A cycle of ‘duets’ that celebrate humanity, nature and the supernatural across generations. Ross Trust Script Development award and Playworks support for ‘Dramaturgy for Promising Scripts’, performed at fortyfivedownstairs produced by Insite Arts.
Writer
Sandra Fiona Long
Actors
Helen Morse, Katherine Tonkin, Philip McInnes
Dancer
Matt Cornell
Director
Naomi Steinborner
Composer/sound designer
James Hillock
Set/costume designer
Emily Barrie
Lighting designer
Richard Vabre
AV design
Nicholas Verso and Darren Valentine
Photographer
Carla Gottgens
Producer
Insite Arts
November 2015
Australia Premiere
Big West Festival, Melbourne
2017
fortyfivedownstairs
& touring throughout Victoria with La Mama Mobile
"A chamber piece composed in an elusive key, it bends every instrument of the theatre into ephemeral harmonies where love rises to meet death, and memory imagination."
- Cameron Woodhead, The Age
"You'll leave the theatre with a fresh sense of what's possible. It's unexpectedly innovative but satisfying."
- Stage Whispers
“A Wonderfully poetic piece of writing. Gentle yet evocative, each story sensitively and imaginatively deals with an aspect of life, death and the human condition. The story is interpreted and performed through a combination of image, music, text and dance. This interweaving of simultaneous narratives deftly reflects the multi-faceted nature of each experience. This multi-layered script will create a very full and complex piece of theatre.”
- Ross Trust Judges Report
"Duets for Lovers and Dreamers, a tantalizing combination of theatre, music, dance and multi-media, woos your senses with its clever artistry and then claims them with its heart."
- Australian Stage