Name: Still Angela
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Still Angela

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An unpredictable portrait of a contemporary Australian woman at three ages. On the cusp of her birthday, Angela goes on a real and imagined journey through time: up the garden path of her childhood; into the kitchen with her lover; and onto a train that travels into the Simpson Desert. Here the possibility and inevitability of change is recognised, and Angela realises and celebrates her life.

This evocative and innovative play may be read as a modern fairytale, exploring the linear and cyclical nature of a woman's life.

"Thoughtful, piquant and evocative. It's a small and beautiful stage poem for the new millennium. [...] Still Angela is an intriguing and ennobling theatrical experience." - Courier Mail {{PlayboxLogo}}

Length in minutes: 0
Cast: 9 total
Roles: 4 female identifying, 5 male identifying
Themes: women, gender
Cast age groups: 18+
Audience age: adult
Publisher: Currency Press

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Angela

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EXTRACT: Jack comes in, chops still frozen, got to make a move inside before movement can happen, girl in kitchen, memory, shadows gradually go, a procession, each one announces themselves with a drum roll, here she comes, birthday girl, I'm no Angel, she gazes across the kitchen, an adult life, a crucial age for a woman, who has not yet fully embarked.

STILL ANGELA: A SLICE OF THE GIRL

MARY-ANN ROBINSON, REALTIME #48, APRIL-MAY 2002

Mary-Ann Robinson talks with Jenny Kemp and collaborators. "Itâ€™s like trying to get the rhythm of one character through 4 people and 2 languagesâ€”choreography and text."

THEATRICAL TENDENCIES

WHEELER CENTRE

VIDEO: Playwrights talk about finding their unique style and methodology, and the personal experiences that inspire their work. Raimondo Cortese, Hannie Rayson, Lally Katz and Jenny Kemp discuss the dramas of drama with Dr Denise Varney. Recorded at the Wheeler Centre in September 2011.

DVD: STILL ANGELA BY JENNY KEMP

DVD of the production of 'Still Angela' by Jenny Kemp are available to purchase from artfilms.

DRAMATIC FORMS AND PERFORMANCE STYLES IN STILL ANGELA

NSW HSC ONLINE

HSC Course information relating to 'Still Angela' by Jenny Kemp, prepared by NSW HSC Online.

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