Australian Premiere of
ALBUMEN by Mishka Lavigne
“More new projects to announce! Albumen. Chippen Street Theatre for the @nointermissionfest presented by @theatretravels #theatretravelssyd #indietheatre #sydney #actor #nointermission fest ” – Katie Lees, July 9, 2019
“Looking for something to do tonight or this weekend? Come and see Albumen at Chippen Street Theatre.. they also sell wine. @theatretravels @nointermissionfest #theatretravelssyd #indietheatre #australianpremiere ” – Katie Lees, July 26, 2019
“”I want them to have the feeling someone is watching them. I want to be the person watching.” – Albumen by Mishka Lavigne
Albumen tonight 6:30pm at Chippen Street Theatre @theatretravels @nointermissionfest ” – Katie Lees, July 27, 2019
Presented by Theatre Travels for
NO : INTERMISSION FESTIVAL, 2019
“The sensation of having veered off the path. Of being asleep with your eyes wide open. Of being erased and slowly drained of colour. Of being a copy of a copy of a copy… Of being left to wander out in the cold. The sensation of your flaws being exposed, bit by bit, in a photo-bath.
Albumen delves into the existential sensations and harmful co-dependencies of Jessa, a talented artist who abandoned her craft to work in an office and to model for her former mentor, photographer Danielle. In a ritual of sorts, Jessa gives blood every 56 days, in order to give her life meaning. At the clinic, she meets nurse and lover Lucas—both he and Danielle corner Jessa to reveal the things she’s running from, pushing her to her breaking point. Non-linear and poetic, Albumen creates a world of tension between mystery, sex and pain and dives into Jessa’s emotional world with true expressionism.
PRODUCTIONS:
25 – 28 July 2019
Chippen Street Theatre, Chippendale
Produced as part of Theatre Travels’ 2019 NO : INTERMISSION Festival
Directed by: Carly Fisher and Rosie Niven
Lighting Designer: Steffany Synge
Sound Designer: Georgia Condon
Stage Manager: Kim Surya
Photography: Rosie Niven
Starring: Aaresh Madon, Katie Lees, Lali Gill ” – Theatre Travels, read more
Reviews
“On the other hand, Lees as the blunt photographer and artist extraordinaire, is overblown and caricatured in her pomposity and pride. She strides across the stage, lecturing the audience about art and her work in particular, demonstrating an arrogance not backed up by the nuance of power and reverence. The relationship between teacher and student, photographer and model, is a complicated one driven by control and imbalances of power, but it’s difficult to see what draws Jessa to Danielle, even so many years after leaving art school, as the true nature of their ties are shrouded in mystery and an unarticulated history.”
– Night Writes, read the review
“Albumen by Mishka Lavigne was a harrowing exploration of relationships, interdependence, manipulation, depression and self worth. Once-talented art student Jessa donates blood every 56 days in an attempt to bring meaning to her life, which she otherwise spends working in an office and modelling for her eerily influential former photography teacher Danielle. At the donor centre she meets Lucas with whom she embarks on a turbulent relationship repeatedly challenged by Jessa’s personal struggles and self doubt.”
– Olivia Watson, for Sydney Scoop, read the review
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