| One Cloud | Lady Muck |
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 One Cloud tells the story of Stella Harper, a vibrant young woman who flees to a small secluded island named Paradise in a last ditch attempt to find her place in the world.
On arrival she is saved from the bottom of the ocean by Pup, reluctant heir to the island. Although at first embraced as an exotic guest, when Stella begins a romance with Pup, the island women work desperately to oust the interloper and maintain the status quo. Stella becomes more and more isolated as her very presence begins to raise questions and unearth secrets that threaten the foundations of Paradise.
The central idea of One Cloud was to explore the universal themes of an individual’s struggle to find a sense of self and place, via a fictional narrative inspired by the murder of Janelle Patton on Norfolk Island on Easter Sunday 2002. The story of Janelle’s life and death on this secluded little island shone a spotlight on a hidden world of small, patriarchal, closed communities.
One Cloud illustrates how the integration and celebration of difference is essential to the survival of all communities. It also grapples with the idea of how women themselves can be the instigators of their own entrapment, clinging to self-destructive routines and practices that perpetuate the cycle of oppression.
Playwright Shannon Murdoch is a 2005 graduate of NIDA’s Playwrights Studio. Her play Everything in Between has had eight productions in the USA and Australia. The Lovely was a finalist in The Creative Mechanics Theatre Company’s International Play Competition and was produced in New York. Director Sarah McCusker is a 2005 NIDA graduate in Directing and has been directing and teaching in Melbourne and Sydney for ten years. Recent directing credits include The Bones Love Gringo by Tom McLachlan at Fortyfivedownstairs in 2008 and You Make Me by Alison Mann for Short and Sweet Top 30 2006 at the Victorian Arts Centre.
First introduced in 2004, the TheatreWorks Company Initiative Program was devised to assist and support independent companies in their endeavour to create new, exciting and cutting edge work. Each year, TheatreWorks selects the best submissions and offers them the opportunity to realise an exciting performance season at TheatreWorks.
The Theatreworks 2008 Company Initiative Program and Lady Muck present
One Cloud
Inspired by the 2002 murder of Janelle Patton on Norfolk Island
Written by Shannon Murdoch
Directed by Sarah McCusker
Design by Mel Liertz
Lighting Design by Lucy Birkinshaw
Sound Design by Blake Stickland
Performed by Kerrie-Anne Baker, Stephanie Calthorpe, Natasha Jacobs, Kristin Keam, Fleur Murphy, Christopher Rickerby and Kylie Trounson
Venue: Theatreworks | 14 Acland Street St. Kilda
Dates: November 13 – 29, 2008
Times: Tues - Sat @ 8.00pm; Sat matinees @ 2.00pm
$15 Preview November 12 @8pm
Tickets: $25 Full / $20 Conc.
Bookings: 9534 3388 / www.theatreworks.org.au
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