Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre
December 18, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre
Company announce future plans
After a thorough examination of the compatible activities that may arise through the move into the new
State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, both Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre
Company have agreed to postpone a possible merger at this time.
In August 2008, after 18 months of discussions, Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre
Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU outlines the Companies’ intent and
commitment to examine commercial opportunities as they move towards residency in the new State Theatre
Centre of Western Australia.
The MOU directed a joint working party’s exploration of specific opportunities for the creation of a newentity
that could meet a number of objectives. To facilitate this process an independent consultant was appointed,
who submitted his draft recommendations to the working party in November.
The consultant’s draft report recommended that a new artistic model and a new corporate structure be
implemented. Whilst the Boards considered the initial recommendations to be valuable, they required a level of additional financial support to implement the recommendations should they be adopted.
During the course of the discussion process, a serious decline in worldwide economic growth started to affect Western Australia. Neither Company is currently able to fund the full recommendations.
Given this, it has been agreed that any attempt to proceed to implement the recommendations and operate the proposed model would not meet the original MOU undertakings.
To that end both Boards have agreed the following:
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Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company will not proceed at this stage with the
merger recommendations as per the consultant’s draft report.
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Both Companies will continue to consider possible merger and operational opportunities.
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The consultant’s draft report will be reviewed and reconsidered as a framework for future discussions in
2010.
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Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company will continue to cooperate closely in
relation to matters concerning the Companies’ move and residency in the new State Theatre Centre.
Perth Theatre Company and Black Swan State Theatre Company look forward to focussing their energy on
their respective seasons.
Media Source : PTC
GUY PEARCE STARRING IN WORLD PREMIERE POOR BOY
December 6, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
MTC’s new theatre – The Sumner Theatre – will have its long anticipated opening
with a new play by Matt Cameron and Tim Finn, starring Guy Pearce and directed
by Simon Phillips on Tuesday 27 January.
Poor Boy, which has been commissioned by MTC, is a play with songs about a boy
who announces on his seventh birthday that he is really a grown man who died
some years before.
Combining well-known and new songs by Tim Finn, Poor Boy is a supernatural
ghost story about loss, anguish and redemption.
Pearce plays the grown man Danny, with the other cast to include Matthew
Dyktynski, Sarah Peirse, Greg Stone and Sara Gleeson. Musical Director is Ian
McDonald, Designer Iain Aitken and Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper.
Poor Boy represents a return to the stage for Pearce who was last seen in MTC’s
production of Tennessee Williams’s Sweet Bird of Youth in 2002.
Pearce first came to international attention in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen
of the Desert (1994). He cemented a growing reputation in the noir thriller, LA
Confidential (1997) and then Memento (2000). His other film credits include
William Friedkin’s Rules of Engagement (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2001),
The Time Machine (2002), The Proposition (2005), Factory Girl (2006) and Death
Defying Acts (2007). His next screen appearance will be in the adaptation of
Cormac McCarthy’s best-seller The Road.
Presented by arrangement with Poor Boy Enterprises Pty Ltd and Llegup Pty Ltd.
Inspired by an original idea by Tim Finn.
A co-production with Sydney Theatre Company.
The Sumner Theatre
21 January to 8 March
Opening night: Tuesday 27 January at 8:00pm
Booking information: Subscriptions T 03 9684 4555 or www.mtc.com.au
Single tickets (from 1 December 2008):
Ticketmaster 1300 723 038 or www.mtc.com.au
Media source : Christy Hopwood “MTC”