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“…in search of a dynamic, energised text-based physical theatre.”
Tanya Gerstle, Creative Director OpticNerve Performance Group
OpticNerve Performance Group is a performance company committed to theatrical research; the investigation of performance-making processes and the re-visioning of non theatrical text. Established by Tanya Gerstle, Creative Director, in 2006 with a creative development for Yes and followed by a work-in-progress of Yes in November 2007, this inaugural performance season of Yes and Five Kinds of Silence (May 29th – July 6th at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne) marks the collaboration with Darren Natale as OpticNerve’s Creative Producer and firmly launches the company into the Melbourne theatre scene.
In the company’s second piece of this season, Five Kinds of Silence (June 26th – July 6th) explosive physical performances tell a haunting tale of the destructive cycle of silence and abuse, of ordinary people surviving extraordinary circumstances.
In this arresting tale, award-winning playwright Shelagh Stevenson (The Memory of Water) takes us on a disturbing journey into the hidden vortex of familial violence and sexual abuse. It walks a wavering line between savagery and intimacy with its scenarios of erotically charged violence.
Tanya Gerstle is a performance maker and director who has worked in Europe and Australia for over 25 years and has been a Lecturer in Acting at the VCA since 1999. “At the heart of my work is the exploration of the boundary that lies between performance-making and the directing of acting. I am in search of a dynamic, energised text-based physical theatre,” said Creative Director Gerstle.
OpticNerve Performance Group
Five Kinds of Silence
by Shelagh Stephenson
Australian Premiere
Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Dates/Times: 26/6 – 6/7, Tues – Sat 8pm, Sat/Sun 5pm
Cost: $25 Full / $20 Concession
Bookings: 03 9662 9966 or www.fortyfivedownstairs.com
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