‘Once Upon a Time … Fairytales remixed’ is being presented at the Hayman Theatre, Curtin University each evening until the 1st November. It is a directors’ exercise production.
A selection of well-known fairytales (but this show is not for children), each given a new twist by a different director. There are seventeen stories, eight or nine ten-minute tales on alternating nights. The directors had been given free reins to do with the stories as they wish, some have retained the standard storyline and concentrated upon the mood and visual effects, others have had a very lateral thinking approach and come up with some very clever interpretations.
The acting standard is generally above average, with a particularly touching performance by Kat Shaw as the ‘Matchstick Girl’ under Jess De Gouw’s direction. Patrick Cullen and Catherine Chiarelli bring humour with ‘The Princess and the Frog’ directed by Helen Shanahan, as do Alex Littlewood and Hannah Rule in Nicole DiGregorio LaBianca’s interpretation of the ‘Little Tin Soldier’ starring Barbie and Ken!
Plenty of thought, lateral interpretation, and invention have gone into this series of plays. Good fun.
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Goldoni is made grouse in this colourful and riotous comic masterpiece. Truffaldino doesn’t really think through the problems inherent in having two bosses – especially when they’re unaware of each other’s presence and desperate to get back into each other’s pants. Our hero reckons he’s found a way of increasing his coin and food income on his labour. Or, as he puts it: “two masters, two wages, two dinners – too right!”