labyrinth
The world is about to change. But with every crisis comes opportunity…
production details
Season dates: 17 Aug-3 Sept, 2022 - Flight Path Theatre
Playwright: Beth Steel
Director/Set Design: Margaret Thanos
Assistant Director: Jess Zlotnick
Movement Director/Cultural Consultant: Diana Paola Alvarado
Cast: Matt Abotomey, Lib Campbell, Rachael Colquhoun-Fairweather, Richard Cox, Angus Evans, Tom Hanaee, Edric Hong, Patricio Ibarro, Brendan Miles, Tasha O’Brien, Camila Ponte-Alvarez and Diego Retamales
Lighting Design: Jas Borsovszky
Sound Design: Sam Cheng
Costume Design: Holly-Jane Cohle
Accent Coach: Felicity Jurd
Fight Choreography: Diego Retamales
Stage Manager: Amy Lawler
Assistant Stage Manager: Laila Chesterman
Producers: Alex Chambers & Angus Evans
Presented by: Dream Plane Productions
synopsis
1978 – Wall Street has been taken over by a new generation. The flood of petrodollars has elevated US banking to an indomitable position. Luxury hotel rooms, fine dining and attractive company is the life of those who jet around the globe selling loans to developing countries eager to borrow, and there are plenty – Mexico, Brazil, Argentina…
But the writing on the wall tells a different tale. It tells of the overwhelming recklessness of the banks, of borrowing countries struggling to repay their debts. And before long, an unthinkable nightmare starts to be made reality.
Labyrinth is a surreal financial thriller that tries to make sense of one of the most catastrophic economic crises of modern history, which melted down banks, brought the world economy to the brink and unleashed devastation to an entire continent that lasted decades.
comedic-relief Rick (Tasha O’Brien) and Philip (Rachael Colquhoun-Fairweather)…play up the humour and guilt that these characters bury in themselves ★★★★½ Theatre Thoughts
Tasha O’Brien and Rachael Colquhoun-Fairweather produce some comic magic Theatre Red
special mention should also be made of Tasha O’Brien and Rachael Colquhoun-Fairweather who played the comic relief of office pencil pushers Rick and Philip to great effect against the snarling, sneering countenance of Charlie and his ilk Night Writes
Rick and Philip, the two ‘side-show’ characters reminiscent of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Hamlet, are gender-bended (played by Tasha O’Brien and Rachael Colquhoun-Fairweather respectively). The choice of female-identifying actors dressed up as hirsute males was not solely for comedic effect, though they did get the biggest laughs of the night as they contemplated the absurdity of the world in their own whimsical and very Leunig-esque way What’s On Sydney
media
Interview with Director of Labyrinth by Olivia Farag, Sydney Theatre Reviews
Production photos: Clare Hawley