Sunday, June 24, 2012

I've Just Worked On...

Time Stands Still.
by Donald Marguiles
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Time Stands Still by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies at the Darlinghurst Theatre Company. I coached the lovely cast in American accents. Two of them I've worked with before at the Ensemble - Noel Hodda (The God Committee) and Richard Sydenham (Murderers), and Harriet Dyer I've only ever encountered onstage and in foyers - most recently stealing the show in Pygmalion for Sydney Theatre Company. Rebecca Rocheford-Davies produced and starred, but as a US native, didn't need my help.

The adrenalin and excitement of documenting the realities of war is addictive, as journalists Sarah and James know all too well. Together they have shared a passion for reporting on the world's war zones and have led a heightened life between the extremes of domesticity and the danger.

Their lives catch up with them when Sarah is injured in a car bombing and she is forced to return home to start a more conventional life with James. Although they have spent much of their lives bearing witness to horrific violence, Margulies' quietly powerful play illustrates just how much is required in the everyday business of two people creating a life together.

Season: 4 - 22 April
Director : Kim Hardwick
Production Designer : Lucilla Smith
Lighting Designer : Teegan Lee
Sound Designer : Michael Huxley

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