Writer Matt Bostock
Director & Producer Tiffany Wong
Sound Designer Prema Yin
Set Designer Aloma Barnes
Costume Designer Rachel Pui Hui Yan
Lighting Realiser Mehran Mortezai
Dramaturg Ness Roque
Stage Manager Alex Liang
Production Assistant & Operator Liana Molina
Assistant Producer – Production James Lau
Assistant Producer – Marketing Clara Wong
with Andrea Magpulong, Sayuri Narroway, Monica Russell, Dominique Purdue and Joseph Tanti
Reviews
Produced by Slanted Theatre, this creative realisation of Bostock’s unique storytelling is brilliant, and relatable. While its heavy exposition would normally risk being superfluous, here it works perfectly to bring out the points of view of the main characters. Delivered with punch and fierce intensity, the result is intellectually stimulating, sincere and powerful.Olivia Farag for Sydney Theatre Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tiffany Wong’s cast do wonderful work. Andrea Magpulong’s Lainey captures the tension between the desire to make a show happen and the desperate need to bear witness. Dominique Purdue brilliantly presents the actor’s journey from initial excitement to bitter disillusionment as her hopes for the project flounder. Joseph Tanti as Joey embodies both the brutal arrogance of the privileged characters he performs in the workshopped play and the difficulties of telling a story that isn’t his. Monica Russell as the artistic director of the company effectively marries both the cold rationality required for financial realities and the resentment of a pioneer who feels her long efforts are being ignored. Sayuri Narroway as the director of the workshop presents a calmness that cleverly hides a different agenda.
Wong uses the intimate Meraki space marvellously, effectively presenting both the world in which the artist characters perform and the world in which these artists reflect on that performance.
The last image of Short Blanket is especially powerful. The spoiler rule means I shouldn’t really describe it. But I can say it functions gloriously as both an indictment of injustice, and as an invitation to ponder from where our motivation for theatre-making should come.Paul Gilchrist for Theatre Reds
A set by Aloma Barnes and costumes by Rachel Pui Hui Yan, are accomplished with a utilitarian approach, reflecting a capacity for resourcefulness, which is always necessary for making theatre in emerging spaces. Lights by Mehran Mortezai too are pragmatically rendered, helping us attune to the atmospheric demands of the text. Prema Yin’s deliberative sound design bears a greater inventiveness, able to provide more than basic requirements, to deliver a sense of drama at key moments.Suzy Wrong for Suzy Goes See
Carolyn Neumann for Sydney Arts Guide
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