Blasted (2018) Program

24 AUG – 16 SEP

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24 AUG – 16 SEP MERLYN THEATRE

IT’S PROVOCATIVE… A PUNCH INTO OUR COMPLACENCY – THE TELEGRAPH (UK)

BY / Sarah Kane

CINEMATOGRAPHY / Sky Davies

DIRECTION / Anne-Louise Sarks

GAFFER / Jared Fish

CAST / Fayssal Bazzi Eloise Mignon David Woods

COLOURIST / Nicholas Hower

SET & COSTUME DESIGN / Marg Horwell

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER / Matilda Woodroofe

LIGHTING DESIGN / Paul Jackson

FIGHT DIRECTOR / Chris Kemp

SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION / Jethro Woodward

VOCAL COACH / Suzanne Heywood

DESIGN ASSOCIATE / Romanie Harper

MONASH PLACEMENT / Emma Hall

Some scenes in this production contain material that some audience members may find confronting. If this material raises any issues for you, these services can help: 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 / www.1800respect.org.au Lifeline: 13 11 14 / www.lifeline.org.au Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800 / www.kidshelpline.com.au Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491 / www.ntv.org.au Blasted was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London on 12 January 1995.

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STAGE MANAGER / Lyndie Li Wan Po

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A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

ANNE-LOUISE SARKS: ON BLASTED her audience to experience the connection between those violent acts themselves.

Theatre is often criticised for preaching to the converted. I think that kind of criticism exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of what theatre is—as though theatre were about a simple transmission of knowledge—knowledge that the audience often already has. But theatre is visceral and immersive and communal. It does not tell, it invites us to feel. It offers its audience an opportunity to get inside experiences, to try to understand, to know in a deeper way. And to do so together. It’s not always easy, or comfortable, but that’s what is so special about theatre. It’s what theatre does, that no other art form can do.

We all know there are violent conflicts happening around the world—40 at this minute. Human beings just like us caught inside the most traumatic violent experiences, their lives ripped to pieces.

We’ve become very good at knowing and still doing nothing.

It’s a very particular, contemporary kind of apathy.

Sarah Kane was a first time playwright with a raw and bold talent. She had the courage to create a new play that was radical and disturbing, that challenged her audience. She saw a need for change in the world and she wrote into that need.

Because the truth is that we often know.

More than twenty years ago, long before #MeToo and Boko Haram in Nigeria and the war in Syria, Kane understood something that we are still yet to fully comprehend or acknowledge, the connection between the full-scale violence of war, and domestic personal violence, and the diseased masculinity that drives both. She brought her visionary insight to life in this stark and arresting play and asked

But knowing is not enough.

I make theatre to better understand myself, the people around me, and this world that we live in. And I make theatre because I believe in its power for change.

Sarah Kane said Blasted was a play about ‘fragility, survival and hope’. Every one of those ideas is

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We all know that many women die every year at the hands of partners and ex-partners. Almost one woman every week, here in Australia.

alive inside this play. Like all the great dramas, Blasted offers us the idea and its extreme opposite; the fragility and the strength, the survival and the destruction, the hope and the despair.

For me hope exists in the play’s raw humanity and its tenderness. My aim has been to capture the humanity inside every action, to approach every character with empathy and compassion. To try to understand their trauma and their ugliness, in the hope that I will better understand this troubled—and amazing—world we live in. That feels very important right now.

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I’m proud of the generosity of the performers. For their willingness to go to these dark places. For their courage and their openness.

Thank you for being a part of this, too.

For me, the very act of theatre is an optimistic act. Perhaps if we all experience something here together, then something else might begin to be possible.

I hope so.

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CAST & CREATIVE BIOS

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Sarah Kane WRITER

Anne-Louise Sarks DIRECTOR

Fayssal Bazzi CAST

Sarah Kane was born in 1971 and died in 1999. She wrote five plays and one screenplay.

Despite initial critical hostility and outrage, her plays are now regarded as modern classics and have had hundreds of productions around the world. Her first play, Blasted was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995.

Her second play, Phaedra’s Love was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was produced

by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997.

Anne-Louise works professionally as a director, writer and dramaturg. She is currently Artistic Director of the Lyric Ensemble at the Lyric Hammersmith London.

Selected Malthouse Theatre shows include The Testament of Mary, The Fiery Maze, Ich Nibber Dibber (as dramaturg), and Thyestes. She has also directed Medea (Belvoir/ Theatre Basel, Switzerland/ Gate Theatre, London), Minnie and Liraz (Melbourne Theatre Company), Merchant Of Venice (Bell Shakespeare), Seventeen (Belvoir/Lyric Theatre, London), Jasper Jones (Belvoir) and By Their Own Hands (MTC Neon). Anne-Louise was Resident Director at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney from 2013-2015. In 2011, AnneLouise held the position of Female Director in Residence at Malthouse Theatre. From 2010-2013 Anne-Louise was Artistic Director of The Hayloft Project.

For Malthouse Theatre: The Government Inspector; Timeshare; Other theatre credits include: Sami in Paradise, Back at the Dojo, Ivanov, Food (Belvoir); Merchant Of Venice (Bell Shakespeare); Woyzeck (B Sharp/Arts Radar); The Other Way (Sydney Theatre Company); The Motherf**ker With the Hat (Black Swan); I Only Came to Use the Phone (Darlinghurst Theatre); Good Cook. Friendly. Clean., The Pigeons, Lord of the Flies (Griffin Theatre Company); Don Juan in Soho (New Theatre); Redemption, This Blasted Earth: A Christmas Miracle with Music, Poster Girl, Sprout (Old Fitzroy); All the Blood and All the Water (Riverside Theatre); Cross Sections (Sydney Opera House); To the Green Fields Beyond, Love, Madness and Poetry (Seymour Centre). Fayssal’s film credits include the voice of ‘Mr Todd’ in Peter Rabbit, The Merger, Down Under, 6 Days, Emulsion and Cedar Boys. His TV credits include Wake in Fright, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Chosen, Crownies, The Strip, East West 101, Double the Fist, Stupid Stupid Man and All Saints.

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Eloise Mignon CAST

David Woods CAST

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Eloise last appeared at Malthouse Theatre in The Wild Duck (with Belvoir), which won three Helpmann awards and four Sydney Theatre Awards; and had subsequent seasons at The International Ibsen Festival in Oslo, Weiner Festwochen and Holland Festival. Theatre credits include: Strange Interlude, Every Breath and Private Lives (Belvoir); The Cherry Orchard, Return to Earth (MTC); The Grenade (MTC/STC); Complexity of Belonging, (Chunky Move/ Melbourne Festival) which toured to Europe and Asia.

In France, Mignon recently performed Simon Stone’s Les Trois Soeurs (Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe) and co-devised and performed Falk Richter’s Je Suis Fassbinder (Théâtre National de Strasbourg). Other co-devised works include: Remake with The Collective at ‘Repetitions’ philosophy and performance conference in Ljubljana; Rubeville, with The Black Lung, winner of three Melbourne Fringe Awards and an Adelaide Fringe Award. Film includes: Lost Gully Road, Three Blind Mice. TV includes: The Legacy of the Silver Shadow, Silversun, Neighbours, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and City Homicide.

David Woods is an actor and playwright and the Co-Artistic Director of Ridiculusmus Theatre Company. Credits for stage include: A Social Service, Exit the King, Optimism, Ganesh Versus The Third Reich (Malthouse Theatre); A Flea in Her Ear, Pygmalion (STC); The Chat (Arts House). Screen credits include: Holding the Man, Romper Stomper, The Wrong Girl, Secret River. With Ridiculusmus David has made 16 mainstage works that have toured internationally.

In 2018, his co-created work The Disability Slapstick Plan was selected for The National Play Festival and Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! will premiere at Arts House, Melbourne. Awards: David has won an Age Critics Award, a Helpmann Award for Best Play, Green Room Awards for Best Performer, Production and Ensemble Performance, Total Theatre Awards for Best Production and Significant contribution to the Artform, a Time Out Live Award, The Empty Space Award, The Granada Comedy Writing Award, and The Herald Angel Critic’s Award.

Sky is a cinematographer and video artist whose work ranges from experimental to commercial as well as narrative driven drama. She recently completed the feature film Blood Vessel (Wicked Of Oz Productions) and is currently filming a TV series. Her previous projects include The Coming Back Out Ball (Documentary), Mrs McCutcheon (Short Film) and a variety of commercials.

Her work has screened in numerous prestigious international festivals such as the 2013 & 2014 Berlinale and MIFF 2013—2018. She has received numerous festival and Australian Cinematographer Society awards, including the 2016 Golden Tripod for Short Film.

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Marg Horwell SET & COSTUME DESIGN

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For Malthouse Theatre Marg has designed set and costumes for The Testament of Mary, The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Revolt. She said. Revolt again, I Am a Miracle, Edward II, The Good Person of Szechuan, The Homosexuals, or ‘Faggots’, Bliss and Melancholia. Marg has most recently designed costumes for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (STC), designed set and costume on The House of Bernarda Alba (MTC), Common Ground (Chunky Move), Lilith The Jungle Girl (Sisters Grimm) and the short film Mrs McCutcheon. Marg’s design work has been recognised with seven Green Room Awards, two Sydney Theatre Awards and multiple award nominations.

Romanie Harper DESIGN ASSOCIATE

Paul Jackson LIGHTING DESIGN

Romanie Harper is a theatremaker and designer. Design credits include Good Muslim Boy, Little Emperors (Malthouse Theatre), We All Know What’s Happening (Arts House), This is Eden (fortyfivedownstairs), Conviction (ZLMD Shakespeare, Green Room Award for Design), Bright World (Arthur Productions), META (Malthouse Helium), Madonna Arms (Next Wave), M+M (Daniel Schlusser Ensemble/Melbourne Festival, Green Room nomination for Design) and The Sovereign Wife (Sisters Grimm/MTC NEON, Green Room nominaton for Design). In 2012-13 she worked in New York with The Wooster Group, and co-designed Radiohole’s Inflatable Frankenstein (The Kitchen, NYC). She has co-directed and designed The Collected Works of Victor Bergman (fortyfivedownstairs)

by The Family, and Calamity (MTC NEON) by ZLMD Shakespeare.

Paul is an award-winning designer who has worked with Australia’s leading arts organisations. Credits include: Melancholia, Bliss, The Testament of Mary (also co-set designer), The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Black Rider, Away, I Am a Miracle (also coset designer), Blaque Showgirls, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid, Edward II, Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre). Love and Information, The Histrionic, The Trial (STC/ Malthouse Theatre), True West, The Mysteries: Genesis (STC). Merchant of Venice, Othello, As You Like It, Phedre, Tartuffe, Julius Caesar (Bell Shakespeare). Seventeen, Nora, Oedipus Rex, Happy Days, It Just Stopped (Belvoir). Gloria, The Children, Three Little Words, Hay Fever, Di and Viv and Rose, Private Lives, Miss Julie, Endgame, Ghosts, The Crucible (MTC). Awards: Helpmann Award (2012), six Green Room Awards, a Sydney Theatre Award and two APDG awards.

He is a Churchill Fellow, an Australia Council Fellow and was an Artistic Associate at Malthouse from 2007-2013.

Paul has lectured in design and associated studies at the University of Melbourne, RMIT and VCA.

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Jethro Woodward is a Melbourne-based composer, musician and sound designer recognised for his expansive and highly layered film, theatre and dance scores. He was the composer for Chunky Move’s Anti—Gravity and L U C I D by Anouk van Dijk. He has also worked with some of Australia’s leading major and independent companies including Malthouse Theatre, MTC, STC, Belvoir St Theatre, Arena, Chamber Made Opera, Windmill, MSO, Rawcus, Stuck Pigs Squealing, Fragment 31, Lucy Guerin, Australian Dance Theatre, KAGE and more. Jethro won Green Room Awards for Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid (Malthouse Theatre), The Bloody Chamber, Moth, Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd, and Irony Is Not Enough. Recent works include, Permission to Speak (Chamber Made Opera) and Rumpelstiltskin (Windmill).

Lyndie Li Wan Po STAGE MANAGER Lyndie is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts. She works in theatre and live events in Melbourne and has toured in regional Australia as well as to China, the UK, Mauritius and New Zealand. Selected Malthouse Theatre shows include: Going Down, Wild Bore, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Dybbuk, Blak Cabaret, Timeshare, I Am a Miracle and The Good Person of Szechuan. Recent shows for The Production Company include Funny Girl, Curtains, Dusty, Hello Dolly and Jesus Christ Superstar. Lyndie also works regularly for Windmill Theatre: Grug, Grug and the Rainbow, Big Bad Wolf, -and Polyglot Theatre: Separation Street, Ants Cerita Anak.

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Matilda Woodroofe ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Matilda is a performance designer with a diverse body of work spanning theatre, dance, performance art, television and film. In her final year of a Fine Arts degree in Production Design, Matilda worked with the Sisters Hayes as the design assistant on Walking Into The Bigness (Malthouse Theatre).

Matilda has worked with a number of performing arts companies across Melbourne and Sydney including Sydney Theatre Company, Victorian Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company, Arena Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre. She also completed a year long Emerging Artist placement with The Rabble in 2016. Her work in film and TV includes Cleverman and Get Krack!n for ABC and feature length dance film, Spear, an Arenamedia, Brown Cab and Bangarra Dance Theatre production. She has recently finished working as part of the wardrobe team for Madman Production Company’s feature documentary, 2040.

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WHAT’S UP NEXT

‘A SCORCHING PIECE OF THEATRE: UNCOMPROMISING, URGENT AND ANGRY.’

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— FINANCIAL TIMES (FOR BURNING DOORS)

TRUSTEES 28 SEP – 21 OCT Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of Belarus Free Theatre have conceived an explosive new work with some extraordinary Australian performers.

Together, they interrogate the Great Australian Silence: a struggle to speak out against atrocities both in our own country and abroad, and the danger of speaking the truth.

WRITTEN BY / Natalia Kaliada & Nicolai Khalezin with Daniel Schlusser and the cast

DIRECTED BY / Natalia Kaliada & Nicolai Khalezin

CAST / Tammy Anderson, Natasha Herbert, Niharika Senapati, Hazem Shammas, Daniel Schlusser

A M a l t h o u s e T h e a t r e a n d M e l b o u r n e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A r t s Fe s t i v a l p r o d u c t i o n a n d c o - c o m m i s s i o n .

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SCENE & HEARD

None of the violence in this show is invented. Sarah Kane based every violent act in the play on real life stories of hooliganism and war.

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