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presents
presents
SPAT ON, REJECTED, BURNT,
COVERED OVER AND STOLEN:
portrait
(of a nation)
MARCH 11 - 22, 2015
LA MAMA COURTHOUSE
the process
February 4 - 15
La Mama Theatre
Wirtten and performed by Eugene Gilfedder
Directed by Andrew Blackman
Projection Co-Ordinator: Andre Vanderwert
After Effects and Animation:Robert Davine
Imagery Assembly, Artwork and Sound: Eugene Gilfedder
Filming by Todd Levi
Costumes by Nic Gray
Stage Management: Nick Moloney and Tess Foxworthy
Images by Dorine Blaise
Guqin music: Shen Juy Yin (Mao Minzhong, Southern Song Dymasty
1127-1279) and Zhuang Zhou Meng Die (Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly)
Programme Note:
The source for this script is three-pronged: extensive touring of Australia as an actor,
reading histories both local and general and, finally, a chance visit to the heart of the
continent, all too brief.
History has always interested me but never as something removed. There is an argument
to say we live the deeds of the past. A few histories I had read of this country were not
afraid to speak of the darker sides. For myself, past events still rang with an emotional
power and informed our time.
This is perfect territory for the actor to enter: history no longer as removed facts but as
a personal journey taken on and lived through. In essence, this is the experiment of this
tale. I hope it can offer curious angles and reflections and add to the many works that
have talked about identity in this place.
Many thanks to Nic Gray, Todd Levi, Francis Gilfedder, Desmond Mc Cawley,
Bill Shannon, Ken Jamieson, Hey Hey, my children Imogen and Finn and all at La Mama.
A special thanks to Caroline and Andrew at Complete Works Theatre Company
for their invaluable support.
And thanks to Paul Jabore and Michael Futcher for patient dramaturgical advice.
I would like to dedicate this production to my father
John Gilfedder (1925-2015)
Eugene Gilfedder – Writer and Performer
Eugene has been involved with professional theatre and music performance since
1981. In that time he has accrued more than 130 theatre productions in the role of actor,
director, writer, music director, sound artist or composer. He has worked extensively
with all major theatre companies in Qld including the Qld Theatre Co, La Boite, TN!,
Grin and Tonic, Performing Arts Trust, 4MBS Classic FM, The Queensland Orchestra
and many more. Interstate, he has worked with Bell Shakespeare, Performing Lines,
Adelaide Festival, Sydney Festival, Marion St Theatre, South Australia Theatre Co,
SydneyTheatre Co. and others. He will appear in Death and The Maiden for MTC in July.
He was co-director for Fractal Theatre from 1989-2000, who produced more than
twenty-five radical theatre events on an independent basis.
Andrew Blackman – Director
Andrew is an actor and Artistic Director of Complete Works Theatre Company, Victoria’s
premier producer of classic and contemporary theatre touring to secondary schools. In
its 15th season CWTC will tour Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Poetry Plus – Australian
Poetry and Storytelling, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and a new major production
of Medea by Euripides.
Medea will be staged at the Drum Theatre Dandenong, 22nd – 24th July, Drama Theatre
GPAC, 27th July, Union House Theatre University of Melbourne, 28th – 31st July and
Eastbank Centre Shepparton, 4th August.
Tickets for Medea can be purchased at www.completeworks.com
As an actor Andrew is currently staring as Huxley the palaeontologist in the worldwide
smash hit Walking With Dinosaurs – the Arena Spectacular for Global Creatures.
The show will be in Melbourne at Hisense Arena, 22nd – 29th March.
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theatre, by covering the costs of the production budget. To join La Mama’s Cast of Supporting
Players, or discuss other giving options simply contact Caitlin Dullard on 9347 6948 or
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Our sincerest thanks to the many volunteers who generously give their time in support of La Mama.
La Mama’s Committee of Management, staff and its wider theatrical community acknowledge
that our theatre is on traditional Wurundjeri land.
The La Mama community acknowledges the considerable support it has received in the past
decade from Jeannie Pratt and The Pratt Foundation.
La Mama is financially assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council – its
arts funding and advisory body, the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria - Department of
Premier and Cabinet, and the City of Melbourne through the Arts and Culture triennial funding
program.