WITKACY READINGS at La Mama 30-31 of August 2pm

Kelvin Stevens - Sydney based member of Auto Da Fe and  a veteran of  many of our productions put his time and effort into transcribing the archival MADNESS recording for the WITKACY READINGS at La Mama. It wasn't easy - the tape was partly damaged - it was of low quality anyway, but Kelvin managed to deliver the script, so then we could edit it, re-create the missing bits  and have it "reading ready" for the La Mama event.  It was done not just in time, but well before the time due. THANK YOU KELVIN!

This is the original flyer from the 1990 production.

The scenario of this "theatrical exhibition in three parts" is based on Witkacy's life and his writings. It was originally thought as an introduction to the man and his art in a rather light form and since such is the stated purpose of our presentation it seems the best pick for the day. MADNESS will be accompanied by 3 of Witkacy's  mini plays: COCKROACHES, THE BRAVE PRINCESS & THE POOR LITTLE BOY all freshly translated by Izabella Mackiewicz. Witkacy wrote them in 1893 - he wasn't even 8 years old!

John Gillies prepares a short introductory lecture on Witkacy - and he promises that if he won't be able to make it to Melbourne on the day - he will send us a recording of it, so we can play it back to the audience.

Thank you John , thank you Izabella and once more our big "thank you" to Kelvin, whose contribution and time commitment exceeded our wildest expectations. It's worth noting that  he was a member of the original cast, too.

P.S. It is very possible - almost certain -  that none of the above will make it to Melbourne for the event as they are Sydney based, but all of them are planning to travel down south to see Auto Da Fe's next assigment: Everyman & The Pole Dancers at Metanoia Theatre in October.
P.S. p.s. John Gillies has recently started filming his WITKACY film project (End Of The Line) on locations in Snowy Mountains and in Adelaide. Good luck, John!

30&31.08.2014
Sat, Sun 2pm
$15 Full | $10 Concession | Approx 120 Minutes
- for tickets call La Mama Theatre Box Office: 03 9347 6142
or book online: http://lamama.com.au/tickets/ 

Introducing LOUISE MILLER - stage manager

Louise joins our team being introduced to Auto Da Fe by Lara Week.  While still studying at VCA she is very active professionally and already working in the industry. Her latest assigment being Maude Davey's hit production of My Life In Nude.

Note from Linkedin:  "Originally from North Queensland, Louise is a multi-skilled theatre enabler who has applied herself in many different aspects of theatre production. Since completing a technical traineeship in lighting in 2008, she has been employed as a theatre technician and supervisor for various regional venues including The Burdekin Theatre and the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre. She has also worked as the Production Assistant for contemporary dance company Dancenorth and Assistant Stage Manager for Back to Back Theatre’s Ganesh VS The Third Reich. 
Louise is in her second year of study of a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production), majoring in Stage Management at the Victorian College of the Arts. Her VCA credits to date include Stage Manager for Plus Sign Attached - Directed by Maude Davey and Assistant Stage Manager for Tom Healey’s The Breath of Empty Space.

Her recent production credits include Stage Manager for Dance & Death – curated by Holly Durant and Assistant Stage Manager for My Life in the Nude (Maude Davey). She is currently working as the Stage Manager for Everyman and the Pole Dancers by Auto Da Fe Theatre, due to open at the Metanoia Theatre in October as part of the Melbourne Fringe."

SHANE GRANT - lighting designer

Shane Grant – Lighting Designer

Shane has been Audio Visual Technician for St Kevins College for the past 8 years. Prior to that he was Production Manager with Strange Fruit for 6 years and Technical Manager at Gasworks Theatre for 4 years. Shane is an accomplished lighting designer having worked extensively with companies like Ranters Theatre, The Torch Project, NYID and many others. Shane has a BA Dramatic Arts (Production) VCA from 1994. Shane is currently a company director of Metanoia Theatre and the technical manager of the mechanics institute theatre in Brunswick.

EVERYMAN & THE POLE DANCERS will be Shane's first assignment for the Auto Da Fe Theatre Company.

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Shane Grant

http://metanoiatheatre.com/who-we-are/the-team/

Anna Messariti invites to Radio National

Anna Messariti has been always a friend and a strong supporter of the Auto Da Fe  Theatre Company. We crossed paths and worked together on many occasions. Mostly in the recording studios of Radio National (ABC) in Sydney, where Anna produced and directed numerous Australian radio dramas/plays .
She also produced a series of documentaries on Cyprus, the home land of her Mother.
Here is Anna's invitation to her programs:

"Dear Friends, 
Between 2003-2007, I traveled to Cyprus often, as my mother was in the last years of her life. At the time I was working for the ABC and over those years I made 5 Audio Arts documentaries about Cyprus, covering its ancient and contemporary history. In a nutshell, over 36 centuries, Cyprus has enjoyed only 14 years of independence. The rest of the time, the small island was under occupation, because of its riches and strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean.
This weekend and next, two of my programs are being replayed on ABC Radio National and will remain available online for sometime afterwards. The first is an abridged version of longer documentary called Aphrodite’s Tears – Crying for Kyrenia. It is about the 1974 invasion and the impact of displacement and is set at a time when the borders reopened in 2003 and people were able to return to their villages, towns and homes. The program in full will be available on the RN website.
Here is a link to the first program, which will be broadcast on Sunday 3 August at 10.05am and repeated on Friday 8 August at 2.00pm:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/aphrodite27s-tears/5623620

It will sit within a program called 360 Documentaries.
On Sunday 10 August at 1.00pm and Thursday 14 August at 1.00pm, another of my programs will be broadcast:
FAMAGUSTA Ammochostos – Hidden in the Sand It’s about a contemporary ghost city in Cyprus. You’ll find it on RN’s social history program, Hindsight and it will also remain online afterwards for some time, in case you can’t catch it on the radio. Here’s a link:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/

Both programs are very dear to me and I’d love you to listen and would welcome feedback. The latter has been remastered in the past week, so it is sounding pretty good. 

I’m sending some images as well, to give you a sense of where you are going. If you use social media, by all means spread the word.

Thank you and all the best,

Anna"

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