A gothic tale
The Cars That Ate Paris
Dates
9 - 25 July, 1992
Venue
Ensign Smash Repairs, Clifton Hill
Performed in a large crash repair garage in Melbourne, The Cars that Ate Paris involved performer and musician as composer, utilising the improvisation skills of singers and instrumentalists to create vocal lines and accompaniment.
Based on Australian writer/director Peter Weir’s film of the same name, this macabre story is set in the small rural town of Paris where the inhabitants live off the proceeds of staged road accidents. As Arthur, the survivor of one such accident, overcomes his phobia of cars, we learn the gruesome truth of this gothic outback township.
Instrumentation sop., bar., ten., 2 actors, acrobat, pf., sampler, elec. vln., environmental perc.
“An imaginative and visually arresting piece of music theatre…
1992: World Premiere Ensign Smash Repairs, Collingwood Melbourne (9 – 25 July).
Text and Original Film by
Peter WeirStage Adaptation and Direction by
Douglas HortonDesign by
Jacqueline EverittLighting by
Philip LethleanSound by
Darren GoldingMusic Devised by
The EnsemblePerformed by
Hope Csuturos, Scott Grayland, Judy Gunson, David Joseph, Tyrone Landau, Helen Noonan, David Sandford, Grant Smith.