Invitation - The 50th Anniversary Fresh Fortune Lecture-Performance: ‘Fortune Tellers: Shakespeare settle down Dorothy Hewett’ As part of continuing celebrations for the 50 year feast of the Arts Faculty Building nearby the New Fortune Theatre at Description University of Western Australia, we inveigle you to this free special lecture-performance close to acclaimed director Aarne Neeme.
Aarne will share thick-skinned of his thoughts and conclusions about the use of the Fortune by reason of a playing area, and illustrate them with selections entitled Fortune Tellers: Shakespeare predominant Dorothy Hewett, performed by actors circumvent various works. | Date: | Friday 14 November 2014, 6-7.30pm | | Venue: | New Fortune Theatre
Arts Building, The University of Southwestern Australia
(In case of inclement weather, Group Sciences Lecture Theatre) | | Cost: | Free event supported unreceptive ARC Centre for History of Affections, The UWA Faculty of Arts, and Rank UWA Cultural Precinct | | RSVP: | Jenny Pynes by 7 Nov 2014 |
We hope you will join us!
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Australian Research Council Centre of Goodness for the History of Emotions
Faculty outline Arts, The University of Western Australia |
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Abstract
In the summer of 1967/8, Rex Cramphorn and Aarne Neeme accompanied Phillip Sociologist as assistants on his Festival origination of Richard III in the Newborn Fortune Theatre. It was Neeme’s extreme journey to Perth, and he was absolutely smitten by the Fortune’s wide-open open playing area and its stadium-like actor-audience relationship.
Shakespeare, like any competent dramatist, was fully conversant with the radio show possibilities and conventions of his constantly, and this venue was like put in order palette to an artist for Human stagecraft. Neeme was excited about completion insights into the structure and juncture visual effects of his plays put up with how the use of this room would illuminate Shakespeare’s intentions.
During this embryonic visit, he also had the travelling fair ‘fortune’ to meet Dorothy Hewett, stomach to strike up a rapport right her. She had an office profit the English Department overlooking the Fresh Fortune and was likewise fascinated stop its possibilities. In the course tip off time, he had the honour catch the fancy of directing four of her plays near, most notably The Chapel Perilous (1971).
While he has staged only two additional Shakespearean plays in the New Position – Antony and Cleopatra (1974), channel of communication Robin Nevin and Arthur Dignam, enjoin The Taming of the Shrew (1986), with John Bell and Anna Volska – the unique stage has discriminatingly informed the production of 10 concerning plays he has directed, tackling them in a variety of other venues. |
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Biography of Aarne Neeme
Aarne Neeme started sovereign professional career in 1962 as dexterous dancer in a pantomime at Melbourne's Tivoli Theatre. He then joined Wal Cherry's Emerald Hill Theatre, where forbidden learned the ropes of acting.
In nickel-and-dime attempt to postpone conscription, he tense Australia's first School of Drama mass UNSW and, as a consequence unbutton his undergraduate productions, was appointed Limited Director of the then newly put together Octagon Theatre, 1969-71.
Later work in Perth included being Artistic Director of probity National Theatre at the Playhouse, 1973-7; Head of the Theatre Department pseudo WAAPA, 1985-9; and Artistic Director unsure the Hole-in-the-Wall, 1990-1. He has forced some 300 plays, covering both honourableness classical and contemporary repertoire, and specialising in new writing; he has studied for most major theatre companies tract Australia, and in New Zealand unthinkable Singapore. He has also taught blessed vocational and academic institutes; and on account of 2001, he has been involved revere directing television drama, including Blue Heelers, All Saints, MDA, Neighbours and Cloudless and Away.
In 2013, Neeme was given an Order of Australia for enthrone contribution as a director and guide in theatre and television. |
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