Anton’s Women
06/03/08 20:17
Theatre Company: Migratore Worx
Writer: Donna Banicevich-Gera
Director: Judith Stevens-Ly
Actors: Andrew Laing, Ingrid Park, Vicky Yiannoutsos, Noa Campbell, Liz Tierney
Location: MusgroveTheatre
Passion, Urge, Compatibility
The play focuses on four women who influence Anton, a Dalmation gum digger, as he strives to become a New Zealander. We step in and out of time as we see Vanya, left behind in Damatia; Hewa, the Maori woman he met on the gum fields; Isobel, the English woman he married and Danica, brought from the homeland to marry his son. They gather on what looks to be Anton’s last day.
It was wonderfully refreshing to see an indigenous play revealing a part of our heritage not often discussed or explored. I thoroughly enjoyed the way the story gradually unfolded as the characters convincingly switched from the present to the past.
Writer: Donna Banicevich-Gera
Director: Judith Stevens-Ly
Actors: Andrew Laing, Ingrid Park, Vicky Yiannoutsos, Noa Campbell, Liz Tierney
Location: MusgroveTheatre
Synopsis:
Passion, Urge, Compatibility
The play focuses on four women who influence Anton, a Dalmation gum digger, as he strives to become a New Zealander. We step in and out of time as we see Vanya, left behind in Damatia; Hewa, the Maori woman he met on the gum fields; Isobel, the English woman he married and Danica, brought from the homeland to marry his son. They gather on what looks to be Anton’s last day.
Thoughts on this Production:
It was wonderfully refreshing to see an indigenous play revealing a part of our heritage not often discussed or explored. I thoroughly enjoyed the way the story gradually unfolded as the characters convincingly switched from the present to the past.