2009 Green Room Award Nominations (Theatre – Companies)
Best Production
Male Supporting Performer – Joshua Hewitt
Set Design – Claude Marcos
Lighting Design – Danny Pettingill
3xSisters is a playful and inventive deconstruction of Chekhov’s elegiac tale of love, despair and the longing for change, seen through the eyes of three of Melbourne’s best young directors: Simon Stone, Mark Winter and Benedict Hardie. Each director has been given a third of the original Three Sisters text, the same cast, the same designers and this challenge: to stamp one of theatre’s greatest plays with a bold and original vision. In the space of two hours, The Hayloft Project’s ensemble of some of Melbourne’s most exciting theatre makers (including artists from the Black Lung and Stuck Pigs Squealing) will synthesise three unique visions of Chekhov’s most popular play into one unmissable night of theatre.
“Acting is miraculously good, the design ingenious, the concept realised. You’ll love it or loathe it. I doubt you’ll ever forget it. (5 stars)” – Chris Boyd, Herald Sun (read full review)
“3xSisters is an extraordinary production, and possibly the best thing I’ve seen the independent theatre do in Australia yet.” – Jana Perkovic, Guerrilla Semiotics
“a young company with talent to burn” – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Inspired by Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters
Direction: Benedict Hardie, Simon Stone, Mark Winter
Cast: Gareth Davies, Angus Grant, Thomas Henning, Joshua Hewitt, Shelly Lauman, Eryn Jean Norvill, Anne-Louise Sarks, Katherine Tonkin and Tom Wren
Set Design: Claude Marcos
Lighting Design: Danny Pettingill
Producer: Carl Nilsson-Polias
Running Time 150 min
In Conversation
The Art of Direction
Sunday May 10, 1.30pm at the Meat Market
Joining Simon Stone, Benedict Hardie and Mark Winter (the three directors of 3xSisters) will be Alison Croggon (theatre notes blogger and reviewer for The Australian), Daniel Schlusser (Peer Gynt) and Mary Sitarenos (2008 Green Room winner for Best Direction) to discuss the art of direction in a public forum. This is a rare opportunity to hear some of Melbourne’s finest theatre makers speak about their work. Admission is free.
Photos from 3xSisters
Photos from 3xSisters in Rehearsal
