Duets for Actor and Musician

 

What makes the individual whole?
 
Duets for Actor and Musician
is a theatrical installation which reinterprets the form of the monologue as a score for multiple parts. Unstitching notions of the singular subject, this collaboration between director, three writers, three actors, three musicians, and three visual artists delivers the solo instead as a song for two...
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A theatrical installation which lays bare the details of individual psyche which intercede to render it whole, Duets for Actor and Musician is an enlivening fracture of self-perception, and a unique exploration of form.

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© A is for Atlas 2008
Production Credits
'Heracles 5' text by Heiner Müller
Translated from the German by Carl Weber
Concept, disruption and original texts by Xan Colman and Gert Reifarth
Original music by Christopher Mildren
Directed by Xan Colman
Stage Design: Dayna Morrissey
Lighting Design: Richard Vabre
Costume Design: Katherine Hamer
Video Design: Nicholas Verso
Sound Design: Matt Adair
Co-director and Dramaturg: Gert Reifarth
Assistant Director: Nicole Smith
Performed by Jack Walters, Wes Snelling, Rebecca Ritters, Lee Mason, Moe Hammoud, Tania Lentini, Andrew Gray and Jim McDonagh
Band: Christopher Mildren, Tom Hoskins and Chloe Dempsey
Fight Choreography: Felicity Steel
Movement Consultant: Belle McDonagh
Voiceovers: Janine Watson and Tom Wren
Stage Manager: Rita Verrocchi
Operators: Kris Chainey, Lucas Silva-Myles and Jeremy Smith
Production Support: Michelle Barnett
Produced by Xan Colman and Grant Cooper
Performance Dates
23-26 June 2010 – Arts House, Meat Market (Melbourne)
Supporters
Arts House/City of Melbourne, Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, The Angior Family Foundation, The Hamer Family Fund, The City of Yarra, The City of Maribyrnong, JCDecaux, Design to Print, Yarra Trams, Millimetre, Plakkit, Printlinx and Crumpler.
Our thanks also to… (and a big list)
Heracles in Berlin
Heracles High 5 had a period of creative development at TanzFabrik Berlin in January 2010.
Video
Poster
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Media Release
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Show Programme
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Interview
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Reviews
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Audio
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