Arts Centre
Melbourne Present
The White Faced
Crew’s
LA VIE DANS UNE
MARIONETTE
(Life in a Puppet)
Fairfax Theatre –
Arts Centre Melbourne
18 &19 January
– 7pm
20 January 2pm
& 7pm
This delightful
show is most appropriate for children who are eight years and over and quite a
delight for adults. However children
younger than eight find hilarity throughout due to the incorporated comic
repetition.
The show opens well before metaphorical curtain
with the very personable and charming Jarod Rawiri chatting to the audience in
the Foyer, and getting up to some wacky ginks in the Auditorium. By Rawiri, as a witty white-faced clown, children
are engaged and encouraged, to respond naturally and spontaneously.
Rawiri is also our compare. He recruits an unsuspecting audience member
to assist him in a hysterical introduction of what to do and what not to do as
a Theatre audience.
Subsequently the show progresses in a
riveting silence - with the exception of piano accompaniment both played and
recorded.
Tama Jarman, a white faced pianist, is in
his austere one roomed home. Obviously
an eccentric lonely character with some quirky behavioral ticks this sensitive
musician hides from the world. However a
marionette (Christopher Ofanoa) is delivered in a box. What ensues is some stunning mime between
these two characters and then a kind of disclosure from Jarman. His character experiences a journey of self
revelation that enables him to better understand himself and renders him much
less stitched up.
This curious and intriguing little show is
not without a lesson/moral and resolves very movingly. Take from it what you will it is a unique
treat from New Zealand that is well worth catching in its short season in the
comfortable Fairfax Theatre.
The ticket prices are very reasonable for
such a unique and evocative event. LA
VIE DANS UNE MARIONETTE offers a lovely opportunity for the whole family to get
together and enjoy one of the numerous family friendly offerings available at
the Arts Centre Melbourne.
Suzanne Sandow
(For Stage Whispers)
No comments:
Post a Comment