THE BLOOMSHED
ANIMAL FARM
PREMIERE
PRESENTED BY PLATFORM ARTS & THE BLOOMSHED
120 MINS (TWO 1 HR ACTS)
20 MIN INTERVAL
$20 GENERAL ADMISSION
$15 STUDENT (GROUPS 10+)
$18 CONCESSION
THURS 15 JULY, 7.00PM - SOLD OUT
FRI 16 JULY, 11.00AM - LIMITED SEATS
FRI 16 JULY, 7.00PM
SAT 17 JULY, 7.00PM
WEDS 21 JULY, 7.00PM - LIMITED SEATS
PLATFORM ARTS IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
PLEASE CONTACT HELLO@PLATFORMARTS.ORG.AU FOR ANY ENQUIRIES.
CREDITS
Written by James Jackson & Elizabeth Brennan
Directed by Daniel Lammin
Produced by Sophie Ashkanasy
Stage Manager: Shannon Brown
Set and Costume Designer: Nathan Burmeister
Lighting Designer: John Collopy
Sound Designer and Composer: Kellie-Anne Kimber
Dramaturg: Justin Gardam
Assistant Director: Kathryn Yates
Set and Costume Associate: Samantha Hastings
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Why do we to suffer? There is only one answer: MAN. We are being robbed of everything.
One of the most brutal stories ever told. Written by one of the most incisive and subversive writers of the twentieth century.
Adapted by Platform residency alumni The Bloomshed, George Orwell’s fierce critique of power is funnelled through a contemporary context that sees political oppression, extremism, misinformation and food production erupt into an all-out assault on our contemporary political landscape. Animal Farm is a high-octane mess of punk-protest, political allegory and epic theatre with a rhythm beaten out on abandoned grain silos.
If you want to make an omelette, you’ve got to crack some eggs.
Performed by Laura Aldous, Emma Batty, Elizabeth Brennan, Amanda Dhammanarachchi, James Jackson, Anna Louey, James Malcher, Sam Nix, Emily O'Connor, Lindsay Tempelton and Malith.
The Bloomshed was formed seven years ago by James Jackson, James Hogan, Tom Molyneux and Elizabeth Brennan, when they began creating work in Jackson’s backyard shed.
They cannibalise work that already exists, looking for ways to highlight the contradictions internal to the structure of our society. The Bloomshed has toured shows to Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth, winning numerous accolades and nominations for their energetic, uncomfortable, and politically-charged work.
“Political theatre dredged from the crisis of late capitalism”
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ THE AGE
“A genre-defying production”
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐THEATRE NOW SYDNEY
“The Bloomshed have established themselves firmly as experts in reanimating older texts, bastardising classic texts to create cutting, political contemporary theatre.”
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ THEATRE PEOPLE
