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Smiling
Prisoner 19
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 Copyright: Australian Theatre of the Deaf, 2003. All Rights Reserved |
Company Smiling
Prisoner 19
- 28 May 2000
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Story,
design and direction: Tony Strachan
Cast: Kate Nelson, Michael Ng, Sokong Kim,
Steve Ripley.
Lighting Design: Bruce McKendry
Composer/soundscape: Blair Greenberg
Stage Manager: Kym Russel
Slide/Photography: MJC Images
Performance Space
Based on the great cell sagas of our time, The
Smiling Prisoner, is the search for humanity in the
dungeons of dictators. The inspiration for this
contemporary play was Wei Jinsheng. Dubbed the
Smiling Prisoner by the international press, Wei
was released from a Chinese prison in 1997 after
intense pressure from the global community.
The Smiling Prisoner commences in an oppressive
nightmare where a prisoner is kept into total
isolation deprived of sound, space, light and food.
But with an absorbing and positive psychological
twist he breaks the will of his guards and gains
freedom spiritually and physically.
What
the director said
....
"This is a visual and psychological theatre work
exploring the mystery of cruelty and compassion
inhabiting our collective psyche."
Copyright: Australian Theatre of the Deaf, 2003. All Rights
Reserved