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The Myth of Julian Rose

A playwright friend recently asked if I could photograph his upcoming play.

“The Myth of Julian Rose” it’s called.

This solemn and distortive play opens a can of festering worms into the incredulousness of maternal sexual child-abuse.

An unsettling theme flowing though the play like a toxic undercurrent, the main character (and audience) is terrorised by a demonic Minotaur presumably an allegory of suppressed memory thanks to an ignoble mother.

The lack of forgiveness can be seen as a destructive energy, wreaking havoc upon personalities. Yet this morbid glee has another side.

“The Myth of Julian Rose” is elegiacally puzzling as it is avant-gardist.  It’s a squeamish, guileful and instructive invitation of contempt from the audience.

And if had that impact. It got through.

The Myth of Julian Rose, Perth Cultural Centre  53 James Street, Northbridge 8 – 26 June 2010, $25 Full/$20 Con

Bookings through The Blue Room Theatre or (08) 9227 7005

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    May 11th, 2010 at 6:53 am

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  2. Camilla Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Hi,

    I am emailing from the Perth Good Food & Wine Show as I have come across your
    great blog and I’m hoping that our upcoming show may be of interest to you.

    What would be the best email to send further information to?

    Cheers,

    Camilla Spry

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