Still Angela

30 November 1999

by Jenny Kemp Presented by PICA and toured by Performing Lines for MOBILE STATES: Touring Contemporary Performance, Australia '... witty and compelling' - HERALD SUN A mesmerising and evocative night in the theatre. Still Angela takes us on real and imaginary journeys into a landscape of memory and dream. Exquisite imagery, a haunting musical score, poetic narrative and actors who move like dancers. Still Angela explores the relationship between the world of the imagination and our everyday lives. '... a wicked playfulness' - THE SUNDAY AGE Angela is a woman in transition. On the cusp of her birthday, we follow Angela on a real and imagined journey: into the kitchen with her lover; as a child at the chess board with her mother... and into the Simpson Desert where she confronts her nemesis. In relocating herself within the wider landscape of the natural world, Angela confronts the inevitability of change and finally, journeys home to celebrate her birthday. '...tickles us with Kemp's collision of the banal and the sublime.' - HERALD SUN Still Angela was short listed for the NSW Premier's Literary Award and was nominated as Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production at the 2003 Helpmann Awards. Jacqueline Everitt won the Green Room Award for Best Design and David Murray won Best Lighting Design for this production. '...a liberating experience...' - REAL TIME Originally produced by Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, this award winning production is the first show to be toured as part of MOBILE STATES: Touring Contemporary Performance, Australia. MOBILE STATES' presenting partners are Performance Space (Sydney), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (Perth), Brisbane Powerhouse (Brisbane) and Salamanca Arts (Hobart), with Tour Management by Performing Lines. Script/Direction: Jenny Kemp; Choreography: Helen Herbertson; Composition: Elizabeth Drake; Design: Jacqueline Everitt; Lighting Design: David Murray; Film: Ben Speth; Performance: Natasha Herbert, Margaret Mills, Lucy Taylor, Simon Wilton; Production Manager: Martin Langthorne (for Performing Lines); Stage Manager: Armando Licul Producers Performing Lines and Black Sequin Productions. Preview: Wednesday 4 August, 8pm Opening: Thursday 5 August 8 pm Season: Friday 6 August, 8 pm, Saturday 7 & 14 August, 5pm & 8.30pm Tuesday 10 - Friday 13 August, 8pm