{"id":189,"date":"2006-02-02T09:07:15","date_gmt":"2006-02-02T09:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2015-08-25T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:25:12","slug":"all-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2006\/02\/02\/all-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"all-mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" title=\"Allmother\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/blog\/all-mother.gif\" alt=\"Allmother\" border=\"0\" \/>There are only 3 days left to catch <em>all-mother<\/em>, a play presented by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serioustheatre.com\/the-collective\/barb-barnett\/\">barb barnett<\/a>&#8216;s serious theatre and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.erth.com.au\/\">eRTH Visual and Physical<\/a> at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestreet.org.au\/whats_on.htm\">the Street Theatre<\/a> in Canberra. I&#8217;m seeing the last performance, and looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;all-mother <\/em>combines rigging and harness technology with puppetry, movement and music to re-imagine and re-tell the Lilith myth. Though hundreds of years old, the story provides unexpected insights into modern issues of human rights, gender, sexuality and the abuse of power.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070901075021\/http:\/\/www.canberrareview.com.au\/ed546.htm\">article<\/a> in The Canberra Review barb talks about some of the issues she is exploring in the piece.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Springing from the question who is the puppeteer and who is the puppet, Barnett says she wanted to examine issues surrounding control. \u201cLilith stood up for herself \u2013 she was a powerful, strong woman,\u201d Barnett said. \u201cI really wanted to examine what happens when you say no and what does it mean to say no? What punishment is there for standing up for yourself?\u201d&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Barb gave a wonderful performance as Lute in <em>\u2018scuse me while I kiss the sky<\/em> (by Adam Hadley) in Catherine Langman&#8217;s production <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070830213943\/http:\/\/www.canberrareview.com.au\/ed447.htm\">Six Pack<\/a> last year. The evening featured six short works commissioned by The Street Theatre and based around the theme of love, and was the most enjoyable night&#8217;s theatre. The other performance that really struck me was that of Aiden Emanuel, the young mechanic in <em>Carburettor<\/em> (by Christos Tsiolkas).<\/p>\n<p>Updated links 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are only 3 days left to catch all-mother, a play presented by barb barnett&#8216;s serious theatre and\u00a0eRTH Visual and Physical at\u00a0the Street Theatre in Canberra. I&#8217;m seeing the last performance, and looking forward to it. &#8220;all-mother combines rigging and harness technology with puppetry, movement and music to re-imagine and re-tell the Lilith myth. 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