I learn a lot from her but I’m also like ‘nobody touch that for the next 20 years!’ She’s a master. Especially when it’s Cate Blanchett playing the lead!Īre you scared of that comparison? I’m not scared, she’s a very good friend of mine. I’ve never seen The Bleeding Tree, which is really helpful because I don’t think it helps to have seen something and then do it. Angus’ next major work just opened at the Sydney Theatre Company and he’s being talked about as a great new voice. This play has won all the awards, the Griffin, the Helpmann, the AWGIE. ![]() The Bleeding Tree was written by a man (Angus Cerini) so it has an interesting perspective. And of course, Jane Johnson who I think is one of the greatest actresses this state is lucky enough to have. We’ve got Glen Richards from Augie March doing the music. I think she can do anything! This is a chance for us to work with her. Katanya went to the Conservatorium of Music and she’s an amazing singer. You’re working with a number of interesting people, such as Katanya Maynard who is making her acting debut. We’ve been quite rigorous to allow people space but also allow people to sit together if they’ve come together. What can audiences expect, in this COVID climate? The social distanced seating will be really interesting. I’ll be there with the cast, because we think this is a play that may need talking about afterwards. There’s a bust out drink at Institut Polaire every night to talk about the play too. We believe the audience are ready and they’re starving. A lot of people are going through that right now and are scared and frustrated. They’ve found a way out of that but at great cost. It’s a story of three women who have been living trapped. Fortuitously, The Bleeding Tree is more poignant now than it ever has been. Ben did a bit more research into it and realised Shakespeare wrote it during the Plague in London. It made me think about all the people who can’t be with the people that they love. I was completely taken by the text and the story. Being a husband and wife team where our kitchen table is our creative table, we just read it aloud to each other. Would we be interested? Ben came up with Venus and Adonis. David’s Cathedral reached out to us and said he was planning a ‘first signs’ series of concerts. How have you navigated the return? Thomas Rimes, director of music at St. The Bleeding Tree, was put on hold because of COVID. Having graced Australian stages and screens for thirty years, Marta Dusseldorp is set to star in The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini at Hobart’s historic Theatre Royal.
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