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What remains of a life once a person has died?
What can those who are left make of the bits and pieces?
Janek was a Polish migrant who struggled as an artist and left his
family to return to Poland when Margaret and her sister Alex were
girls. After his death, Margaret embarks on a quest to make sense of
their severed relationship and to piece together a fragmented cultural
heritage. She searches for, and gathers, the things he left behind.
Alex is crucial to Margaret’s search, at times an ally and at times a
rival.
As she edges towards the space between memory and the imagination, the
living and the dead, Margaret confronts her longing for an imaginary
place of stories, memories and historical fragments. She develops her
own artistic expression as well as facing battles around heritage and
possession.
Moving between past and present, the play unfolds through live music
performed by the actors, text and physical theatre. Three Oaks depicts
a domestic environment off -axis. The design and the music played on
accordion and violin create a sense of place that is constantly
shifting. Ladders rising from a floor of pines needles and tilted at
precarious angles, allow the audience to view the whole and to look
through gaps to focus on the detail. There is the sense of
eavesdropping on intimate conversations, of being lulled into a journey
of the imagination and then jolted into another reality. Three Oaks
evokes the cultural turmoil of migration but also suggests that new
possibilities may be liberated through this journey.
…Three Oaks maintains an emotional complexity and the cast members,
who are also called upon to play musical instruments, deliver a
convincing performance. - Bill Perrett The Age, Sunday Aug 6, 2006
It is refreshing to see a story illuminated by inventive theatrical
conventions …Director Kimberley Grigg brings imagination and skill to
Monica Raszewski’s play… The rhythms of the play are subtle and the
acting fluid and skilful. Three Oaks is an evocative and theatrically
satisfying production. - Kate Herbert, Herald Sun, Tuesday Aug 8, 2006
a Rah Rah production
Three Oaks
Written by Monica Raszewski
Directed by Kimberley Grigg
Performed by Adam Pierzchalski, Fiona Macys, Emily Taylor, Zoe Ellerton-Ashley, Olga Makeeva
Venue: La Mama, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton
Season: July 23 – August 10, 2008
Week 1: July 23, 24, 25 at 11.00am and 1.30pm, July 27 at 6.30pm (no perf July 26);
Weeks 2 & 3: Weds & Suns at 6.30pm, Thurs to Sats at 8.00pm;
Matinees: July 30 & Aug 6 at 1.00pm, July 31 and Aug 7 at 11.00am
Tickets: $25 (full) / $12 (conc.)
Duration: 75 mins approx.
Bookings: 9347 6142
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