Festen - Melbourne Theatre Company 2006

by David Eldridge play based on The Dogme Film by Thomas Vinterbrerg

Festen is a British stage adaptation of the 1998 Danish film of the same name (The Celebration being the film's release title in North America). The adaptation is by English playwright David Eldridge. It was first staged in 2004 by producer Marla Rubin at the Almeida Theatre in London, and has since been staged in many countries around the world.As the time arises for birthday speeches to be made to the party's subject, one of his sons stands and asks the assembled guests to choose which of two prepared speeches he should read. The guests select one not knowing its contents, and the son declares it the "truth speech". As he begins to talk, it becomes dramatically clear that he is not praising his father but accusing him of having sexually abused him and his sister, who shortly after committed suicide, during their childhood. The rest of the story traces the family's turbulent battle with the truth to discover whether the son's cold rage is justified or the product of a deranged imagination.

Festen MTC - Nicholas Bell, Julia Blake, Melinda Butel, Ditch Davey, Jason Donovan, JUuie Eckersley, KIm Gyngell, Bob Hornery, Chris Kirby, Alex Menglet, John Stanton, Kat Stewart, Greg Ulfan, Beatrice Bradley, Jessica Evans, Emily Farrell

Director Simon Phillips
Designer Shaun Gurton
Lighting Matt Scott
Stage Manager Allison Brown

Playbill / Program Date Aug - Sep 2006 The Fairfax Studio

Size 150 x 240 mm 

Condition: Used Good 8/10  

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