tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post5272731843014042391..comments2024-01-20T16:46:43.636+11:00Comments on Kevin Jackson's Theatre Diary: The PackerGeorge Khuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10220918958933755405noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-49969338503292596632008-05-15T21:23:00.000+10:002008-05-15T21:23:00.000+10:00I would have to agree with Aubrey. It was a sensa...I would have to agree with Aubrey. It was a sensational piece of theatre. There is just no way you can compare these shows!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-61867863161504754672008-05-13T17:39:00.000+10:002008-05-13T17:39:00.000+10:00Hey BB Horner,I was trying to keep it positive! An...Hey BB Horner,<BR/><BR/>I was trying to keep it positive! Any suggestions for the next poll?<BR/><BR/>Pearl (Moderator)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-44407678724890167932008-05-13T16:44:00.000+10:002008-05-13T16:44:00.000+10:00"Which plays do you give thumbs up to?"Where is th..."Which plays do you give thumbs up to?"<BR/><BR/>Where is the 'None of the above' option?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-50365900203839955332008-05-09T19:19:00.000+10:002008-05-09T19:19:00.000+10:00Having now seen both Redgrave and Nevin in the rol...Having now seen both Redgrave and Nevin in the role I can categorically say that Nevin is a regional hack. I am disappointed in you Kevin for not seeing through her affectation and melodramatic imitation of vulnerability. The comparision between the two actresses is astounding. The production here felt parochial in every way and while we may all be smiling politely at Cate's very sweet attempts at directing (like watching NIDA directing students' staging) after three productions I don't think it is unreasonable to expect more than competence. I doubt I shall ever forgive the gothic horror version of "Blackbird". This is our flagship stage we are talking about - at what point do we demand directors of real stature, experience and range to bring more to the stage than what we saw in her interpretation of "The Year of Magical Thinking"? I am sick of having foyer conversations about how tepid her work is as a director. So the Artistic Director is an actor... let her act - it's what we all want to see her do anyway. Please stop making her/letting her direct. We don't need another mediocre director. When did we stop wanting genius on our stages?<BR/><BR/>Chris BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200658218238769688.post-34559712428790554772008-05-09T15:19:00.000+10:002008-05-09T15:19:00.000+10:00Congratulations Kevin! How wonderful that you are ...Congratulations Kevin! How wonderful that you are doing this! Let's hope your site becomes as famous and important as Alison Croggon's Melbourne blogg. I missed the Sydney season, but when The Packer was presented in Melbourne over three years ago, I was struck by the originality and genuine freshness of the text. Far from cliched, I found the world of pacific-rap-slang to be entirely new and surprisingly closer to New York's Harlem than anything heard in Sydney. When I compare it to the tired old territory revisited with a scalpel by Joan Didion, in non dramatic material, together with the self-confessed lack of characterisation in Robyn's 'witnessing' of it - rather than acting of it - I have to disagree with you entirely. I want the life and blood of the young minorities' struggles of today, and not the cold recollections of aged, wealthy, famous 'literary' types who fnd themselves vaguely surprised that there are such things as loss and pain in the world.Aubrey Mellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604069974117245940noreply@blogger.com