Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Festival, Malthouse Melbourne and Edinburgh International Festival present Optimism by Tom Wright, after Voltaire. The production has been extended through Saturday, February 20.
Today, Wednesday 6 January 2010, Digital Theatre announces the first in its 2010 catalogue of theatre productions, downloadable to keep from www.digitaltheatre.com
Today, Wednesday 23 December 2009, Digital Theatre announces the release of the critically acclaimed Young Vic production of Kafka's Monkey by Franz Kafka. Kathryn Hunter's one woman show, in an adaptation by Colin Teevan, is directed by Walter Meierjohann and enjoyed a sell-out season at the Young Vic earlier this year.
Today, 26 October 2009, Digital Theatre announce their first high definition downloadable theatre productions available from their website using their specially developed Theatre Player which is compatible with all major browsers and operating systems.
In their first Main Stage production, Sydney Theatre Company's permanent ensemble of actors, The Residents, present stories from the big dawn; the Creation, the Fall, the Expulsion from Eden, Cain and Abel and Noah's Ark. The Mysteries: Genesis reflects the theatrical origins of the medieval Mystery plays as popular spectacles produced by tradesmen's guilds. The production is at Wharf 2 from 20 November, directed by Matthew Lutton, STC's Co Artistic Director Andrew Upton and Associate Director Tom Wright.
Artistic Directors Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett today unveiled their 2010 program for Sydney Theatre Company offering audiences fresh explorations of classic texts, new works and adaptations, an accent on international collaborations and introductions to new artists and companies from around Australia.
Sydney Theatre Company and ThinIce present THE DUEL adapted by Tom Wright from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 5 to 20 June 2009. Opens Tuesday 9 June at 8.15pm Wharf 2, Sydney Theatre Company, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay Matthew Lutton directs The Duel, adapted by Sydney Theatre Company Associate Director Tom Wright from a chapter in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1880 novel, The Brothers Karamazov.