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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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

Production still from the Singapore season of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". Suzanne Andrade. Photographer: Steve Barritt
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Production still from the Singapore season of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea". Suzanne Andrade. Photographer: Steve Barritt

Cast

Suzanne Andrade

Suzanne Andrade

Playwright, Performer, Director

Esme Appleton

Esme Appleton

Performer, Costume Designer

Creatives

Russell Goldsmith

Russell Goldsmith

Sound Operator/Engineer

Paul Barritt

Paul Barritt

Production Manager, Designer

Lillian Henley

Lillian Henley

Pianist

Acknowledgements

A Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and Malthouse Theatre production.

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