TAFE Queensland - GLASS. KILL. BLUEBEARD. IMP. & WHAT IF IF ONLY

AN AMATEUR PRODUCTION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CASAROTTO RAMSAY & ASSOCIATES LIMITED.

GLASS. KILL. BLUEBEARD. IMP. & WHAT IF IF ONLY

BY CARYL CHURCHILL

3RD YEAR ACTING GRADUATION PRODUCTION

BECAUSE “ A FUTURE WILL COME ”

1-4 NOVEMBER DIRECTED BY LISA O’NEILL

TIME 7pm ADMISSION Adults $25 / Concession $15 VENUE Norman Price Theatre

DIRECTOR’S NOTES Churchill is one of the most celebrated and inventive playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries, and TAFE Queensland Acting is thrilled to be staging the Australian Premiere of her latest work Glass. Kill.

Bluebeard. Imp. in addition to What If If Only.

world is at the heart of her writing. It is often remarked how intense our third-year plays are. As both a director and human being, I can’t help but feel compelled to meet the actors and audiences with the same level of intensity and honesty as the complicated society/world we live in. This is not just entertainment. It is a commitment. The 3rd I have had the pleasure and challenge of year actors have been taken through a directing to date a handful of Churchill’s lengthy and intense process, confronted works; A Mouthful of Birds (2013), The with material and knowledge that is often Skriker (2016), and Love and Information outside their lived experiences. It is only fair (2019). I have, as I always do, taken risks that we as creatives and audiences meet and pushed these works beyond the pages. these plays head-on in the same modus as I feel this is what the writer wants, and what they have been written, with rigor, these particular works require. Churchill’s abandonment and risk…. razor-sharp social commentary surrounding the inherent inequality and violence of our

GLASS. A girl made of glass… a boy’s heart is shattered… ‘there’s a splinter in your eye and a splinter in your heart. And they need to sweep the street well.’

KILL. A Greek tale of betrayal, revenge, homicide, and incest. The Gods say, ‘We don’t exist, people make us up, they make up the furies and how they bite.’

BLUEBEARD. Two couples muse over the realisation that their friend is a serial killer.

‘He was so charming. He loved lovely things, porcelain. And he played the piano so beautifully.’

IMP. A woman keeps company with a nasty little imp in a bottle. ‘I always think it might make something bad happen.’

WHAT IF IF ONLY. A woman grieves for her deceased partner. Confronted by the ghost of multiple futures she is presented with a choice. ‘Equality and cake and no bad bits.’

These brilliant theatrical miniatures explore with surreal humour and inventiveness the violence and tenderness beneath everyday life.

CONTENT WARNING

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This production contains strong themes pertaining to war, violence, suicide and mental health.

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CAST

EMILY MARSZALEK

JASMINE PRASSER

JENNIFER MARTIN

Glass – Red Plastic Dog / Schoolgirl Kill – Gods Bluebeard – Wife What If If Only – Future/ Futures/ Present

Glass – Mother/ Clock/ Schoolgirl Kill – Gods Imp - Niamh

Glass – Girl Made of Glass Kill – Gods Bluebeard – Woman What If If Only – Someone

BOSCO DE SOUTZA (First-year student) What If If Only – Child Future

JETT ROBSON

LEO BUZAC

MICHAELA FAUX

Glass – Brother’s Friend Kill – Gods Bluebeard – Husband Imp - Rob

Glass – Brother Kill – Boy Bluebeard – Man Imp - Jimmy

Glass – Vase / Schoolgirl /Friend Kill – Gods Imp - Dot

DURATION Act One 1hr 40 mins

Act Two 1hr 20 mins

CREDITS Directed and designed by Lighting design Lighting operation Sound and AV operation Video documentation Live photography Production trailer & social media Technical support crew

Lisa O’Neill Geoff Squires Mei Yu See Lisa O’Neill Touchwood Productions Jade Ellis @catsout.creative & Michaela faux Brisbane Sound Group

SPECIAL THANKS TO TAFE Queensland Marketing, Management and Administration of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Digital Design, Downer, University of Canberra, Educational Partner Metro Arts; Venue Partner NIDA and the Australian Acting Academy and Jackie French - Faculty director of CADD. THE STUDENTS ALSO WISH TO THANK THE TEACHING STAFF Lisa O’Neill, Anatoly Frusin, Patrick Mitchell, Rosalind Williams, Brian Lucas, Kate Schirmer, Stephen Lance & Paul Bissett.

This event is an initiative of the University of Canberra students studying at the TAFE Queensland South Bank campus as part of their assessment.

The staff would like to take this opportunity to wish the graduate students all the best!

TAFE Queensland Acting would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we learn, teach, and perform, the Jagera and Turrbal people. We would like to pay our respects to all elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge that Aboriginal people have been performing on and caring for this land, now known as Brisbane, for tens of thousands of years.

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