| Attempts on her Life | State Theatre Company of South Australia |
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Audiences are promised a challenging and highly controversial theatrical experience in Attempts on her Life.
Subtitled “17 scenarios for the theatre”, Martin Crimp’s dazzlingly audacious play is a rollercoaster of 21st century obsessions. Shocking and hilarious by turns, it’s been described as about as innovative as theatre can get.
n 1921, Luigi Pirandello opened a door to new theatrical possibilities with Six Characters in Search of an Author. Now English playwright Martin Crimp has torn that door off its hinges to show us a brave new vision of 21st century theatre.
Since it premiered in London in 1997, Attempts on her Life has been exciting and confounding audiences throughout the world, and has been translated into more than 20 languages.
“She comes down one night to the kitchen with those big earnest eyes of hers and tells her mum and dad she wants to be a terrorist.”
Imagine you’re trying to speak to a woman called Anne. You leave messages on her machine, but in vain. It’s as if she’s disappeared. Where? With whom? To do what? Who else is leaving her messages? Is she alive or dead? Is she Anne, Annie, or Anya? The more unreachable she is, the more you wonder who she really is.
If she could disappear so inexplicably, then perhaps she’s not the person you thought she was. You begin to fantasise. She’s with a casual lover in a foreign hotel. She’s a terrorist on the run. She’s a psychotic artist turning her attempted suicide into an artwork. She’s the wife of a right-wing anarchist maniac. She’s a luxury sportscar.
The “attempts on her life” are attempts to define her life.
“Strange, disturbing and mesmerising.” The Times
“A theatrical experience of disorienting power.” The Independent
“The show is about the show… you just have to see it. Unless you see it you couldn’t describe it.” Audience member, National Theatre, London
State Theatre Company of South Australia presents
Attempts on her Life
By Martin Crimp
Starring Kate Box, Terence Crawford, Lizzy Falkland, Cameron Goodall, Roman Vaculik
Director Geordie Brookman
Designer Pip Runciman
Lighting Designer Geoff Cobham
Sound Design Andrew Howard
Venue: Space Theatre
Dates: 1 - 23 August 2008
Previews: Fri 1, Sat 2 + Mon 4 Aug 7.30pm - Adults $55, Conc $50
Evenings: Thu - Sat, 7 - 23 Aug 7.30pm - Adults $60, Conc $55
Sunsets: Mon - Wed, 6 - 20 Aug 6.30pm - Adults $55, Conc $50
Matinees: 16 + 23 Aug 1.30pm - Adults $55, Conc $50
Bookings: BASS
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