THINGS ON SUNDAY SEASON 2 2010

22 AUGUST 2010, 2:30PM
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER?

The mother and daughter relationship is one of enduring fascination. Think Donatella Versace and her whippet-thin daughter, Simone de Beauvoir at her mother’s deathbed, and the tell-all memoirs by Joan Crawford’s adopted child. Not to forget the Brangelina brigade. Dr Margaret Reynolds, Reader in History and Contemporary Culture at the University of London and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Adventures in Poetry, guides us on a journey, part investigation and part fantasy, through incarnations of mothers and daughters in Ancient Greece, in Revolutionary France and in the present day. Mommie Dearest, or sweet child o’ mine ... or is it in all in the eye of the beholder?

26 SEPTEMBER 2010, 2:30PM
REX CRAMPHORN MEMORIAL LECTURE: CULTURAL STOCKTAKING – AN ACCOUNT OF THE FUTURE
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Every so often the tectonic plates of cultural life move—folds and fissures appear, unexpected pathways form, the terrain is reconfigured in new and exciting ways. Australia’s theatrical landscape is presently in such a state of transformation with changes in the leadership of four major companies. One of these new leaders, our own incoming Artistic Director Marion Potts, reflects upon what such a transformation might mean in the 9th annual Rex Cramphorn Memorial Lecture. Come and meet the woman at the helm as she casts her eye over a brave new world.

21 NOVEMBER 2010, 2:30PM
A DRINK WITH HEINER MÜLLER
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Welcome to an audio exhumation, a live interview with a dead writer.

Heiner Müller was the most controversial East German writer of his generation. In March 1990, ABC Radio National reporter Tom Morton interviewed Müller in East Berlin. Over a bottle of whisky they discussed the fall of the Wall, Müller’s career as a writer, and the future of Germany after reunification. A Drink With Heiner Müller is a performance piece featuring audio from the interview, texts by Müller, and Tom Morton’s reflections on their meeting, the man, and his meaning.

A Drink With Heiner Müller is made possible with support from ABC Radio National and the Goethe Institute as part of the Berlin Dayz Festival.

5 DECEMBER 2010, 2:30PM
EAR PLAY
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In this second collaboration with ABC Radio National, we present a rehearsed reading of Duncan Graham’s The Love Play, a triptych of short plays for six actors plaited together to make a single work.

The Love Play is a powerful theatrical venture into the heart of erotic love and death by one of Australia’s most poetic and inventive young playwrights.

During rehearsal, an ABC sound artist will collaborate with theatre director, Sarah John, to create a live sonic accompaniment. Following the performance, the actors will do a studio recording and the sound artist will continue to build and enhance his sonic treament for radio broadcast. The readers will include Julia Blake and Tony Llewellyn Jones.

Ear Play is a Malthouse Theatre and ABC Radio National collaboration.

ALL THINGS ON SUNDAY EVENTS ARE FREE FOR SUBSCRIBERS OR $10.

SESSIONS ARE IN THE MERLYN THEATRE AND COMMENCE AT 2:30PM SHARP