Melbourne Fringe 2010

Sucking strawberries on a wall

Between rehearsals we’ve been squeezing shoots in. Looking to use more video than last time, which was audio-heavy to be sure. Editing all day yesterday and started to go stir crazy. Here’s a snippet:

Miniature stories

Experimenting with miniatures for the new conception of Milk Wood, continuing on from our topographical map of a set in Sidetrack with little lit houses on the floor. This video from 2005 was my first of many trials where I combined improvisation and autobiographical storytelling in a composite of miniatures.

A tasty bit for your eyes and ears

Here’s a teaser. Turn up your speakers!

We have music written for the show by Emily Irvine and Joseph Littlefield, which you can hear throughout the trailer.

Sunday afternoon

Long rehearsal yesterday – 14 straight hours with Zoe. Not sick of each other yet. Having a lovely Sunday off, reading the bad Sunday paper, drinking bad coffee, watching bad TV. Have been thinking about the three-year gap that would have meant not being able to produce Under Milk Wood, thanks to the Free Trade Agreement in 2005. Had it been signed in 2002, we wouldn’t have been able to experiment with Dylan Thomas’ writing until 2023 without raising considerably more funds for royalties payable to an estate.

Residency at Queen Street Studios this week

Images

Poster and other pics taken this past weekend.

Rehearsing in Sidetrack and bullet point update

Ah, first day of rehearsing in the theatre over. Remarkable early mark. Will post the photos we took for the poster soon. Emily Irvine has been whipping up tunes for the new incarnations of Thomas’ songs. Little projections being made of little men walking all over Zoe. Lamps between legs. Scaling ladders and scrambling in straight-jackets.

illustrating milk wood….

much more to come but if you would like to ‘see’ milkwood (and buy your own little slice of llareggubiness) come along to the Addison rd open day on May 16….or to the Eveleigh Artisans market down at Carriageworks on June 6.

Learning lines

So last week, Zoe came up to the mountains house to learn lines for three days straight. After waking up a couple of times, both of us dreaming of nothing but milk wood words, she’s pretty much got it down.

Down at Mini Ha Ha: