PARLOUR SONG

by Jez Butterworth

Australian Premiere
May 13 – June 6, 2010
B sharp, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney

“Cristabel Sved’s crisp and economical staging makes light work of the material without capitulating to the temptation of easy laughs. Fairley’s Ned, soft-bellied in all senses, is beautifully played as a man brimming over with the need to please, which makes the help dispensed by Dyktynski’s cheerily callous Dale seem all the more cruel. Phillips’s slow burning Joy – a misnomer if ever there was one – is perfect.”  Jason Blake, Sydney Morning Herald

Photography:  Patrick Boland

Director: Cristabel Sved
Producer: Joanna Fishman
Set/Costume design: William Bobbie Stewart
Lighting Design: Verity Hampson
Sound Design/Composition Andre Jewson
AV Design: Matthew McCall
Stage Manager: Teegan Lee

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“Much of the drama lies in the unsaid and all three performers deliver brilliantly under the direction of Cristabel Sved, veering expertly between comedy and tragedy. As the suburban veneer is peeled back and the cracks in the characters’ lives and relationships are exposed, a bizarre, nightmarish world threatens to take over and the tension builds to a devastating climax. Parlour Song is an intelligent, witty and dark comment on our consumerist society and the suburban dream.” Gina Flaxman Time Out