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) Sleep/Wake Direction & Design: Sam Trubridge Creative Collaborator: Professor Philippa Gander Presented by Massey University. A collaboration between the Sleep/Wake Research Centre and The Playground (NZ Ltd) at Auckland Town Hall, Auckland From 7 Mar 2009 to 10 Mar 2009 Reviewed by Raewyn Whyte, 10 Mar 2009 originally published in New Zealand Herald |
Sleeping, waking and dreaming are the stuff of performance in the ambitious hybrid production Sleep/Wake currently running in The Great Hall. Director/designer Sam Trubridge and his cast have collaborated with, Professor Philippa Gander and the Massey University Sleep/Wake Research Centre to develop the show...
The performance presents a plethora of information about sleep, ranging from the purely scientific through the mythological to personal narrative. The text is formally delivered by an imperious Orator (Jamie Burgess) dressed like a Minoan priestess minus the snake, and in parallel with the text, the cast variously inhabit the key stages of sleeping, dreaming and waking. Video sequences and live feed splash across the walls, and a moody and at times threatening sound score (Bevan Smith) enlivens events. [More]
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