Production still for "Kitten". L-R: Kate Kendall, Natasha Herbert. Photographer: Ross Bird
Kitten
By Jenny Kemp
03 October 2008 – 25 October 2008 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Black Sequin Productions, Melbourne International Arts Festival,
Commission Theatre World Premiere Co-Production
Kitten looms on the edge of a cliff, her lover perhaps lost to the sea, his best friend at her side. She is a song in three movements, a fragmented, untameable self. She surrounds herself with the relics of a love lost, but memory alone won't fill the void. This yearning becomes a vacuum so powerful it threatens to devour her world.
The landscape of a mind in disorder has no horizon. Kitten's rollercoaster journey from the depths of despair to soaring hope makes for theatre at its most powerful, freeing us from the illusion that everyday life is a realm removed from our hidden interiors.
"KEMP'S EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS AS A CREATOR OF HAUNTING PAINTERLY BEAUTY ... STRIVING TO CONNECT WITH THINGS THAT EXIST WITHOUT A VERBAL LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS THEM."
—The Age
Cast
Creatives
Dramaturg
Sound Designer, Composer
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Playwright, Director
Choreographer
Dramaturg
Dramaturg
Lighting Designer
Sound Operator/Engineer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Besen Family Artist
Besen Family Artist
Besen Family Artist
Acknowledgements
Kitten was jointly commissioned by Melbourne International Arts Festival, Malthouse Theatre, and Black Sequin Productions. THe script has been develloped with support from Major Festivals Initiative, the Theatre Fund, and the 2006 Australian National Playwrights Conference