Two debutante teams of producers are strutting their stuff in short seasons on Perth stages this week.
Fracture
by Lucy Clements
Directed by Joe Lui
Designed by Patrick Howe
Featuring Salacia Briggs, Paul Grabovac, James Marzec and Mikala Westall
Blue Room Theatre
Until June 27
Lucy
Clements and Harriet Roberts are stepping out from their final year at
WAAPA with Clement’s psychological drama Fractured. They’ve done their
due diligence and delivered a tight, crafty script in a perfect venue,
realised by the established talent they’ve engaged, including the
director Joe Lui and designer Patrick Howe.
The script has some
infelicities, and could do with some more effective relief from the
pervasive gloom, but Fracture is a strong beginning for Clements and
Roberts.
How We Ruined MacArthur’s Markers
By Thomas Owen and Cal Silberstein
Music by Jackson Griggs
Directed by Thomas Owen
Performed by Ben Thomas, James Cohen, Amy Fortnum, Olivia Everett, Sven Ironside and Madeline Crofts
Subiaco Arts Centre
Until June 27
While Fracture looks forward to its creators’ future, Thomas Owen, Cal Silberstein and Jackson Griggs’ How We Ruined MacArthur’s Markers looks back to their days in UWA’s University Dramatic Society, where a version of it was produced last year.
Some of the young cast do well (Madeline Croft’s dipsomaniac company lawyer and Sven Ironside’s love struck accountant had good nights), but MacArthur’s Markers gave us little indication of the potential of either its creators or performers.
Go to both reviews in The West Australian
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