Permission to Speak: Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets
$48 full/$32 concession
Dates
Friday 23 February 2018, 7.30pm
Saturday 24 February, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
(60 minutes)
Venue
The Powerhouse Theatre
Brisbane Powerhouse
119 Lamington Street
New Farm QLD 4005
PRESENTED BY CHAMBER MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Poised in the delicate space between concert and theatre, Chamber Made’s Permission to Speak explores the most universal of relationships – that of parent and child – as it exists and evolves through a lifetime.
This first-time collaboration between director Tamara Saulwick and composer Kate Neal pairs contemporary performance with musical composition to construct a revealing portrait of the experience of family.
Musings, diatribes, recollections and hindsight find voice as four performer/vocalists are fused in choral counterpoint with an assembly of pre-recorded voices. Built from interviews with people of all ages, Permission to Speak interweaves the complexities, parallels and paradoxes of this dynamic relationship.
Concept, Direction, Text & Libretto
Tamara SaulwickComposition, Libretto, Instrument Design
Kate NealPerformance
Gian Slater, Georgie Darvidis, Josh Kyle and Edward FairlieSound Design
Jethro WoodwardLighting Design, Prop Design & Construction
Bosco ShawCostume Design
Marg HorwellProduction & Stage Management
John ByrneRecorded voices
Penny Baron, MaryAnne Caleo, Olive Chaston, Rudie Chapman, Emilie Collyer, Annie Edney, Andrew Gray, Jane Hall, Carolyn Hanna, Kate Hunter, Martin Hoggart, Petra Kalive, Quinn Knight, Jai Leeworthy, David Maney, Niki na Meadhra, James Pratt, Ahn Tran, Charlotte West, Jack, James, John D, Laney, Mia, Rosa, Sybilla, Ting.
Interviewees have been credited by their full name, first name only, or pseudonym, in accordance with their wishes.