The Girls in Grey
$37.18
- Paperback
48 pages
- Release Date
29 February 2012
Summary
Set in World War I, The Girls in Grey tells the story of three Australian Army nurses. The play shows how history can be dynamically interpreted through drama. It challenges the audience to rethink female identity in WWI and provides a female perspective on the ANZAC legend.
Four actors perform the play: three female and one actor playing all the male characters representing each character through voice and gesture. The show features minimalist performance styles and staging…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780868199429 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0868199427 |
| Author: | Carolyn Bock, Helen Hopkins |
| Publisher: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | Currency Press Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 29 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 790g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 135mm |
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About The Author
Carolyn Bock
CAROLYN BOCK is co-founder of The Shift Theatre with Helen Hopkins and appeared in their first production of Two Sisters and a Piano by Nilo Cruz. The Girls in Grey is her first foray into writing. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, Bock has enjoyed a diverse career spanning twenty years in dance, theatre, television and film. Her credits include At the Centre of Light, the story of Mary MacKillop by Rosemary Johns touring regionally and to QLD. Her other theatre credits include Metamorphoses for MTC, Fatboy by Tony Ayres for Playbox and many independent shows for La Mama and other companies. Her body of work during the 90s earnt her a Green Room nomination. Television credits include, Winners and Losers, Lowdown, Neighbours, City Homicide, Last Man Standing, Horace and Tina, MDA, Blue Heelers and Stingers. Film credits include lead roles in Vanished (TBR), SNAK, Zone 39. Other film credits include Murder in Greenwich (USA), “Fish and Chips” by director Anna Boinowski and Sudden Night. From 2003–2008 Bock ran New Generation Dance Theatre for children. In 2011 Bock joined Rosemary Johns devising and co-directing The Golden Fleece for Hawkesdale College. She is also a member of Rollercoaster Theatre Company as a support worker and performed in their production of Realeyes for Melbourne Fringe.HELEN HOPKINS is co-founder of The Shift Theatre with Carolyn Bock and has appeared in their productions of Two Sisters and a Piano and Fred at The Dog Theatre as well as the two developmental seasons of The Girls in Grey. Hopkin’s work has encompassed theatre companies including Hoy Polloy Theatre Company, La Mama, Australian Shakespeare Company, Auspicious Arts Projects, Essential Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Performing Arts Projects. She played Beatrice in Australian Shakespeare Company’s touring musical production of Much Ado about Nothing and performed in Karen Martin’s production of The Women’s Jail Project in Melbourne and Dublin. Hopkins has featured in lead roles in the films The Marey Project, Hamlet X, Ghost Paintings 1-4 and Sensitive New Age Killer (SNAK). She has written two other plays, a version of The Frog Prince with Matthew Ahern and the story of the Chirnside family, Grind and Grandeur, for Werribee Mansion.
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