience interaction to explore grief, mental illness and loss.
FAG/STAG Written and performed by The Last Great Hunt’s Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Chris Isaacs, who played two unreliable narrators telling the same story from different points of view, FAG/STAG asked what it means to have a best mate when you’re stuck being your worst self.
FISH IN THE SEA Directed by Damon Lockwood and featuring a live band and three actors playing five characters, Fish in the Sea was a comedic musical theatre work about finding love and loving friends. Fish in the Sea was the debut production by emerging WA company Bastard Theatre.
GILLIAN COSGRIFF IS WHELMED (VIC) After a hit show at Fringe World 2014, Melbourne-based artist Gillian Cosgriff chose The Blue Room Theatre’s Summer Nights program to present her follow up work Gillian Cosgriff is Whelmed. This musical comedy cabaret work made light of trying to feel stable in an ever-changing world.
HEX (VIC) Contemporary young choreographer James Welsby presented HEX, a three-person dance work reflecting on AIDS, activism, sex, and the disco through the eyes and bodies of Generation Y.
THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE ANNUAL REPORT 2015 // SUMMER NIGHTS
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