by Peter Handke, translated by Meredith Oakes | directed by Patrick Nolan
Presented by NIDA and Legs on the Wall
A THIRD YEAR PRODUCTION
21 - 24 August 2010, 8pm | Customs House Square
Legs on the Wall is the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation Artist-in-Residence at NIDA in 2010.
"Only through what comes after does that which has gone before gain contours; and what went on before sculpts what is to come."
With these words Peter Handke describes the action of his play, The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, a meditation on a city square, in which we bear witness to the lives of over four hundred characters as they come and go on their daily rounds. Tramps, firemen, hunters, queens, superheroes and babies are some of the multitude you will encounter in this remarkable play, in which so much is revealed but not a word is spoken.
The forecourt of Customs House was specially chosen for this production as its history, like the play, carries the traces of the rich community of lives that have walked through it and lived upon it for the past forty thousand years or more.
This will be an experience like no other in Sydney this year – extraordinary theatre in an extraordinary place.
Performance Dates:
| Saturday 21 August 2010 |
8pm |
| Sunday 22 August 2010 |
8pm |
| Monday 23 August 2010 |
8pm |
| Tuesday 24 August 2010 |
8pm |
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Please note: This is an outdoor performance so please dress warmly. The sound for this performance will be broadcast through individual headsets. Performance will go ahead in all but extreme weather conditions.
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NIDA gratefully acknowledges the kind support of The Rock Discovery Museum for lending a bark canoe to the production.
Pre-theatre and supper menus available
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Entree
Antipasti to share
Chargrilled marinated vegetables
Charcuterie
Truffle arancini
Stuffed chillis
Cheeses and breads
Mains
Moroccan style braised Lamb shank, roasted root vegetables, carrot cous cous
Roasted Chicken breast, basil mash, red pepper jus
Seared Atlantic Salmon Nicoise, semidried tomatoes, baby potatoes and olive tapenade
Asparagus, caramelized onion and goats cheese tart, with a wild rocket salad
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