Sydney Theatre Company August 2014 MACBETH Here you will find a collection of resources to assist you in further study of the Scottish play. On Cue On Cue is STC Ed’s e-publication for each mainstage show featured in the education season. On Cue features curriculum links, information about the playwright, director, synopsis, character analysis, thematic […]
Sydney Theatre Company November 11, 2013 Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot can seem an intimidating megalith. In this collection of frequently asked questions, we break it down into manageable chunks. WHAT’S IT ABOUT? At its simplest, Waiting for Godot is about two old friends, Vladimir and Estragon, waiting for someone called Godot. Their wait is broken up by the […]
Cinematic Intelligence Agency Scriptwriters Stavros Kazantzidis and Allanah Zitserman began developing Horseplay with the vision to create a tale about murder, lust, greed, revenge and turf. They had been inspired for some time by 17th century Jacobean theatre, particularly tragedies such as The white devil by John Webster and The changeling by Middleton and Rowley, […]
Sixteenfilms.co.uk Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought […]
Icon Film Distribution THE TENDER HOOK Written and directed by Jonathan Ogilvie Starring Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne and Matt Le Nevez Release Date: September 18, 2008 Running Time: 104 minutes Rating: M Short synopsis Set in a stylised version of 1920s Sydney, THE TENDER HOOK charts a young woman’s rise to the apex of a […]
Parkland Pictures Locations: Sydney and Melbourne, Australia Cast: Hugo Weaving (The Matrix ; Lord of the Rings ; V for Vendetta) Rose Byrne (Troy ; Marie Antoinette) Director: Jonathan Ogilvie Set in a stylised version of 1920's Sydney, The Tender Hook, charts a young woman's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle. Femme fatale […]
From Rold De Heer's Vertigo Productions website: GENESIS 0F PROJECT During post production of "The Quiet Room" early in 1996, I received a call from France, asking if I'd be interested in a film set in "Amazonia". There was a 4th draft script based on a short novel, "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories" […]
A Note from Jocelyn Moorhouse (Writer and Director) "In 1986 someone told me that they had met a blind photographer. At the time I didn’t think to ask why a blind person would take photographs, but I soon found the unknown answer haunted me. I’m fascinated by blindness and how blind people cope with not […]