In 2010 subtlenuance will be staging several other productions.
A Thing of Beauty
a comedy by Paul Gilchrist
An experiment in "pop-up theatre"
Pop-up theatre?
Our aim is to produce a piece that can be bumped in and out in less than an hour, can be played in eclectic venues, and so can bring theatre to an increasing number of people.
subtlenuance sneak previewed A Thing of Beauty at the Royal Oak Hotel in March and it will travel to the Sydney Fringe and the Old Fitzroy in 2010. Join us in this pop-up adventure.
Old Fitzroy Theatre – Late Sessions
August 22, 23. 29, 30 and September 5,6
To buy tix:
The Sydney Fringe Festival
September 10,11, 12, 16 and 18
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Here's our first review:
".......subtlenuance last evening presented a sneak preview of their pop-up theatre experiment, A Thing Of Beauty. And it was. It was also, moreover, a thing of affecting comedy and incisive social commentary, performed solo, and brilliantly, by Newtown actor, Jo Richards. As an actor, of course, it's always reassuring to know you've got great material with which to work and it doesn't get a whole lot better than that written, and directed, by Paul Gilchrist.
A Thing of Beauty
Naomi and Ruth are travelling together.
But constant change is such a challenge and all those people can be just too difficult.
Ruth craves simplicity. She finds it in the uncomplicated beauty of the mannequin.
She’s taken to photographing them.
Naomi’s taken about enough!
And when Naomi finally does have her “dummy spit”, their trip turns into one you won’t find in any travel brochure.
Performer Jo Richards creates two hilarious characters in this touching comedy about chaos and order, and the one thing that keeps them apart - A Thing of Beauty.
Check out this rehearsal clip; Jo plays uptight Ruth at the moment when she's finally free of Naomi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPAb1f61teY
A Thing of Beauty
Performed by Jo Richards
Written and directed by Paul Gilchrist
Produced by Daniela Giorgi
Design by Emma Vine
Photography by Jo Richards and Daniela Giorgi
Further venues and dates TBA
Enquiries and Bookings
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In October at the Newtown Theatre subtlenuance presents:
Life Is Impossible[working title]
A historical drama in the same genre as subtlenuance’s ambitious and very well received 2009 production of Catherine at Avignon.
Set in the New York of the early 1940’s, Life is Impossible is a tale of passion, betrayal, and intrigue.
As a war of unprecedented ferocity rages around the globe, planning has begun for the new world order that might eventually rise from the ashes. But what consensus can there be? With the stakes so high, agreement is impossible, and compromise unthinkable.
And so the eternal battle between cynicism and idealism is fought again.
Should we dream of a better world?
Or just grab what we can in the world we’ve got?
Like Catherine before it, Life is Impossible is a story of power: how it's created and how it can be challenged. Catherine battled the authority figures of 14th Century Europe. In Life is Impossible two very different women take on 20th Century power structures.
Written and directed by Paul Gilchrist
