Program Guide 2008 Program Guide | Page 46

Jeff Busby NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK WORLD Premiere KAGE Appetite FW Murnau’s Faust The much anticipated new work from multi-award winning contemporary performance company KAGE with original musical score by Phillip Johnston Directed by Kate Denborough and combining original live music from acclaimed female vocalist New Buffalo, incisive text from award-winning playwright Ross Mueller and featuring a fusion of dance, theatre and visual design, Appetite promises to be a literal feast. Presented by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival Appetite is the story of a successful woman on the eve of her 39th birthday. Ambushed by her own sense of disquiet – searching for fulfilment, craving meaning and reinvigoration – she invites her closest family and friends to dinner but, as the night progresses, when realising that her hunger for life, for lust, for sensation has disappeared, she is inspired to change. WARNING: Adult Concepts, Coarse Language and Cigarette Smoking (Tobacco Free) Directed by Kate Denborough Writer Ross Mueller Dramaturg Brett Adam Composer & Musician New Buffalo Set Design Kennedy Nolan Architects Costume Design Paula Levis Performers Fiona Cameron, Michelle Heaven, Brian Lucas, Catherine McClements & Gerard Van Dyck the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio Full Groups (8+) Conc Student / MF-Y Wed 22 – Sat 25 Oct at 7.45pm Sat 25 Oct at 2pm 1hr 10min no interval (Performance on Thu 23 Oct followed by a post show Q&A) “Johnston’s work is characterised by its wilful perversity – its utter unwillingness to stay in one place, its defiance of genre, its universal embrace of the offbeat, its celebration of the quirky, dramatic and surprising gesture.” Seth Rogovoy This 1926 German Expressionist silent film classic was FW Murnau’s last German film before emigrating to America and is considered by many to be his masterpiece. Using fantastic special effects and painterly tableaux to tell a story that is larger than life, yet tragic in its human dimensions, its themes of Fate, human vanity, individual free will, and self-sacrifice are as powerful today as ever. Phillip Johnston’s original score for Faust was commissioned by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and premiered at the New York Film Festival. The score features songs with lyrics by Australian playwright Hilary Bell as well as instrumental underscore, performed by a new Australian ensemble featuring Elizabeth Jones (accordion), John Napier (cello) and Lauren Easton (voice), along with the composer on saxophone, piano and ukulele. $35 $31.50 $26.25 $25 Discounts apply. Save up to 20% Matinee Discounts also apply. See page 2 for details. Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Cinema 2 Full Conc Sat 11 & Sun 12 Oct at 7pm Sun 12 Oct at 1pm ACMI Box Office (03) 8663 2583 www.melbournefestival.com.au www.acmi.net.au 1hr 57min no interval $25 $20 Ticketmaster 1300 136 166 www.melbournefestival.com.au Developed with the assistance of FULL TILT at the Arts Centre. Produced by Keep Breathing 44 Supported by WEEK M T W T F S S WEEK M T W T F S S 01 9 10 11 12 01 9 10 11 12 02 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 02 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 03 20 21 22 23 24 25 03 20 21 22 23 24 25