2014 THEATRE WORKS SEASON PROGRAMME

THEATRE WORKS

Theatre Works is a creative hub in the heart os St Kilda, Supporting visionary artists, nurturing the development of ideas and providing space for bold artistic adventures.

REVIEW: THéRèSE RAQUIN

SAMANTHA WILSON, ARTSHUB, 2 MARCH 2012

"A lengthy but gripping adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1867 novel of the same name, Gary Abrahams’ Thérèse Raquin chronicles a woman’s downfall following neglect, manipulation, a torrid affair, madness, and ultimately murder."

ARTICLE: PLAYWRIGHT NOTES: GARY ABRAHAMS, THéRèSE RAQUIN

PLAYWRITING AUSTRALIA, 24 FEBRUARY 2012

"In his adaptation of one of the 19th Century’s first great modern novels, Gary Abrahams captures the monstrous ethical and proto-psychological landscapes of Émile Zola’s writing. With sharp intelligence he distils class claustrophobia, mordant humour and haunting gothic suspense compel this unsettling contemporary drama of desire, aspiration and amorality."

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THEATRE WORKS, 2014

(PDF Download) Theatre Works hosts world-premiere adaptation of Émile Zola’s gothic horror Thérèse Raquin.

REVIEW: THERESE RAQUIN SUCKS IN THE AUDIENCE

CAMERON WOODHEAD, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 18 AUGUST 2014

"It’s an imaginative and immersive adaptation, directed with skill and style, compressing the terrific density of Zola’s novel into a stark but subtle drama."

DIRECTOR GARY ABRAHAMS' FASCINATION WITH GUILT MOVES HIM...

CAMERON WOODHEAD, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 18 AUGUST 2014

"Playwright Declan Greene once remarked that Gary Abrahams was probably the most radical theatre director in Melbourne: fearless about making unfashionable work and daring, at a moment when pronouncements were being made about the death of “literary theatre”, to believe in the power of text on stage."