Hello!
This 2012 season is our fourth as Artistic Directors, and it sees
us coming out of the middle of our time (Act 2) and getting ready
to cross over into the third and final act. As Mamet points out, it
is in the middle of things - in the second act - that the work gets
tested most acutely. Beginnings are easy and endings will flow from
the good work that's gone before. It is in the middle that the
questions and choices really get hammered. And yes, there have been
plenty of ups and downs wrestling this season to ground, getting it
right and finding its itness. We hope you will agree the effort has
been worth it.
There's a lot of new Australian work in the season - commissions
and relationships which we have nurtured over the last three years
really beginning to come to fruition. Some Welsh, English, American
and German theatrical voices joining the conversation. Wonderful
actors and directors, designers and writers are returning to the
Company or joining us for the first time. Some plays are being
revisited and some are starting their life with us.
Once again we hope the season is best characterised as a broad
range of theatrical encounters that reach deep into the characters
and worlds that are conjured. Each piece is distinct to be sure,
but there are many resonances to be found between them. Sex and
death are front and centre (aren't they always? Tricky old things).
Still, difficult as they are, they can and will provide some comedy
and relief. For which… much thanks. The transformation of self, of
character, of space which is central to many dramas - and indeed to
the theatrical form itself - is at the heart of most of the works
we are presenting in 2012.
For more on our 2012 season, head to www.sydneytheatre.com.au and
don't forget to keep checking back here at the Back Stage blog as
over the coming days we'll be running interviews with and notes
from some of the writers, directors and creatives working with us
next year.
ANDREW AND CATE
Feature: Welcome to 2012
Date posted: 24 Sep 2011Author: STC