Production still from the Singapore season of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". L-R: Esme Appleton, Suzanne Andrade. Photographer: Steve Barritt
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
By 1927
01 July 2008 – 13 July 2008 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, 1927,
Theatre Cabaret International Co-Production
Venture inside the Luggy Hole where the only person left on dry land is a man in a newspaper suit with a small cone. He puts the cone on his head and now he is King. Ten vignettes unfurl as the vintage projector creaks into motion.
"AN ENTIRELY ELEGANT PRODUCTION ... 1927'S VINTAGE AESTEHTIC DRAWS FROM SILENT FILM, DADA, EDWARD GOREY-STYLE CARICATURE, AND MOVING PICTURES TINGED WITH PSYCHEDELIA AND THE GOTHIC."
— The Village Voice
Cast
Playwright, Performer, Director
Performer, Costume Designer
Creatives
Sound Operator/Engineer
Production Manager, Designer
Pianist
Acknowledgements
A Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and Malthouse Theatre production.