Production still for "Faker". Gideon Obarzanek. Photographer: Heidrun Löhr
Faker
23 March 2011 – 02 April 2011 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Chunky Move Dance Company,
Dance Co-Production
Faker arose out of a two week workshop Obarzanek undertook with a young dancer. Despite best intentions, not everything went to plan. Success, experience and earned respect count for little when pitted against the doubts that haunt an empty studio. In Faker we find Obarzanek at his computer reading an email he received from the young dancer letting him know, in the most brutally honest language, her thoughts on the time spent working with him. Frank and darkly humorous, Faker exposes the expectations and disappointments, the creative aspirations and personal doubts of dance and theatre making.
"DEEPLY INVOLVING ... FAKER DOES IT EXPERTLY AND MEMORABLY."
— The Australian
"AN INTRIGUING RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS PARALLELS IN OTHER ARTS AND BEYOND."
— Sydney Morning Herald
Cast
Performer, Lighting Designer, Creator
Creatives
Consultant
Consultant
Consultant
Lighting Designer
Executive Producer
Consultant
Stage Manager
Acknowledgements
A Malthouse Theatre and Chunky Move production.