Chamber Made Opera's Permission to Speak will make its World Premiere 3 - 27 November 2016 at Arts House in North Melbourne.
What would we say to those who brought us into the world? What will we say to those we leave behind?
Poised in the delicate space between concert and theatre performed in the round, Permission to Speak explores the most universal of relationships - that of parent and child - as it exists and evolves through a lifetime.
Built from interviews with people of all ages, Permission to Speak interweaves the complexities, parallels and paradoxes of this dynamic relationship - manifested through the speaking, sounding and singing human voice.
Musings, diatribes, recollections and hindsight find voice as four performer-vocalists are fused in choral counterpoint with an assembly of pre-recorded voices, offering multiple perspectives on the contemporary experience of family.
This first-time collaboration between director and Chamber Made Opera Artistic Associate Tamara Saulwick (Endings, 2015) and composer Kate Neal (Semaphore, 2015) pairs contemporary performance with musical composition to construct a revealing portrait of that which is often left unspoken.
IF YOU GO:
PERMISSION TO SPEAK
Text and Direction: Tamara Saulwick
Composer: Kate Neal
Sound Designer: Jethro Woodward
Lighting Designer: Bosco Shaw
Costume Designer: Marg Horwell
Performers: Gian Slater, Georgie Darvidis, Josh Kyle and Edward Fairlie
Season: Wed 23 - Sun 27 November
Times: Wed - Thu 7:30pm, Fri 9pm, Sat 2pm & 7:30pm, Sun 5pm
Duration: 60 mins
Green Tix for Nix Thu 24 November
Post-show Q&A Thu 24 November
Address: Arts House, 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
Tickets: Full $35 / Concession $30 / Student $25
Bookings: artshouse.com.au or (03) 9322 3713
More on the show: www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/arts-and-culture/arts-house/whats-on-arts-house/Pages/permission-to-speak.aspx
For more info, visit Arts House artshouse.com.au or go to Chamber Made Opera chambermadeopera.com.
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