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Small Metal Objects
2008 Seasons
Under the Radar, New York, 11 – 14 Jan 08, www.undertheradarfestival.com
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 22 – 26 Jan 08, www.harbourfrontcentre.com/nws/
International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, 30 Jan – 3 Feb 08, www.pushfestival.ca
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, 17 – 18 May 08, www.flynncenter.org
On the Boards, Seattle, 29 May – 1 June 08, www.ontheboards.org
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 5 June – 7 June 08
www.walkerart.org/
Singapore Arts Festival,Singapore, 14 – 18 June 2008
www.singaporeartsfest.com
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“small metal objects turns the notion of theatre and the everyday inside out. It is a pure, open-hearted, complex and breathtaking production and a unique meditation on human worth” Sydney Morning Herald
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An ingenious theatrical gem, small metal objects unfolds amid the pedestrian traffic against the backdrop of the city. On a raised seating bank with individual sets of headphones, the audience is wired in to an intensely personal drama being played out somewhere in the crowd.
Gary and Steve are the kind of men who normally escape notice. But here they play an inadvertent but pivotal role in the night of two ambitious executives they've arranged to meet for a transaction. As the intimacy of their situation develops, small metal objects becomes a sly and luminous depiction of everyday issues most take for granted.
Back to Back Theatre is driven by an ensemble of six actors considered to have intellectual disabilities. Here, the company explores how respect is withheld from outsiders - the disabled or unemployed - who society deems 'unproductive'. Set against the shifting backdrop of the city, the notion that everything has its price couldn't be called into starker relief.
Director / Devisor Bruce Gladwin
Devisors Simon Laherty, Sonia Teuben, Genevieve Morris, Jim Russell
Sound Composer & Designer Hugh Covill
small metal objects won The Age Critics' Awards Special Commendation at its premiere season at the 2005 Melbourne International Arts Festival and the ZKB Acknowledgment Prize for extraordinary artistic achievement at the 2007 Zuercher Theater Spektakel.
small metal objects was initiated through the Victoria Commissions, supported by the Victorian Government, through the Community Support Fund.
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