Presented by Brink Productions under its FEED program in association with Adelaide Festival Centre's inSPACE program
Director: Daisy Brown and Chris Drummond
Cast: Writers: Nicki Bloom, Matthew Cormack and Alirio Zavarce. Companies/ Performance Groups: Aidan Munn, RealTime Collaborators, TheimaGen, Daniel Clarke, Stone/Castro and Unreasonable Adults
GORGE ’09 is a mini-festival of performance and the spoken word. Different each night…
Over three nights, 3 writers and 6 performance companies unveil their style and craft, revealing what makes them unique. Meet the artists, engage in conversation and witness the stage transform again and again as the writers’ words are performed by a startling array of actors, dancers, musicians and more, in wildly different interpretations. It’s risk-taking, dangerous and exhilarating. Immerse yourself!
In keeping with the spirit of previous Gorge incarnations, the scripts will be limited to 10 minutes and will not be handed over until mid September. Only then will the co-directors match the three scripts to the six companies or theatre-makers - who are each restricted to 40 hours rehearsal time on the floor to interpret and realise their allocated script. There will be no interaction between writers and companies during the process.
The resulting presentations each night will be raw, immediate and wildly unpredictable!
Barry Lenny
This is experimental theatre that challenges and excites, a credit to the foresight and insight of Brink Productions and everybody else involved in making this happen. (More)
Chloe Truehl
I had no idea what to expect from Gorge ’09. I walked in with a relatively open mind to watch the controversial Conflict under an Australian Quilt and left dreaming of the possibilities of what theatre could become. (More)
Patrick McDonald
Authors have no contact with the performers and only see how their works have been interpreted on the night. Brink Productions has dressed up the concept with comical cabaret by Libby O'Donovan and Matthew Carey, interviews with the writer/performers, and a straight reading of the script. (More)
Jane Howard
Part of the excitement from a concept such as Gorge is that you don’t quite know what to expect, you might be thrown outside your comfort zone, and the companies take risks. (More)
Myk Mykyta
I found this season of Gorge as interesting as the previous five as I have been a Gorge groupie since the original Theatre Guild season in 1997. I do hope to see another incarnation very soon. (More)
Jane Howard
The third and final night of Gorge '09 gave us Nicki Bloom’s Footsoldiers presented by Real Time Collaborators and Stone/Castro. Bloom’s script was, I felt, the strongest of the three nights...This year was my first experiencing Gorge, and I hope I get to experience it again soon. (More)