Shows - Archive
The Drover's Wives (world premiere)
Sally Richardson's The Drovers' Wives is a knockout..You could laud it for it's polished production and fine design: Zoe Atkinson's costumes; Andrew Lake's set and lighting; Ashley de Prazer and Dank Micich 's video design; and Iain Grandage's music. They all create vivid, beautiful and evocative images that could only suggest the Australian outback, but more than that, the show touches the heart...Richardson brilliantly taps into the psyche of an immigrant society that has inherited the idea that where we find ourselves, physically and mentally, is not really home....Read More
Kids' Stuff
The performance space that Richardson and Keady have chosen suits their purposes well. Up in this lofty box at the end of a spiral staircase, there is nowhere to hide for either the audience or the actor...This is storytelling the way it has been told for thousands of years at campfire's, caves, club rooms and playgrounds, ...The 6sqm clock tower studio high above the main PICA building was chosen to enhance the intimacy of a single-hander that director Sally Richardson describes as a combination of theatre, installation, play and conversation....in fact, a monologue delivered by Katie Keady, who displays the talent that saw her hailed WA's best female actor in 2006...Getting up close and personal, Keady is captivating as the child and the various adults in his life that he channels in his efforts to make sense of the inexplicable.......Read More
Medea 05 (world premiere)
Richardson cleverly weaves modern theatrical elements into this story...and manages to put this timeless tale into a modern context, both with her fascinating contemporary staging of the play and by placing some of the peripheral characters in modern roles....Richardson has also made excellent use of the flexible theatre space at PICA...a fascinating piece of theatre, with excellent performances from all the cast...Read More
