Christina Costigan comments on Electronic CIty

Comments about Electronic City from Christina Costigan on her blog: CC in LA.

Last night I saw Electronic City, the new show by local theatre group Hoy Polloy.  It was preview night, and I'm so glad I happened to be in town to catch it. Directed by Wayne Pearn (with assistance from Bridgette Burton), the show is in very good shape. It's a challengin...g piece for actors, with a lot of chorus work creating vocal soundscapes of frenetic, madness-inducing chatter, robotic instructions, alarms and electronic white noise. The effect is quite thrilling, even as it spins your head around and reminds you what you hate about travelling, and how paranoidly (is that a word?) reliant we are on electronic devices such as phones and computers, and the panic that can set in if we forget the charger, can't get online, or find ourselves in an interminable line at airport security.

The show officially opens tonight. If you're in Melbourne, check it out.

Production Pics > Electronic City

Please find below our production pics for Electronic City available for publication. Click on the image to access the high resolution picture.

Credit: Fred Kroh

 Caption: Elizabeth McColl (Chorus), Luke Mulquiney (Chorus), Liza Dennis (Chorus), Dan Walls (Tom), Nick Darling (Chorus), Ngaire Dawn Fair (Chorus) and Daniel Rice (Chorus).

 Caption: Dan Walls (Tom).

 Caption: Sarah Ogden (Joy).

Caption: Daniel Rice (Chorus), Elizabeth McColl (Chorus), Nick Darling (Chorus), Ngaire Dawn Fair (Chorus), Dan Walls (Tom), Luke Mulquiney (Chorus) and Liza Dennis (Chorus). Caption: Luke Mulquiney (Chorus), Liza Dennis (Chorus), Ngaire Dawn Fair (Chorus), Nick Darling (Chorus), Daniel Rice (Chorus), Sarah Ogden (Joy) and Elizabeth McColl (Chorus). 

 Caption: Elizabeth McColl (Chorus), Liza Dennis (Chorus) and Ngaire Dawn Fair (Chorus).

 Caption: Dan Walls (Tom) and Sarah Ogden (Joy).

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Publicity Pic > Electronic City

Please find below our publicity pic for Electronic City available for publication. Click on the image to access the high resolution picture.

Credit: Fred Kroh
Caption: Sarah Ogden (Joy) and Dan Walls (Tom)

Cast Announcement > Electronic City

We are pleased to announce the cast of Electronic City written by Falk Richter and translated by Daniel Brunet:

Tom > Dan Walls
Joy > Sarah Ogden
Chorus > Nick Darling
Chorus > Liza Dennis

Chorus > Ngaire Dawn Fair
Chorus > Liz McColl
Chorus > Luke Mulquiney
Chorus > Daniel Rice

Poster > Electronic City

Please find attached our poster artwork for Electronic City commissioned by Matthew Windebank at Millimetre.

Goethe-Institut Australien > BERLIN DAYZ

Hoy Polloy's production of Electronic City written by Falk Richter, translated by Daniel Brunet and directed by Wayne Pearn is part of the Goethe-Institut Australien 2010 German-Australian Arts Festival: BERLIN DAYZ.

From high classic culture to pop and rock, from the stalls and balconies of concert halls to hazy bars – BERLIN DAYZ offers many delights and opportunities to sample the best of what the Berlin and Australian arts scenes have to offer.

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