A very Blue year in review
Here's a look back at some of the fabulous faces that we've brought to the Hobart stages.
Jeff Michel in Pedalling Back
Pedalling Back
By Jeff Michel, directed by Frank Newman with Melissa King.
A play developed through the Cowshed, Blue Cow’s play-and-playwrights development program. The production of "Pedalling Back" was funded by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts.
“Intelligent, fun, absorbing and elegantly simple.”
“All the hallmarks of an instant classic. Michel’s superb technique allows him to turn his play on a pin.”
Georgia Blizzard and Robert Jarman in The Surgeon's Hands (Photo: Lucy Parakhina)
The Surgeon's Hands
by Alison Mann, directed by Annette Downs.
A play developed through the Cowshed, Blue Cow’s play-and-playwrights development program.
“Mann’s script is by turns tender, brutal, visceral, and laugh-out-loud funny.” – Danielle Wood, UTas
“It never settles into a stereotyped groove, but keeps twisting and turning —emotionally, excitingly, uncomfortably.”
“Mann’s script is by turns tender, brutal, visceral, and laugh-out-loud funny. ”
Thomas Campbell.
Misterman
by Enda Walsh, directed by Kate Gaul
A Siren Theatre Company production, co-presented by Blue Cow, Siren and the Theatre Royal.
“Perfect in almost every regard. All the elements combine to create something unexpectedly moving and overwhelming. ”
“Riveting. An energised, gripping portrait.”
Cowshed play-reading of new Tasmanian work. (Photo: Andrew Ross)
The Cowshed Playreading
Blue Cow Theatre’s plays-and-playwrights development program.
Dramaturge: Peter Matheson.
“Compelling new work… another significant milestone for Blue Cow and its program for local writers ”
Maude Davey. (Photo: Paul Dunn)
My Life in the Nude
Created and performed by Maude Davey.
Co-presented by Maude Davey, Blue Cow Theatre and the Festival of Voices.
“It blew my mind. It flashes up and grabs you, then caresses you, then hits you in the guts.”
“I was staggering around like I’d just been struck by an arrow. Congratulations on your warmth, brilliance, honesty and joy.”
Andrew Casey, Guy Hooper, Melissa King, Finegan Kruckemeyer, John Xintavelonis. (Photo: Tony McKendrick)
Simon's Final Sound
by Finegan Kruckemeyer, directed by Robert Jarman.
Blue Cow national tour, managed by Tasmania Performs, supported by Playing Australia and Regional Arts Fund through Tasmanian Regional Arts.
“This small company has come so far to bring such a delightful Odyssey to us; a really refreshing night of theatre that was both meaningful and cheerfully zany.”
“Silly and funny and charming”
Anna Kidd, Guy Hooper, Robert Maxwell, Fiona Stewart, Ellen Roe, Ivano del Pio, Claire Dawson, Scott Farrow. (Photo: Andrew Ross)
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Jarman.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Tempest at the Tasmanian Art Gallery and Museum.
“It was divine. Guy Hooper’s Prospero was magnificent (and) director Robert Jarman found an emotional register in the text that is rarely seen.”
“Another triumph for Blue Cow! ”