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Blank Space Productions, BSP, Cohan, Mararo Wangai, Sudden Skies, Ann-Marie Biagioni, Haydon Wilson. Physical Theatre, Theatre, Dance, Dance Theatre, The Blue Room, The Blue Room Theatre, Summer Nights

Sudden Skies

20th - 24th February 2018

The Blue Room Theatre, Perth

Sudden Skies is a vibrant physical theatre experience. Both science fiction and allegory it is set in front of three archways that exist in a liminal space with its own set of physical laws. Our two protagonists 'Gatekeeper' and 'Traveller' have the ability to control the world around them, and to a certain extent each other with their minds. 

 

Traveller arrives at the three arches, after a dangerous journey, having escaped a destructive force. They are unable to decipher the writing above the arches, one of which is barred by the Gatekeeper. 

 

Overseen by the Gatekeeper they must complete a series of tests; a riddle, a song and a dance. They pass each task but are left weakened and depleted, each task pulling them into the depths of their past – dark, light and otherwise. Gatekeeper still refuses to allow them through and attempts to abandon them to the elements. The Gatekeeper too is stuck outside. All the while, a fierce storm is brewing. 

 

The pair is faced with a destruction that threatens everything. They are forced to face the storm together in a desperate attempt to hold the fabric of their world together. They stand side by side,in a state of perpetual action. No amount of power will calm the storm.

Co-Created by: Cohan, Mararo Wangai

Writer: Mararo Wangai

Director: Cohan

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Performers: Ann-Marie Biagioni and Haydon Wilson

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Sound Design: Rebecca Riggs-Bennett

Costume Design: Cohan

Set design: Sara Chirichilli

Lighting Design: Joe Lui

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Producers: Liz Newell

Stage Manager: Georgia Smith

Publicist: Dana Nguyen

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Mentor: Claudia Alessi

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Archival Footage: Michelle Vuaillat

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Produced by: Blank Space Productions, The Blue Room Theatre

Program: FRINGE WORLD Summer Nights

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation and the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. 

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We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, that art has been made here and culture sung for the history of recorded time. 

we offer our deep respect to elders past, present and emerging.

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land. 

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