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Stop Kiss
Melville Theatre
Melville Theatre
8 Sep 2017 to 23 Sep 2017
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Tickets
Tickets are $20, $15 concession book on 9330 4565 or at www.meltheco.org.au
Duration -
90 mins
Restrictions/Warnings
Not suitable for children
Coarse language
Adult themes
StageCenta App
Synopsis
ONE moment can change everything – an idea explored in the latest offering from Melville Theatre.
Written by Diana Son and directed by Vanessa Jensen,
Stop Kiss
is a poignant and funny play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably.
After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love and their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate.
Playwright Son has vast television experience as a writer and producer on shows such as
The West Wing
,
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Southland, Love is a Four Letter Word
and
13 Reasons Why
.
“The play is not all about that first kiss, nor the hate crime, but more about how choices shape your life,” Jensen said.
“It could be whether you choose to kiss someone, leave someone for something new, intervene or ignore the obvious or, conversely, not being able to make a choice at all or having choices taken away from you.
“The play is beautifully written – at times funny, bittersweet and moving but always honest.”
In considering the challenges the 90-minute contemporary American drama may pose, Jensen said the dialogue, situations and characters were so believable that it made many of her tasks easier than normal.
“But the story is told is numerous short scenes that jump back and forth from the months in the lead up to the kiss and the aftermath of the resulting action,” she said.
“As well as ensuring the audience keeps up with where the story is at, there are the more practical challenges of actors needing to change costumes and locations frequently and very quickly.”
First appearing on stage as an eight-year-old and directing her first show at 14, Jensen has a wealth of theatre experience behind her.
She wrote, directed, stage-managed and acted in various shows at Curtin University’s Hayman Theatre over a four-year period and has staged several successful productions at the Old Mill and Melville Theatres, including
The Venetian Twins, Emma, Three Tall Women, Pride and Prejudice, Away, Amadeus
and her own award-winning script
Jamie’s Chooks
.
Away
won Jensen the Constance Ord Award for directing at the 2010 Milly Awards and she also received a best director nomination at the annual Finley Awards for
Amadeus
in 2011 and
Love, Loss and What I Wore
in 2015.
Awards continued in 2013 and 2014 when her productions of
Rabbit Hole
and
Twelve Angry Men
at Melville Theatre both won best play at the Finley Awards – the latter also scored her the Susan Hayward Award for Best Director.
“The unusual style of
Stop Kiss
appealed to me, particularly the non-chronological order of scenes in which two almost separate stories are intertwined,” Jensen said.
“I also admired the clever way the audience is drawn into wanting the lead characters to make the choice to be together, even though they already know it will lead to a hate crime with life-changing repercussions.”
Stop Kiss
plays 8pm September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 with a 2pm matinee September 17. Tickets are $20, $15 concession – book on 9330 4565 or at www.meltheco.org.au.
Please note: the play has adult themes and some coarse language.
Melville Theatre is on the corner of Stock Road and Canning Highway, Palmyra.
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