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"The cast's deep, emotionally real performances made sure the complicated narrative was delivered in such a way that losing attention was virtually impossible." ARNE FEALING reviews "Speaking in Tongues". ....
Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues is about life's complexities | The Canberra Times canberratimes.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from canberratimes.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It's an open question as to whether theatre director Cate Clelland would've been helped if she'd seen the film "Lantana" before directing Andrew Bovell’s play "Speaking in Tongues", on which the movie was based, writes HELEN MUSA. ....
Frances confronts the Governor’s family. Photo: Helen Drum. Theatre / ”The Governor’s Family”, Canberra Repertory Society, at the Canberra Rep Theatre until July 17. Reviewed by PHILLIP MACKENZIE. Playwrights Conference in Canberra, followed in 1997 by a season at Belvoir Street. Since then, the play seems to have faded into obscurity until Canberra Rep, directed by Tony Llewellyn-Jones, took it on last year – but, as a result of covid restrictions, held it over until now. A gang-rape in 1886 Sydney ostensibly provides the historical basis of the play. Public outrage ran high and most of the teenage culprits were hanged, while others received long prison sentences. The victim was subsequently taken into the Governor’s household; she later moved to New Zealand, where she died an early death. ....