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METAMORPHOSES

Tue, 27 July 2010, 01:45 pm
Leigh Brennan1 post in thread

Curtin’s Performance Studies and the Hayman Theatre Company present

METAMORPHOSES

by Mary Zimmerman

Directed by Leah Mercer

“Let me die still loving, and so, never die…”

Set in and around a pool of water, Metamorphoses is Mary Zimmerman’s retelling of Ovid’s ancient tales of transformation based on myths from Ancient Greece and Rome, with a little Jung, Rilke and Joseph Campbell thrown in for good measure. Retold in contemporary language and a highly visual and physical style, Metamorphoses uses more than twenty-six characters to tell eleven tales, including some well-known ones like Midas and Orpheus. A highly theatrical night of storytelling the heart of Metamorphoses is the transformative capacity of love and imagination and what Time Magazine called “a glimpse of the divine.”

 

Time/Dates: 8pm, July 30-31, August 3-7

Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hammersley Road Subiaco

Tickets: $18 Standard & $14 Concession (plus booking fees)

Bookings: BOCS Ticketing 9484 1133 www.bocsticketing.com.au

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Leigh BrennanTue, 27 July 2010, 01:45 pm

Curtin’s Performance Studies and the Hayman Theatre Company present

METAMORPHOSES

by Mary Zimmerman

Directed by Leah Mercer

“Let me die still loving, and so, never die…”

Set in and around a pool of water, Metamorphoses is Mary Zimmerman’s retelling of Ovid’s ancient tales of transformation based on myths from Ancient Greece and Rome, with a little Jung, Rilke and Joseph Campbell thrown in for good measure. Retold in contemporary language and a highly visual and physical style, Metamorphoses uses more than twenty-six characters to tell eleven tales, including some well-known ones like Midas and Orpheus. A highly theatrical night of storytelling the heart of Metamorphoses is the transformative capacity of love and imagination and what Time Magazine called “a glimpse of the divine.”

 

Time/Dates: 8pm, July 30-31, August 3-7

Venue: Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hammersley Road Subiaco

Tickets: $18 Standard & $14 Concession (plus booking fees)

Bookings: BOCS Ticketing 9484 1133 www.bocsticketing.com.au

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