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Back to Back Theatre : 'We're people who do shows': performance, politics, visibility -Aberystwyth: Performance Research, 2013.
"This book documents and responds to the work of Back to Back Theatre by providing artistic and
critical viewpoints on one of the leading theatre companies of our times. Back to Back Theatre has
transformed contemporary theatre in Australia and internationally with their unique theatricality and
imagination. Based in Geelong, in regional Australia, the company is driven by an ensemble of
actors perceived to have intellectual disabilities. Their work is inspired by a need to communicate
the intrinsic experience of being alive. Back to Back’s theatre is multi-layered, visual, expressive
and sensory. The brilliance of their multi-award winning work is matched by its human scale and its
respect for others. Hence, their awesome, confronting theatricality is also prosaic. As the company
says, ’We’re people who do shows’. This book gathers key perspectives on Back to Back Theatre
including interviews, documentation and scripts selected by the company and here made available
to the reader for the first time. Accompanying this are scholarly essays and artistic reflections on
some of the company’s most important and influential shows, including 'Soft, small metal objects',
'Food court' and 'Ganesh versus the Third Reich'. Providing insights from both inside and outside
of Back to Back’s creative processes, this book offers a composite set of reflections on creativity,
performance, politics, visibility and humanity." -- Back cover
Between stillness and motion : film, photography, algorithms -- Amsterdam: Amsterdam
University Press, 2011.
"New technological media such as film, photography and computers have altered the way we
perceive possible relations between stillness and motion in the visual arts. Traditionally, cinema
theory saw cinema and especially the 'illusion of motion' as part of the ideological swindle of the
basic cinematic apparatus. This collection of essays... starts out from a different premise to
analyse stillness and motion as part of a larger ecology of images and media. They argue that the
strategic uses of stillness and motion in art and entertainment since the 1850s illuminate and
renegotiate urgent issues within both aesthetics, film, art and media history on the one hand, and,
on the other, new perspectives on affects, memories and the contemporary patterns of
communication and image circulation." -- Back cover
Seeing from above : the aerial view in visual culture -- London: I.B. Tauris, 2013.
"The view from above, or the 'bird's-eye' view, has become so ingrained in contemporary visual
culture that it is now hard to imagine our world without it. It has risen to pre-eminence as a way of
seeing, but more important questions about its effects and meanings remain unexplored. More
powerfully than any other visual modality, this image of 'everywhere' supports our idea of a worldview, yet it is one that continues to be transformed as technologies are invented and refined...
Offers an unprecedented range of discussions on the aerial view, covering topics from sixteenthcentury Roman maps to the Luftwaffe's aerial survey of Warsaw to Google Earth. Underpinned by
a cross-disciplinary approach that draws together diverse and previously isolated material, this
volume examines the politics and poetics of the aerial view in relation to architecture, art, film,
literature, photography and urbanism and explores its role in areas such as aesthetics and
epistemology." -- Back cover
Shakespeare up close : reading early modern texts -- London: Arden Shakespeare, 2012.
"This landmark collection of newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars, offers
expert close readings of Shakespeare and other early modern authors. The book is an intervention
into current critical methodology as well as an invaluable tool for all students of the literature of the
period, exemplifying the possibilities of close reading in the hands of a range of gifted
practitioners. Chapters cover a range of key texts from Shakespeare and other major writers of the
period such as Sidney, Donne, Jonson, Marvell and Milton." -- Back cover
Anelli, Marco
Portraits in the presence of Marina Abramovic -- Bologna: Damiani, 2012.
"The centrepiece of the landmark retrospective Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present was
Abramovic herself, who sat silently in the museum's atrium, inviting visitors to take a seat across
from her for as long as they chose. She sat every day for the run of the show - 716 hours and 30
minutes - and faced more than, 1500 people, whose participation completed the work. Marco
Anelli, who was present for as long as the artist, captured every interaction, taking a portrait of
each participant and noting the time they spent in the chair." -- Book cover
Billingham, Peter
Edward Bond : a critical study -- Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
"Combines rigorous and stimulating analysis and discussion of Bond's plays and ideas about
drama and society... There is also discussion of selected plays from his later, post-2000 period,
including 'Innocence' and 'Have I none', alongside explorations of widely studied plays such as
'Saved'." -- Back cover
Buchner, Georg
Georg Buchner : the major works -- New York: W.W. Norton, 2012.
"When Georg Buchner died in 1837 at the age of twenty-three, he left behind a small and
heterogeneous body of work, most of it unpublished: three plays, a novella, a political pamphlet, a
dissertation, a scientific lecture and assorted letters. Yet few writers have transformed literature and
theatre so dramatically... This Norton Critical Edition is based on the Henry J. Schmidt translations
of The Hessian Messenger, Danton's Death, Lenz, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck... Each text is
accompanied by explanatory annotations." -- Back cover
Carroll, Kieran
Joanna Murray-Smith and Daniel Keene : class oppositions -- Saarbrucken, Germany:
Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.
"Examines two significant Australian playwrights who currently make up over 50% of Australian
theatre in the international market. Murray-Smith has found her way to Broadway and the West
End. Keene has garnered much admiration in translation across Europe. She dissects an
Australian world of money and education. He looks at an Australia where people have very little or
nothing. Accompanied by a wide theatrical history of Australia, Carroll discovers why two
playwrights of the same generation and the same city work in opposition yet find commercial and
critical favour elsewhere like very few Australian playwrights before them." -- Back cover
Chinoy, Helen Krich
The Group Theatre : passion, politics, and performance in the Depression era -- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
"The Group Theatre, a groundbreaking ensemble collective based in New York that operated from
1931 to 1941, started the careers of many top American theatre artists of the twentieth century and
founded what became known as Method Acting. This book is the definitive history of the group,
based on more than thirty years of research and interviews by the foremost theatre scholar of the
time period, Helen Krich Chinoy. She begins the story of the Group's remarkable ten years at the
end of the experiment, then resets the narrative against the Depression years and introduces the
cast of youthful characters and their issues with the American theatre of their day. Tracing the
careers of Group Theatre actors and directors... traces how their collective vision for a new theatre
developed around their grand idea for a new approach to an acting process based on an ordered
training of the actor's imagination and emotions in exercises and in plays that confront social issues
important to the Group." -- Book jacket
Crompton, Sarah
Sadler's Wells dance house -- London: Oberon Books, 2013.
"Sadler's Wells is a powerhouse, an engine room, of dance. It welcomes the best dance companies
from Britain and around the world. But its significance is that it commissions the best
choreographers, designers, musicians and artists to create new and exciting dance. In words and
pictures this book celebrates that inspirational process. Based on interviews with artists including
Matthew Bourne, Sylvie Guillem, Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, Wayne McGregor and Hofesh
Shechter, 'Sadler's Wells dance house' discovers how this theatre and its creative impulses tells
the story of a theatre that is an international creative hub for all the best of dance today." -- Back
cover
Davis, Andrew
Baggy pants comedy : burlesque and the oral tradition -- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
"Taking readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America... explores the role of
comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straight
men, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied not on
scripts but on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally... Opens a longneglected area of American folklore, presenting transcripts of dozens of fondly-remembered
routines... as well as long-forgotten classics in print for the first time." -- Back cover
Delavaux, Celine
The impossible museum : the best art you’ll never see -- Munich: Prestel, 2012.
"Spanning centuries and encompassing a variety of masterpieces - from paintings on canvas and
cave walls to structures and jewellesry - this fascinating compendium of 'lost art' takes us on a
historic journey and explores how and why art can disappear from our lives. Some works are
missing, others were intentionally transformed, destroyed, or stolen. Working with the latest
research and documentation, author Celine Delavaux brings each lost piece back to life through
illuminating text and brilliant illustrations." -- Book jacket
Fig, Joe
Inside the painter's studio -- New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009.
"Collects twenty-four remarkable artist interviews, as well as exclusive visual documentation of
their studios. Originally intended to serve as research material, these collected interviews emerged
as an incredibly useful resource for painters or anyone curious about how and where art gets
made. Featured artists... are asked a wide range of questions about their day-to-day creative lives,
covering everything from how they organise their studios to what painting tools they prefer. Artists
open up about how they set a creative mood, how they choose titles, and even whether they sit or
stand to contemplate their work." -- Book cover
Gilbert, Jarrod
Patched : the history of gangs in New Zealand -- Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2009.
"For more than five decades gangs have played a pivotal role in New Zealand life. Based on ten
years of research among gangs, Patched is the first major history of gang life in New Zealand.
Beginning with the bodgies and widgies of the 1950s... traces the story through the rise of the
Hells Angels and other motor cycle clubs in the 1960s, the growth of the Mongrel Mob and Black
Power in the 1970s and shifts towards organised crime over the last ten years... Brings us the
gang members, the police and the politicians in their own gripping and gritty words." -- Back cover
Gorringe, Karl
Samurai Lear? : the cross-cultural intertextuality of Akira Kurowawa's 'Ran' -- Saarbrucken,
Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.
"Most academic scholarship dealing with Akira Kurosawa's Ran has concentrated in a rather
Anglocentric fashion on the film's status as an adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Mr
Gorringe's book takes issue with this approach by looking at the wider cultural and filmic context of
Ran, in particular its status as a Japanese samurai film, in order to make a judgment about how
much the film has actually been influenced by Shakespeare's play." -- Back cover
Jacob, Heni
Mai i te kakano -- Otaki: Te Wananga o Raukawa, 2012.
"Aims to help Maori language speakers and learners sustain more animated, in-depth
conversations in Maori. It gives examples of alternative and fun ways to say things in everyday
situations. Included are sections on Maori idiom and metaphor, common errors, useful phrases,
and examples of language in use in a variety of settings, including in the home, at the
supermarket, at the beach, and on the sports field" -- Back cover. In Maori with some English.
Kolcio, Katja
Movable pillars : organising dance, 1956-1978 -- Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press,
2013.
"Traces the development of dance as scholarly inquiry over the course of the 20th century, and
describes the social-political factors that facilitated a surge of interest in dance research in the
period following World War II. This surge was reflected in the emergence of six key dance
organizations: the American Dance Guild, the Congress on Research in Dance, the American
Dance Therapy Association, the American College Dance Festival Association, the Dance Critics
Association, and the Society of Dance History Scholars. Kolcio argues that their founding between
the years 1956 and 1978 marked a new period of collective action in dance and is directly related to
the inclusion of moving bodies in scholarly research and the ways in which dance studies
interfaces with other fields such as feminist studies, critical research methods, and emancipatory
education... Features nineteen interviews with dance luminaries who were intimately involved in the
early years of each group." -- Back cover
Kozel, Susan
Closer : performance, technologies, phenomenology -- Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007.
"Draws on live performance practice, digital technologies, and the philosophical approach of
phenomenology. Trained in dance and philosophy, Kozel places the human body at the centre of
explorations of interactive interfaces, responsive systems, and affective computing, asking what
can be discovered as we become closer to our computers - as they become extensions of our
ways of thinking, moving, and touching. Performance, Kozel argues, can act as a catalyst for
understanding wider social and cultural uses of digital technology. Taking this one step further,
performative acts of sharing the body through our digital devices foster a collaborative construction
of new physical states, levels of conscious awareness, and even ethics. We reencounter ourselves
and others through our interactive computer systems. What we need now are conceptual and
methodological frameworks to reflect this. Kozel offers a timely reworking of the phenomenology of
French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. This method, based on a respect for lived experience,
begins by listening to the senses and noting insights that arrive in the midst of dance, or quite
simply in the midst of life. The combination of performance and phenomenology offered by 'Closer'
yields entwinements between experience and reflection that shed light on, problematise, or
restructure scholarly approaches to human bodies using digital technologies. After outlining her
approach and methodology and clarifying the key concepts of performance, technologies, and
virtuality, Kozel applies phenomenological method to the experience of designing and performing
in a range of computational systems: telematics, motion capture, responsive architectures, and
wearable computing. The transformative potential of the alchemy between bodies and technologies
is the foundation of 'Closer'. With careful design, future generations of responsive systems and
mobile devices can expand our social, physical, and emotional exchanges." -- Book jacket
Liyanage, Saumya
Body mind dilemmas in acting : a study of East West traditions -- Saarbrucken, Germany:
Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.
"Over the last century or so, body-mind assumptions in acting have been heavily discussed within
various discourses of actor training systems. These body-mind assumptions have been embodied
and understood as a split mainly within Euro-American pedagogies. This work explores the
metaphysics of body-mind in Stanislavski system and Meyerhold's biomechanics. In contrast to
this, author tries to bring forward the discussion of body-mind as "cultivation" through pragmatic
approaches of Phillip Zarrilli and Tadashi Suzuki. These actor training systems stem from Asian
corporeal arts and philosophies. Further it offers two exclusive interviews on actor training by
Phillip Zarrilli and Adil Hussain. This study is a valuable discussion which focuses the important
aspects of acting theory that could be beneficial for the students and teachers who are willing to
explore the philosophies behind the craft of acting." -- Back cover
McIntyre, Catherine
Visual alchemy : the fine art of digital montage -- Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2013.
"Catherine McIntyre, like many fine artists, created traditional art for decades before encountering
the versatility of digital imaging technology. Free of her Rotring pens and scalpel, she now uses
Photoshop to create her montages. Visual Alchemy explores McIntyre's sources of inspiration as
well as her methods, offering an aesthetic guide to composition, colour, texture and all of the other
means of communication that artists have at their disposal. While these concepts and techniques
make use of Photoshop., they will apply to any digital imaging program and indeed to any medium,
whether traditional or digital." -- Back cover
Mitchell, Katie
...some trace of her : a record of multimedia work inspired by The idiot by Fyodor
Dostoevsky -- London: Oberon Books, 2009.
"Following the extraordinary 2006 National Theatre production Waves, Katie Mitchell and her
collaborators applied the same multimedia technique to The idiot, a classic novel of obsessive
love. Visually inspired by the poised monochrome portraits of nineteenth-century photography and
with actors simultaneously creating and recording the action on stage and on screen, '...some
trace of her' presents a dreamlike distillation of Dostoevsky's sprawling narrative centred on four
characters locked in a deadly embrace. The production opened in the Cottesloe Theatre in 2008
and once again astonished audiences with its exhilaratingly innovative form." -- Back cover
Selby, Andrew
Animation in process -- London: Laurence King, 2009.
"An in-depth exploration of the working methods and processes that go behind the highly-polished
features created by the best talent in the field today, featuring previously unseen material, such as
sketches, working drawings, storyboards and other work in progress that document the animators'
craft. From Hollywood blockbuster to low-budget independent film, from mobile phone games to
characters advertising products on television, from pseudo live action through to virtual
environments, animation is transcending boundaries to reach new audiences. This book shows
how artists, designers, filmmakers, programmers, directors, writers and producers have seized the
chance to entertain, inform and enthuse using a versatile and compelling medium... The
accompanying DVD provides over two hours of material from animatics to final films by the
featured animators, and is designed to be used in tandem with the book." -- Book cover flap.
Thompson, Martyn
Working space : [an insight into the heart of creatives] -- Richmond, Vic: Hardie Grant Books,
2009.
"Everyone needs somewhere to work, be it conventional or otherwise. Gone are the constraints of
the traditional office. Today's work space can be a trailer in the English countryside, an industrial
warehouse in Brooklyn, a notebook on a bed in Sydney, or a painting studio in a Parisian attic...
Photographer Martyn Thompson introduces us to 24 individual takes on street artists, poets,
dancers, designers, queer performance artists, printmakers, painters and other individuals working
in inspired places. All of the featured creators have gone against the grain of the conventional
office and have created work environments that serve as foundations and reflections of the love
for what they do." -- Back cover
Ussher, Jane; Watson, Nigel
Still life : inside the Antarctic huts of Scott and Shackleton -- Millers Point, NSW: Murdoch
Books, 2010.
"A unique and hauntingly beautiful photographic study of the Antarctic huts that served as
expedition bases for explorations led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton." -Back cover
Valli, Marc; Ibarra, Ana
Walk the line : the art of drawing -- London: Laurence King, 2013.
"This book compiles the work of artists for whom drawing has become not just a tool, but an end in
itself. Through feats of technique, observation and skill, these artists take drawing to places it
never went before, often working on a scale never seen before, creating elaborate masterpieces
out of art's most basic tool. In the past decade, the widespread usage of computers, scanners,
digital cameras and image software has liberated drawing from its utilitarian past: from vast
graphite twilights and ambitious narrative compositions, to intricately rendered hair and pelt and
even abstract structures and virtual worlds." -- Back cover
Wasson, Sam
Fosse -- New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
"More than a quarter-century after his death, Bob Fosse’s fingerprints on popular culture remain
indelible. The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year, Fosse
revolutionised nearly every facet of American entertainment, forever marking Broadway and
Hollywood with his iconic style - hat tilted, fingers splayed - that would influence generations of
performing artists. Yet in spite of Fosse’s innumerable achievements, no accomplishment ever
seemed to satisfy him, and offstage his life was shadowed in turmoil and anxiety. Drawing on a
wealth of unpublished material and hundreds of sources - friends, enemies, lovers, and
collaborators, many of whom have never spoken publicly about Fosse before... illuminates not only
Fosse’s prodigious professional life, but also his close and conflicted relationships with everyone
from Liza Minnelli to Ann Reinking to Jessica Lange and Dustin Hoffman." -- Book jacket
Journal articles
Backstage with costume designer Paul Tazewell -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.12-13
In a brief interview Tazewell discusses how he chose this particular career, how he likes to work,
the artists who have most strongly influenced him, and those he has most enjoyed working with.
The Zelda Fichandler Award [2013] -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.38-43
Reproduces the speech by Zelda Fichandler announcing the winner of the 2013 award and the
acceptance speech by the recipient Charles Newell. Fichandler raises concerns about the effect of
the economic environment on theatre, while Newell reveals his ideas on the essential qualities of a
director. Also includes brief profiles of and statements by the other finalists: Peter Brosius, Jeff
Church, Rebecca Holderness and Kimberley Senior.
Bloom, Michael
Why I cast that actor -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.10
Describes the tortuous and nerve-wracking process he went through before casting Donald Carrier
as Oscar Wilde in his 1998 production of 'Gross indecency'. Explains how the experience changed
his notions of the "correct" way to go about casting.
Carter, Megan
Betting on potential : a conversation on gender parity -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 :
p.27-33
Artistic director Carey Perloff, executive director Ellen Richard (both of American Conservatory
Theater) and Laura Penn, executive director of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society,
discuss a research project which is investigating why there are so few women in leadership
positions within the non-profit theatre industry in the United States. Ten women at various stages of
their diverse theatrical careers contribute their views on the gender gap in theatre leadership and
comment on their own experiences. Contributors are: Emily Mann, Susan Booth, May Adrales,
Adriana Baer, Leslie Ishii, Meredith McDonough, Nancy Keystone, Leah Gardiner, Karen Azenberg
and Maija Garcia.
Davis, Gerard
Sofia Menteguiaga -- In: Dance Europe. n.183, Apr 2014 : p.49-51
The Argentine ballerina describes her career path, from the training which had such an influence
on her development, through periods with a number of different companies, to her current job with
Royal Ballet Flanders. Also mentions the contribution of life experience to artistry.
Dodge, Marcia Milgrom
Why I cast that actor -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.8
Outlines her reasoning behind casting Nathan Lee Graham (an African American) in the role of the
Emcee in a 2013 production of 'Cabaret'. Touches on the issue of colour-blind/colour-conscious
casting.
Duncan, Mark
The start of a community : New York Theatre Workshop's 2050 Fellowship -- In: SDC
journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.15-16
Backgrounds a new programme offered by the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) which
supports several theatre artists (currently four directors and two playwrights) over a year. The
programme includes the support of a liaison person who co-ordinates activities between the
Fellows and the NYTW staff, access to facilities within the organisation, and two week-long work
sessions for exploring the Fellows' projects in depth.
Dvorak, Alyssa
In transition : Barry Edelstein, from east to west -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.14
After a year as artistic director of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, Edelstein compares and
contrasts the role with his former work as a freelance director in New York City.
Gennaro, Liza
Sergio Trujillo : fitting it on to the body -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.34-37
Interviews the musical theatre choreographer about the challenges he faced in creating dance
moves for 'Hands on a hardbody' (a musical where the actors have to keep one hand on a car for
most of the show). Also discusses the artists who have most influenced Trujillo, his creative
process, working with actors who need to dance (as distinct from dancers), his previous work and
his plans for the future.
Guerra, Carlos Pons
Marcos Morau -- In: Dance Europe. n.183, Apr 2014 : p.52-53, 55
Choreographer Marcos Morau talks about the challenges he has had to overcome because he
never trained as a dancer. Other topics include: style, key influences, La Veronal (the Barcelonabased collective which he founded), the value of competitions, and recent work.
<http://www.laveronal.com>
Kauldhar, Emma
Momoko Hirata -- In: Dance Europe. n.183, Apr 2014 : p.20, 23
The Japanese ballerina, now dancing with Birmingham Royal Ballet, talks about her career
choices, and a little about her interests outside ballet. Includes a list of career milestones.
Malone, Joe
Why are these people dancing? -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.45-47
Interviews choreographer Michael Kidd about his work in film. He explains his initial reluctance to
choreograph 'Seven brides for seven brothers' and describes in some detail his experience on that
film. Includes his responses to a couple of more general questions from the audience in which he
talks about his approach to both creating choreography and filming choreography.
Reprint of part of an interview conducted in February 1997.
Olmos, Paul
Rediscovering the struggle of Rocky Balboa -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.23-26
Interviews director Alex Timbers, choreographer Kelly Devine and fight director Steven Hoggett
about their experience of working on the world premiere production of 'Rocky the musical' (book
by Sylvester Stallone and Thomas Meehan; music and lyrics by Lyn Ahrens and Stephen
Flaherty). They explain what first attracted them to the project and discuss the production process,
including their various collaborations and how they each worked in their roles within the production.
Raymond, Gerard
Mark Lamos : vibrations of truth -- In: SDC journal. v.2, n.3, Win 2014 : p.17-20
Converses with Mark Lamos about his extensive career as a director of both large- and smallscale productions, classical and modern texts, musical theatre and opera. Lamos talks about his
approach to directing and how that has developed over the years. Notably, he comments on the
importance of design in developing his thinking about a play, the effect of the actors' collaboration,
the contribution of rhythm to intelligibility, and the differences between directing theatre and
directing opera.
Sarver, Jenifer
Ballet partnerships -- In: Dance Europe. n.183, Apr 2014 : p.44-45, 48
Four couples (some of them life partners as well) discuss the qualities that make for a good
onstage partnership: Daria Klimentova and Vadim Muntagirov; Tobias Batley and Martha Leebolt;
Petra Conti and Eris Nezha; and, Vanessa Zahorian and Davit Karapetyan.
Weiss, Deborah
Evan McKie -- In: Dance Europe. n.183, Apr 2014 : p.14, 17-19
Interviews the Canadian-born dancer from Stuttgart Ballet who is currently guesting in Canada.
McKie talks about his early training in Toronto, why he moved to Stuttgart and why he chooses to
stay with Reid Anderson's company. Also discusses roles, partnering, choreography and aspects
of his personal life.
Weiss, Deborah
Ivan Nagy -- In: Dance Europe. n.183, Apr 2014 : p.42-43
Obituary for the Hungarian-born dancer who retired from the stage aged 35, but went on to direct
various companies.
Kits
Cibille, Philippe
Kayassine : Les Arts Sauts -- Paris: Editions S.I.O. 1998.
A "dossier" of black and white photographs of the production 'Kayassine', directed by Herve
Lelardoux for the trapeze troupe Les Arts Sauts. Each "tome" includes an information sheet listing
for each photograph: the title, the names of any people shown, and at which of several locations in
1998 it was taken. A title sheet is also included in each envelope, with a brief paragraph in French
introducing the main theme connecting the photographs collected in that "tome".
Plays
Fronteras vivientes : eight Latina/o Canadian plays -- Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2013.
"This book is the first to showcase the work of established and emerging Latina/o playwrights in
Canada, charting the range and depth of Latina/o Canadian theatre - its radical experimentations
with form; its unflinching forays into histories of conquest, political oppression, and exile as told
from intimate first-person perspectives; its community activism; and its dark humour. Each play is
preceded by a critical introduction written by Latina/o theatre studies scholars from Canada and
the US." -- Back cover
Outspoken : a Canadian collection of lesbian scenes and monologues -- Toronto:
Playwrights Canada Press, 2012.
"Touching on gender, sexuality, family, pop culture, and history, these pieces range from the
hilarious to the poignant, the sexy to the sincere, the truthful to the tongue-in-cheek. Collected by
writer and journalist Susan G. Cole from poetry, prose, theatre, and even a graphic novel, the
scenes and monologues found in this collection reflect personal, political, and cultural complexities
in the Canadian lesbian community. Intended for study or auditions." -- Back cover
Aeschylus
Aeschylus II : The Oresteia -- Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
"New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and
reception in antiquity and beyond. Each volume also includes an introduction to the life and work of
its tragedian and an explanation of how the plays were first staged, as well as notes addressing
textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays." -- Back cover
Agamemnon: First play of the Oresteia trilogy recounting the murder of Agamemnon by his queen
Clytemnestra on his return from Troy with the captive Trojan princess Cassandra; The libation
bearers: Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra consults with the god Apollo at Delphi
and is told that he must seek vengeance for his father's murder; The Eumenides: Orestes is
pursued by the avenging Furies; Proteus: fragment of a satyr-play.
Aguirre, Carmen
The refugee hotel -- In: Fronteras vivientes; Playwrights Canada Press, 2013. : p.273-345
Cast: 6m 6w
"The refugee hotel of the play's title is a small hotel in Vancouver where newly exiled Chileans
arrive and live while they try to find jobs, stable homes, and adjust to their adopted country." -- p.276
Bird, Caroline
Chamber piece -- London: Oberon Books, 2013.
Cast: 5m 5w
"In this pitch-black comedy, fatal chemicals combine with ruthless ambition, biscuits, bureaucracy
and moral ambiguity. Set in the near future, Britain has reinstated the death penalty. Relatives are
weeping in the witness gallery, the journalist clicks her pen and the prison governor gives the
thumbs up. Rapist murderer Richard Sanger is strapped to the gurney. 'Chamber piece' depicts a
modern British execution. How would it look? How would we feel? And what could possibly go
wrong?" -- Back cover
Cain, Bill
9 circles -- New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2013.
Cast: 2m 1w doubling
"Tells the story of an American soldier on trial for his life. A young soldier - honourably discharged
but then accused of an unspeakable war crime in Iraq - Daniel Reeves is forced to navigate a
Dantesque labyrinth of commanding officers, public defenders, lawyers, preachers and military
psychiatrists." -- Back cover
Carville, Daragh
Observatory -- London: Methuen Drama, 1999.
Cast: 3m 1w
"Observatory is set at the Armagh Observatory and Museum for Astronomy and Natural
Philosophy, in both 1799 and 1999. Historian Jon McKenna, hired to compile a computerised
catalogue of the Observatory archives, finds his life becoming entangled with that of Nicola
McLoughlin, assistant astronomer at the Observatory. Together they work to uncover the twohundred-year-old story of astronomer Archibald Hamilton and his assistant Robert Hogg - man of
science, man of God, and revolutionary." -- Back cover
Chikura, Denton
The epic adventure of Nhamo the Manyika warrior and his sexy wife Chipo -- London:
Methuen Drama, 2013.
Cast: 3m 1w
"Nhamo you are a legend of African Folklore! Hollywood awaits! With just twenty-four hours to
create the ultimate African fable, the superstar cast is missing a hero. Suddenly, a dashing
goatherd appears on the horizon... Nhamo. Is he The One? Storytelling is turned on its head in this
Zimbabwean comedy of epic... epicness!" -- Back cover
Day, Simon Paisley
Raving -- London: Oberon Books, 2014.
Cast: 4m 4w
"Briony and Keith are not finding parenthood easy so their friends the delightful Ross and Rosy,
engineer a relaxing weekend away in Wales: intelligent adult company, good food and drink,
complete rest - and absolutely no children. But making up the numbers by inviting the
unpredictable Charles and Serena doesn't make things restful. Add an uninvited anarchic
adolescent and a fanatical farmer and Briony and Keith's idyllic weekend erupts into total chaos." -Back cover
Eldridge, David
Plays, 2 : Incomplete and random acts of kindness; Market boy; The knot of the heart; The
stock da'wa -- London: Methuen Drama, 2012.
Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness: moves between a dream story and real lives to tell an
intricate, complex story of a young man dealing with the break up of his family and the legacy of
race responsibility ; Market Boy: a gloriously raucous rites-of-passage drama set in Romford Market
in the 1980s. Bringing a market jungle to life with the decade’s Thatcherite capitalist fervour, this
spectacular, savage, and beautiful yarn is a tale that looks at a boy’s coming of age and loss of
innocence ; The Knot of the Heart: has themes of love, family and addiction, and explores the
creeping onset of self-destruction beneath a veneer of respectability ; The Stock Da’wa: explodes
the wafer thin bonhomie of a long-awaited reunion into a blackly funny maelstrom of pique and long
repressed truth-telling - and with shocking consequences.
Eldridge, David
The stock da'wa -- In: Plays, 2; Methuen Drama, 2012. : p.319-407
Cast: 2m 1w
Explodes the wafer thin bonhomie of a long-awaited reunion into a blackly funny maelstrom of
pique and long repressed truth-telling - and with shocking consequences.
Gomez, Victor
Lizardboy -- In: Fronteras vivientes; Playwrights Canada Press, 2013. : p.401-450
Cast: 1m
"Depicts the struggles of a family coping with the fear and uncertainties of their living conditions
through the eyes of Hector Fernando, a lively nine year old rascal known as Lizardboy for his
unique ability to climb walls." -- p.403
Guevara, Lina de
Journey to Mapu -- In: Fronteras vivientes; Playwrights Canada Press, 2013. : p.347-400
Cast: Large cast
"A series of recollections by Lautaro/Tato, a Chilean Mapuche immigrant, of the struggles of his
childhood as the root source of his current-day activism in connecting issues concerning both First
Nations and South American indigenous groups. These memories challenge questions of identity,
nationalism, historiography, a sense of place, and indigeneity; as a manifestation of these
challenges, the play is presented trilingually, in English, Spanish, and Mapuzugun, with little
translation of the dialogue." -- p.348
Harmon, Joshua
Bad Jews -- In: American theatre. v.31, n.4, Apr 2014 : p.63-79
Cast: 2m 2w
Daphna, born “Diana”, wears her Jewishness like a righteous badge of honour. When her
grandfather (a Holocaust survivor) dies, she lays claim to a significant family heirloom, a gold "chai"
(symbol of life) which her "Poppy" retained throughout his time in the camps. Her cousin Liam
counter-claims that Poppy had promised the chai to him. Unlike for Daphna, Liam wanting the chai
has nothing to do with cultural identification, which he has spent most of his life rejecting... Cue noholds-barred home truths between the two, while Liam's inoffensive blonde “shiksa” girlfriend,
Melody, and his younger brother Jonah get caught in the crossfire.
Herzog, Amy
The great god Pan -- New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2014.
Cast: 3m 4w
"Jamie’s life in Brooklyn seems just fine: a beautiful girlfriend, a burgeoning journalism career, and
parents who live just far enough away. But when a possible childhood trauma comes to light, lives
are thrown into a tailspin." -- Back cover
Iconis, Joe
Rewrite : a musical comedy triple feature -- New York: Samuel French Ltd, 2011.
Cast: 3m 3w doubling
"ReWrite, a musical comedy triple feature is comprised of three wild musicals that connect in
surprising and dangerous ways. Nelson Rocks! is a pop/rock show about a young dude who needs
to fix his life before the 'You better get to class' bell rings. Populated by adolescents, the show
throbs and pulses along a locker-filled hallway, barrelling towards its inevitable showdown. Miss
Marzipan is a dizzy musical about the life-changing preparation that goes into a high stakes dinner
party. In this heightened look at the suburban experience, a little bit of blood is spilt, but nothing
that some kitchen towels can't clean up. The Process deals with a writer. With a deadline. As the
Dunkin Donuts fills with the voices in his head, the writer must conquer his writer's block and finish
his musical. The Dunkin Donuts counter lady acts as our guide through this passionate look into
one man's writing process." -- Back cover Libretto
Kurapel, Alberto
Prometheus bound according to Alberto Kurapel, the Guanaco gaucho -- In: Fronteras
vivientes; Playwrights Canada Press, 2013. : p.1-44
Cast: 2m 5w + voices
"A vivid illustration of the kind of multimedia performance theatre for which Kurapel became known
in Quebec in the '80s and '90s."--p.xxi
"Whereas the original Prometheus [in the Aeschylus play] rages nobly while chained for eons to a
peak in the Caucasus, Kurapel's anti-hero, chained to a broken-down car, periodically unchains
himself, walks around and interacts with other characters, and then chains himself up again: it is
he who pathetically and repeatedly chooses his bondage... [like] the Chilean bourgeoisie, which
simultaneously regrets and defends its alliance with Pinochet."--p.6
Laborde, Rosa
Leo -- In: Fronteras vivientes; Playwrights Canada Press, 2013. : p.109-164
Cast: 2m 1w + female voice
"Through a fragmented series of flashbacks, the play presents the story of three idealist Chilean
adolescents - Leo, Rodrigo, and Isolda - who seek to gain knowledge of themselves and make a
difference in the world. However their young lives are quickly torn apart by the military coup of
September 11, 1973." -- p.110
Lord, Robert
Three plays -- Wellington: Playmarket, 2013.
It isn't cricket: a small group of friends are constantly manipulating and deceiving one another,
vying for the upper hand in loaded social situations ; The travelling squirrel: protagonist Bart
compares his struggles as a writer to those of Roger the squirrel, a misunderstood painter ; Well
hung: peopled with a bumbling police force, a lusty homemaker, a gentleman farmer and a leading
light in the local theatre group, it moves swiftly depicting ridiculous situations with an undercurrent
of biting social commentary.
Lord, Robert
The travelling squirrel -- In: Three plays; Playmarket, 2013. : p.117-213
Cast: 4m 3w
Protagonist Bart compares his struggles as a writer to those of Roger the squirrel, a
misunderstood painter.
Maxwell, Douglas
Our bad magnet -- London: Oberon Books, 2002.
Cast: 4m
"Centering on an uneasy reunion, 'Our bad magnet' takes four boys from a small town on the
West Coast of Scotland and follows their progress from ages 9 to 29 as they try to unlock the
secrets of childhood and memory. Throw in 80's indie music, a ventriloquist's dummy, some
magical fairy stories and a word called "nimston" and you have a hilarious black comedy that isn't
afraid to make you think while you're laughing out loud." -- Back cover
Maxwell, Douglas
Promises promises -- London: Oberon Books, 2011.
Cast: 1w
"Maggie Brodie thought she’d left teaching behind her. Retired twice, once with a dishonourable
discharge, she’s been drafted back for a day’s cover at her local primary school. It’s going to be a
tough shift: a day of battles with her thirst for booze; with the soft soap headmaster; and lastly with
Rosie. Rosie, six, is new. She is also from Somalia and does not speak. To Maggie’s surprise
silent Rosie stirs something in her, something long forgotten, a connection that she can’t quite get
a grip on. The school have allowed "community leaders" into Maggie’s classroom who believe that
her silence arises from witchcraft, and Maggie is forced to take action. Drastic action." -- Back cover
Nguyen, Qui
She kills monsters -- New York: Samuel French Ltd, 2012.
Cast: 3m 6w doubling
"Tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of
her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she
stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was
Tilly's refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and
90s pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the
geek and warrior within us all." -- Back cover
Nolan, Yvette
The unplugging -- Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2014.
Cast: 1m 2w
"In an instant, electricity all over the world stops flowing, and humanity is left in the dark. Bern and
Elena, exiled from their village for being too old to bear children, trudge across the desolate, postapocalyptic ruin. Relying upon traditional wisdom for their survival, they retreat from the remains of
civilisation to a frozen wooded landscape where they attempt to carry on after the end of the
world. When a charismatic stranger from the village arrives seeking their aid, Bern and Elena must
decide whether they will use their knowledge of the past to give the society that rejected them a
chance at a future." -- Back cover
Noren, Lars
And give us the shadows -- In: Two plays; Chaucer Press, 2013. : p.1-92
Cast: 4m 1w
A fictional work based on Eugene O'Neill's life, set in Marblehead, MA, on O'Neill's 61st birthday,
when he and his wife, Carlotta, are expecting a visit from his two sons.
Noren, Lars
Autumn and winter -- In: Two plays; Chaucer Press, 2013. : p.93-241
Cast: 1m 3w
Centres on parents and their two grownup daughters who reveal family secrets during one of their
regular monthly dinners.
Noren, Lars
Two plays : And give us the shadows; and, Autumn and winter -- Los Angeles, CA: Chaucer
Press, 2013.
And give us the shadows is a fictional work based on Eugene O'Neill's life, set in Marblehead, MA,
on O'Neill's 61st birthday, when he and his wife, Carlotta, are expecting a visit from his two sons.
Autumn and winter centres on parents and their two grownup daughters who reveal family secrets
during one of their regular monthly dinners.
Nunez, Marilo
Three fingered Jack and the legend of Joaquin Murieta -- In: Fronteras vivientes; Playwrights
Canada Press, 2013. : p.165-207
Cast: 3m 2w doubling
"Based loosely on historical research... A version of the story that places women, who generally
occupy marginal positions in histories of the Gold Rush, at the centre." -- p.166
O'Brien, Dan
The body of an American -- London: Oberon Books, 2014.
Cast: 2m doubling
"Mogadishu, 1993. Paul is a Canadian photojournalist who is about to take a picture that will win
him the Pulitzer Prize. Princeton, the present day, Dan is an American writer who is struggling to
finish his play about ghosts. Both men live worlds apart but a chance encounter over the airwaves
sparks an extraordinary friendship that sees them journey from some of the most dangerous
places on earth to the depths of the human soul. Flying from Kabul to the Canadian High Arctic,
'The body of an American' sees two actors jump between more than thirty roles in an exhilarating
new form of documentary drama. It urgently places these two men’s battles - both public and
private - against a backdrop of some of the world’s most iconic images of war."-- Back cover
Oakes, Meredith
Collected plays -- London: Oberon Books, 2010.
The neighbour: Two young men living on a council estate suddenly become enemies, invoking
destructive forces beyond their control ; The editing process: Set in the offices of a magazine
publishers, Meredith Oakes' comedy of fragile values in the media will not restore your faith in
human nature, but it is guaranteed to help you get on in publishing without really succeeding ;
Faith: A vision of military conflict as a testing ground for English values ; Her mother and Bartok: A
perceptive and witty tale of love, focusing on a husband and wife as they discuss their first meeting
from the perspective of the less-than-inspiring present. We gradually discover that each fell in love
with aspects of the other that were unreal, that required changing and that such attraction can only
ever have a limited life ; Shadowmouth: A troubled teenager is thrown out of home by his single
mother and is taken in by a lonely middle-aged pederast. The man watches the boy - the object of
his desire - as if watching a film unfold inside of his head, while the teenager's night-time odysseys
through the city lead him first to become involved with crazy Daisy and then in a destructive gay
relationship with the emotionally manipulative Paul ; Glide: [Radio play] ; The mind of the meeting:
[Radio play]
Oakes, Meredith
The editing process -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.81-142
Cast: 5m 3w
Set in the offices of a magazine publishers, Meredith Oakes' comedy of fragile values in the media
will not restore your faith in human nature, but it is guaranteed to help you get on in publishing
without really succeeding.
Oakes, Meredith
Faith -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.145-210
Cast: 5m 1w
A vision of military conflict as a testing ground for English values
Oakes, Meredith
Glide -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.295-319
Cast: 2w
Radio play. A meditation on "normality", conformity, imagination and madness.
Oakes, Meredith
Her mother and Bartok -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.215-260
Cast: 1m 1w
A perceptive and witty tale of love, focusing on a husband and wife as they discuss their first
meeting from the perspective of the less-than-inspiring present. We gradually discover that each
fell in love with aspects of the other that were unreal, that required changing and that such
attraction can only ever have a limited life.
Oakes, Meredith
The mind of the meeting -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.324-358
Cast: 3m 3w
Radio play. The Chair presides over a meeting of disparate characters, each with a personal
agenda, in the vain hope that he will "find some common ground and somehow crystallise the mind
of the meeting". And is it the mind of the meeting, or a meeting in the mind that we hear?
Oakes, Meredith
The neighbour -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.7-78
Cast: 4m 4w + female voice
Two young men living on a council estate suddenly become enemies, invoking destructive forces
beyond their control.
Oakes, Meredith
Shadowmouth -- In: Collected plays; Oberon Books, 2010. : p.263-294
Cast: 3m 2w
A troubled teenager is thrown out of home by his single mother and is taken in by a lonely middleaged pederast. The man watches the boy - the object of his desire - as if watching a film unfold
inside of his head, while the teenager's night-time odysseys through the city lead him first to
become involved with crazy Daisy and then in a destructive gay relationship with the emotionally
manipulative Paul.
Pizano, Beatriz
Madre -- In: Fronteras vivientes; Playwrights Canada Press, 2013. : p.210-272
Cast: 3m 7w + voices
"A complex story that, among other themes, touches on issues of motherhood, memory, and
forgetting in a country at war." -- p.211
Stephens, Simon
Birdland -- London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
Cast: 3m 3w doubling
"Everything can be quantified. All worth can be quantified. Artistic worth. Human worth. Material
worth. Everything. Some food is simply better than other food. Isn't it? Some clothes are better
than other clothes. Aren't they? The last week of a massive international tour and rock star Paul is
at the height of his fame. Everybody knows his name. Whatever he wants he can have. He can
screw anybody he wants to. He can buy anything he desires. He can eat anything. Drink anything.
Smoke anything. Go anywhere. As the inevitability of the end of the road looms closer and a return
home becomes a reality, for Paul the music is starting to jar." -- Back cover
Wertenbaker, Timberlake
Our Ajax -- London: Faber & Faber, 2013.
Cast: 8m 3w
"Torn between army politics and the love of his soldiers on the front line, a legendary leader spirals
out of control. Inspired by Sophocles' classical drama, Our Ajax draws on interviews with
contemporary servicemen and women to create a modern epic of heroism, love and homeland." -Back cover
Williams, Roy
Advice for the young at heart -- London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013.
Cast: 2m 2w
"It's 2011 and 1958 and London is rioting. Candice is ordered by her gang-leading boyfriend to lure
Clint into a honeytrap. Haunted by her grandfather's mistakes, she stands at a crossroads. Will
she do as she's told or will she learn to be true to herself before history repeats itself?" -- Back cover
Williams, Roy
Plays 4 : Joe Guy; Category B; Sucker punch; Baby girl; There's only one Wayne Matthews - London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013.
Joe Guy: Joe Boateng's days behind the counter of a cheap burger bar are far behind him, as is
his childhood sweetheart Naomi and the kids who mocked him for his Ghanaian accent. Now a
premiership football star, he's never out of the papers and everyone wants a piece of him. The
Cristal, the bad behaviour, now the rape allegations... what happened to the good boy who stayed
out of trouble? ; Category B: Set in a category B prison. Sule rules over a wing but is looking for a
new number two ; Sucker punch: Touch gloves, let's go. In the red corner: Leon Davidson - Black
British champ or Uncle Tom? In the blue corner: Troy Augustus - American powerhouse or naive
cash cow? Two former friends step into the ring and face up to who they are. Sucker Punch looks
back on what it was like to be young and Black in the 80s and asks if the right battles have been
fought, let alone won ; Baby girl: "I got pregnant first, don't copy me," yells Kelle to her friend,
Danielle, who hates children but thinks a baby would be nice to hug. Explores the real issues
behind why the UK has Europe's highest teenage pregnancy rate ; There's only one Wayne
Matthews: Times are changing. For black teenager Carl Wilkins the future looks bright as his tryout
at Chelsea beckons, even though he's been written off by his teachers and can barely read. To
Wayne, dubbed "the Irish Pele" by his racist classmates because he is black and useless at footie,
Carl is a hero. But in his eagerness to be good at football despite two left feet, Wayne neglects real
friendships and overlooks his own talents.
Williams, Roy
There's only one Wayne Matthews -- In: Plays 4; Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2013. : p.357-395
Cast: 2m
Times are changing. For black teenager Carl Wilkins the future looks bright as his tryout at
Chelsea beckons, even though he's been written off by his teachers and can barely read. To
Wayne, dubbed "the Irish Pele" by his racist classmates because he is black and useless at footie,
Carl is a hero. But in his eagerness to be good at football despite two left feet, Wayne neglects real
friendships and overlooks his own talents.
Screenplays
Fellowes, Julian
Downton Abbey, season one : the complete scripts -- London: Collins, 2012.
"The full scripts of award-winning Downton Abbey, Season One, including previously unseen
material... Set in a grand country house during the last Edwardian era, the first series of Downton
Abbey follows the lives of the Crawley family upstairs and their servants downstairs as they
approach the announcement of the First World War... The scripts from Season One give readers
the opportunity to read the work in more detail and to study the characters, pace and themes in
depth. With extended commentary from Julian Fellowes, highlighting key historical or dramatic
details." -- Back cover
Fellowes, Julian
Downton Abbey, season two : the complete scripts -- London: HarperCollins, 2013.
"The full scripts of award-winning Downton Abbey, Season two, with previously unseen
commentary from Julian Fellowes. Opening in 1916, as the First World War rages across Europe,
Season Two is the next dramatic instalment of the much-loved award-winning drama. The Crawley
family and their servants play their parts on the front line and back at home as their lives are
intensified by the strains of war. The shooting scripts give a fascinating view of how Julian
Fellowes weaves his storylines of love, loss and betrayal... with key insights into the research and
creative processes." -- Back cover
Kushner, Tony
Lincoln : the screenplay -- New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2013.
"A decade-long collaboration between... Steven Spielberg and... Tony Kushner, is an American
masterpiece of filmmaking. The screenplay by Kushner, based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin's
critically acclaimed 'Team of rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln', focuses on Lincoln's
tumultuous final four months in office and his determination to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery forever." -- Book jacket
Videorecordings
Angel-A -- Ponsonby: MadMan, 2005.
"Down on his luck and up to his neck in debt, Andre decides it's easier to end it all than repay his
loan-sharks. As he is about to launch himself from the Pont Neuf, he notices a fellow suicide - a
gorgeous, statuesque blonde. Leaping into the Seine, Andrew inadvertently gets himself a
champion intent on cleaning up his life, in return for saving hers. With only 24 hours to spare, the
mysterious Angela leads Andre on a mission to pay back his debtors, a mission that will change his
life forever. A luscious black-and-white postcard of Paris." -- Container. Special features: making
of; Music video; trailer. Performed by Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki, Serge
Riaboukine. Music composed by Anja Garbarek; Director of photography Thierry Arbogast; Set
designer Jacques Bufnoir; Unit production manager Didier Hoarau; First AD James Canal. In
French; Subtitles in English. Region 4; PAL. Rated M: suitable for mature audiences 16 years and
over. Note: sex scenes and offensive language.
Beyond the edge -- Auckland: Vendetta Films, 2013.
"With the support of the Hillary family, Sir Edmund's story is "relived" using both original colour
footage and photographs and dramatised recreations of the assault." -- Container Special
features: Cast and crew interviews; The making of 'Beyond the edge'; B-roll from Mt Cook; Image
gallery; Theatrical trailer. Hair and makeup designer Davina Lamont; Costume designer Barbara
Darrage; Sound design Bruno Barrett-Garnier; Original music by David Long; Line producer
Catherine Madigan; Production designer; Grant Major; Director of photography Richard Bluck;
Editor Tim Woodhouse; Screen story by Matthew Metcalfe and Leanne Pooley; Produced by
Matthew Metcalfe; Written and directed by Leanne Pooley. Region 4; PAL. Rated G: suitable for
general audiences
Budding stars of the Paris Opera Ballet -- Paris: Opera National de Paris, 2013.
"The Paris Opera Ballet School, established 300 years ago, is a legendary place, with an
international reputation. It is the most famous dance school in the world, where the greatest etoiles
or principal dancers are trained. In September 2011 it was home to 130 students, aged from 8 to
18, all driven by the same desire - to dance one day at the Paris Opera. Our camera was allowed
to accompany them for a whole school year, and this six-part series chronicles their busy training
schedule and their day to day experiences. There is no assurance that all the students will return
the following year to dance alongside the stars they dream of. As well as adjusting to living away
from their families, to remain in the school they must also learn to deal with criticism, adhere to
strict requirements and discipline, and learn personal responsibility." -- Container. Director:
Francoise Marie; Director of the Paris Opera Ballet School: Nicolas Joel; Director of dance: Brigitte
Lefevre; Director of the School of Dance: Elisabeth Platel. In French; Subtitles in English. All
regions; PAL. Rated G: Suitable for general audiences.
Le corsaire -- London: Opus Arte, 2014.
"Kader Belarbi's new production of 'Le corsaire' is a bold reinvention of a 19th century classic.
Belarbi's fresh scenario and choreography give this colourful yet ultimately tragic story of the
corsair and the beautiful slave-girl who captures his heart renewed clarity and simplicity." -Container. Recorded live at Theatre National du Capitole, May 2013. Performed by Maria
Gutierrez, Davit Galstyan, Takafumi Watanabe, Juliette Thelin, Demian Vargas, Juliana Bastos,
Julie Loria, Henrik Victorin, Cedric Pons, Joel Sitbon, Ballet du Capitole, Orchestre National du
Capitole. Libretto Kader Belarbi; Music Adolphe Adam, Anton Arensky, David Coleman, Edouard
Lalo, Jules Massenet, Jean Sibelius; Choreography and stage direction Kader Belarbi; Set
designer Sylvie Olive; Costume design Olivier Beriot; Lighting design Marion Hewlett; Musical
Director David Coleman; Directed for the screen by Luc Riolon; Produced by Fabienne Servan
Schreiber. All regions; NTSC.
Dance with me, volume 1 -- Melbourne: Contemporary Arts Media, [2011]
"Exploration of dance, choreography and space... six episodes... dance pieces by leading
Canadian contemporary dance companies in a variety of locations. The director, Albert Girard,
found six very particular and different ambiances for the dancers to work in... The location and the
space influence the choreographical choices." -- Container
Elevate and re-define contemporary dance : interview with Lucy Guerin and Gideon
Obarzanek -- Melbourne: Contemporary Arts Media, [2007]
"Is This Art? is a fascinating 17 Volume DVD series featuring interviews with leading practitioners
and conceptual artists from media, performance, visual art music and sound. Each episode
presents a series of interviews with contemporary artists intercut with images and recent footage of
their work. The interviews provide insight to why, how and for whom these artists create their work,
and where their passion and artistic inquiries originate from. Where are the boundaries between
science, technology, politics, popular culture and art? Viewers are challenged with the question
while witnessing the free flow of imagination." -- Publisher's description
From up on Poppy Hill -- Ponsonby: MadMan, 2011.
"Set in Yokohama in 1963... Centres on Umi and Shun and the budding romance that develops as
they join forces to save their high school's ramshackle clubhouse from demolition." -- Container.
Voiced by Sarah Bolger, Anton Yelchin. Original graphic novel by Chizuru Takahashi & Tetsuro
Sayama; Screenplay by Keiko Niwa; Directed by Goro Miyazaki; Music by Satoshi Takebe; Songs
performed by Aoi Teshima, Kyu Sakamoto; Executive producer Koji Hoshino; Produced by Toshio
Suzuki. In English and Japanese; English subtitles. Region 4; PAL. Rated G: suitable for general
audiences.
The garden of words -- Ponsonby: MadMan, 2013.
"When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to
skip school one day in favour of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will
change when he encounters Yukino. Older but perhaps not as much wiser, she seems adrift in the
world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly
continues and evolves, with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day. But the rainy
season is coming to a close, and there are so many things still left unsaid and undone between
them. Will there be time for Takao to put his feelings into actions and words? Between the
raindrops, between the calms in the storm, what will blossom?" -- Container. Special features:
Japanese and English commentary; Interviews; Storyboards; English production stills; Original
Japanese trailer; The works of Makoto Shinkai. Region 4; PAL. Rated M: suitable for mature
audiences 16 years and over. Note: adult themes.
A good man -- Chicago, IL: Kartemquin Films, 2011.
"Follows acclaimed director/choreographer Bill T. Jones as he and his company create their most
ambitious work, 'Fondly do we hope... fervently do we pray', an original dance-theatre piece in
honour of Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial. Through two tumultuous years, we witness raw
moments of frustration as Jones struggles to communicate his vision to his dancers and
collaborators, as well as moments of great exhilaration when movement transcends the limitation
of words. Jones and his company come face to face with America's unresolved contradictions
about race, equality and the legacy of our 16th President... A window into the creative process, and
indeed, the creative crisis of one of our nation's most enduring, provocative artists as he explores
what it means to be a good man, to be a free man, to be a citizen." -- Container. Bonus features:
Additional scenes; Bill T. Jones on historical text; Filmmakers interview. Directed by Bob Hercules,
Gordon Quinn; Produced by Joanna Rudnick; Director of photography Keith Walker; Edited by
David E. Simpson; Associate producer Rachel Pikelny; Sound John Mathie, Daniel Brooks, Judy
Karp; Assistant editors Nora Gully, Liz Kaar, Sharon Szalkowski; Original music by Jerome Begin,
Christopher Antonio, William Lancaster, George Lewis.
A history of dance on screen -- Berlin: Arthaus Musik, 2013.
"Featuring extensive archive material with Anna Pavlova, Maya Plisetskaya and Isadora Duncan,
Fred Astaire and Moira Shearer, choreographies by Martha Graham and Sasha Waltz, as well as
interviews and comments by John Neumeier, Matthew Bourne and the Ballet Boyz. In this
revelatory new documentary, director Reiner E. Moritz poses the question: how has the media
influenced dance in the twentieth century and vice versa? Over this period an extensive archive of
beautiful choreography, performed by the finest dancers, has accumulated on film and television,
resulting in a major dispersion of dance through the media. In addition, new art forms such as
dance movies and ballet films have emerged from this development in moving images, where
dance is created specifically for the camera... Contains an impressive amount of archive footage
featuring the greatest dancers and choreographers of the twentieth and twenty first centuries,
framed by in-depth interviews with great personalities of the contemporary dance scene." -Container. Region 0; NTSC.
Mad Max : the trilogy -- Neutral Bay, NSW: Warner Bros Entertainment Australia, 2011.
"Mad Max: Gibson portrays Max Rockansky, the fearless, leather suited cop waging war with killcrazy bikers who targeted his family. It is a war that must be seen to be believed, a road-scorching,
neo-punk, take-no-prisoners combat set in a post-apocalyptic Australia."--Container.
Written by James McCausland and George Miller; produced by Byron Kennedy; directed by
George Miller with Mel Gibson. Mad Max 2: Max drives the roads of outback Australia in an
unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defenders of a fuel
depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by The Humungus, notorious for never
taking prisoners when they can pulverise them instead. When the battle is joined, the results are
savage, spectacular.--Container.
Written by Terry Hayes, George Miller with Brian Hannant ; produced by Byron Kennedy; directed
by George Miller. Mad Max beyond the Thunderdome: Two men enter. One leaves. That's the law
in Bartertown's Thunderdome arena. But lawmaker Aunty Entity will soon add another: don't get
Max mad!" -- Container.
Director of photography Dean Semler; written by Terry Hayes & George Miller; produced by
George Miller; co-produced by Doug Mitchell and Terry Hayes; directed by George Miller and
George Ogilvie. Region 4 Rated restricted 18: restricted to persons 18 years and over. Note:
graphic violence.
Push -- London: Sadler's Wells, [2013]
"This production features four works, Solo, Shift, Two, and Push." -- Container. Special features:
Lighting shift; Photo gallery. Performed by Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant; Lighting Michael
Hulls; Music Andy Cowton, Shirley Thompson, Carlos Montoyas; Costumes Ha Von-Volika, Kei Ito,
Sasha Kier; Sadler's Wells producer Suzanne Walker; Executive producers Bob Lockyer and
Alistair Spalding. Region 0; PAL
Seven -- South Melbourne, Vic: Contemporary Arts Media, 2010.
"Pal Frenak caused a sensation on the European dance scene with his new dance culture, his
deep affinity with forms of expression that extend beyond techniques and norms, and his
innovative choreography, he has had a defining impact on the evolution of contemporary dance. In
Seven, he addresses the issue of becoming an expatriate, the individual's breaking with his own
culture and integration into a foreign society. The production uses contemporary elements of visual
arts, and ventures out to the ultimate threshold of physical performance, pushing the boundary
between the possible and the impossible." -- Container
Still walking -- New York: Criterion Collection, 2010.
"Created as a tribute to his late mother, the film depicts one day in the life of the Yokoyamas,
gathered together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear. Rather
than focus on big dramatic moments, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines
(especially cooking) to evoke a family's entire life, its deep regrets and daily joys." -- Container.
Special features: Video interviews; Documentary on the making of the film; Trailer. Performed by
Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, You, Kazuya Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka, Kirin Kiki, Yoshio Harada.
Directed, written and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda; Cinematography by Yutaka Yamazaki;
Executive producers Kazumi Kawashiro, Yutaka Shigenobu, Takeo Hisamatsu, Bong-Ou Lee;
Produced by Yoshihiro Kato, Satoshi Kono, Hijiri Taguchi, Masahiro Yasuda; Original music by
Gontiti; Art direction by Toshihiro Isomi, Keiko Mitsumatsu; Costume design by Kazuko Kurosawa;
Lighting by Eiji Oshita; Sound by Yutaka Tsurumaki, Shuji Otake. In Japanese with English
subtitles. Region 1
The Sydney Front, 1986-1993 : staging the audience -- Melbourne: Contemporary Arts Media,
2012.
"Over the course of the seven years they worked together, the performers of The Sydney Front
transformed themselves from the extravagant display of frenzied divas in their first work, Waltz
(1987), to stage managers invisibly influencing the actions of the audience as they enacted The
stations of the cross in passion (1993). This DVD presents a kaleidoscope of images from all
seven of The Sydney Front's major works, accompanied by observations from the voices of the
company members still working in Sydney. The images and commentary from the performers
account for The Sydney Front's shifting mode of engagement with their audiences and chart their
unfolding working methods." -- Container. "Warning: Sydney Front's performances may contain
coarse language, adult themes and nudity." -- Container.
Tokyo story -- Ponsonby: MadMan, 1953.
"When an elderly couple travel to a rapidly rebuilding Tokyo to visit their children, they are met with
unexpected indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. As the vastly different priorities of pre- and
post-war Japan collide, Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece deepens into a sublime meditation on family,
ambition and mortality... A subtle yet overwhelmingly emotional drama from one of Japan's finest
directors whose masterful eye and scrupulous attention to character has influenced countless
filmmakers around the world." -- Container. DVD of a film originally released in 1953. Special
features: Tokyo Ga: Wim Wenders' documentary; Deleted scenes; Liner notes. Performed by
Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, So Yamamura, Kuniko
Miyake, Eijiro Tono, Kyoko Kagawa. Screenwriter Kogo Noda, Yasujiro Ozu; Producer Takeshi
Yamamoto. In Japanese; English subtitles Region 4; PAL; Black & white. Rated PG: Parental
guidance recommended for younger viewers. Note: low level offensive language.
Y tu Mama tambien = And your mother, too -- Newtown, NSW: Icon Home Entertainment, 2001.
"A raunchy, emotionally layered and keenly observed coming-of-age tale of 17 year old best
friends, Tenoch and Julio. Confident, cocky and ruled by their raging hormones, they meet the
beautiful Luisa at a family wedding and invite her to join them on a road trip to a mythical beach
called Boca Del Cielo - Heaven's Mouth. What follows is a sexually rowdy and wildly funny movie
that touches on politics and the philosophy of life as the three embark on a journey of maturity and
honesty - a metaphor for modern Mexico itself." -- Container. Special features: Making of
featurette Performed by Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna. Casting by Manuel Teil;
Costume Gabriela Diaque; Music supervisor Liza Richardson, Annette Fradera; Editing Alfonso
Cuaron, Alex Rodriguez; Art direction Miguel Alvarez; Line producer Sandra Solares; Director of
photography Emmanuel Lubezki; Executive producer Sergio Aguero, David Linde, Amy Kaufman;
Produced by Jorge Vergara; Written by Carlos Cuaron; Produced and directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
Region 4; PAL. Rated restricted 18: restricted to persons 18 years and over. Note: contains drug
use, sex scenes and offensive language