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Saturn's Return
''Saturn's Return'' is an Australian play by Tommy Murphy, first performed in 2008 in Sydney. Synopsis Zara, the heroine of the play, is happily settled in a relationship with her partner, Matt. Marriage, mortgages and midwives lie on the horizon. Then, as the big planet does its thing, doubt creeps into Zara's mind. She must decide whether to continue on the path of the three Ms or break free from the constraints of rational living. Tommy Murphy wrote about his thoughts on the themes of the play, "What is this final call to adulthood likely to do to my generation? Will it just be about gathering debt, finding a comfortable home in which to breed and finding time to edit the friends list on Facebook?". The title refers to a Saturn return. Productions The play was commissioned for the Sydney Theatre Company 2008 season by incoming co-artistic directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. ''Saturn's Return'', written by Playwright Tommy Murphy, is published by Currency Press. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Murphy (Australian Playwright)
Thomas Murphy may refer to: Government Military *Thomas C. Murphy, List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *Thomas J. Murphy (Medal of Honor), List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *Thomas Murphy (Medal of Honor), List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *Thomas Murphy (Medal of Honor, 1869), American List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars, Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient *Thomas Murphy (VC) (1839–1900), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross *Thomas E. Murphy (general), United States Air Force general Politics *Tom Murphy (Georgia politician) (1924–2007), American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia *Tom Murphy (Newfoundland politician) (1937–2018), Newfoundland politician *Thomas Alexander Murphy (1885–1966), politician in Ontario, Canada *Thomas Gerow M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in Compact (newspaper), compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, ''The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an Website, online site and Mobile app, app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn Return
In horoscopic astrology, a Saturn return is an astrological transit that occurs when the planet Saturn returns to the same ecliptic longitude that it occupied at the moment of a person's birth. While the planet may not first reach the exact location until the person is 29 or 30 years old, the influence of the Saturn return is considered to start in the person's late twenties, notably the age of 27. Psychologically, the first Saturn return is seen as the time of reaching full adulthood, and being faced, perhaps for the first time, with adult challenges and responsibilities. In Western astrology The phenomenon is described by Western astrologers as influencing a person's life development at roughly 29.5 year intervals, though the planetary influence may be felt for a few years before the exact conjunction, and variable orbits of the planets can also make the time period longer or shorter. These intervals or "returns" coincide with the approximate time it takes the planet Satu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in the Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre) and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre. History Sydney Theatre Company was formed in December 1978, following the closure of the Old Tote Theatre Company the month before. The then premier, Neville Wran, approached Elizabeth Butcher who had been seconded from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) to administer the Old Tote and asked her to set up a new state theatre company to perform in the drama theatre of the Sydney Opera House. Butcher established its legal identity and managerial structure and proposed the name 'Sydney Theatre Company' with John Clark (director of NIDA as the artistic adviser of the first season, five theatre companies were invited to produce six plays to be presented by STC as the 1979 interim season i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise Blanchett ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for Cate Blanchett on screen and stage, her versatile work across stage and screen. Blanchett has received List of awards and nominations received by Cate Blanchett, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her career on the Australian stage in 1992 and made her feature film debut in 1997. She came to international prominence for her performance as Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth I in the period drama ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth'' (1998), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Upton
Andrew Upton is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer and director. He has adapted the works of Gorky, Chekhov, Ibsen, and others for London's Royal National Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company. He wrote the original play ''Riflemind'' (2007), which premiered at the Sydney Theatre Company to favourable reviews, with Hugo Weaving starring and Philip Seymour Hoffman directing the London production. Upton and his wife, actress Cate Blanchett, are the co-founders of the film production company Dirty Films, under which Upton served as a producer for the Australian film '' Little Fish'' (2005). Upton and Blanchett became joint artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 until 2012. Early life and education Upton attended The King's School, Parramatta, and the University of Sydney. Career As a playwright, Upton created adaptations of '' Hedda Gabler'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', '' Cyrano de Bergerac'', ''Don Juan'' (with Marion Potts), '' Uncle Vanya'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Currency Press
Currency Press is a leading performing arts publisher and its oldest independent publisher still active. Their list includes plays and screenplays, professional handbooks, biographies, cultural histories, critical studies and reference works. History Currency Press was founded by Katharine Brisbane, then national theatre critic for ''The Australian'' newspaper, and her husband Philip Parsons, a lecturer in Drama at the University of New South Wales. After Philip's death in 1993, Katharine remained at the helm of the company until she retired as Publisher in December 2001 to devote her energies to Currency House, a non-profit association dedicated to the Australian performing arts. Currency press is currently run by her son Nicholas Parsons Description Currency Press is a leading Australian specialist performing arts publisher, and its oldest independent publisher still active. It is located in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. Awards In 2011, Currency Press received the Dorothy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holding The Man
Holding may refer to: Film and television * ''The Holding'' (film), 2011 British film * "Holding", an episode of the American animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * ''Holding'' (TV series), a 2022 TV series based on the book by Graham Norton * '' The Miroslav Holding Co.'', 2001 Croatian film, also released as ''Holding'' Other uses * Holding an object with the hands, or grasping * ''Holding'', a novel by Graham Norton * Holding (aeronautics), a manoeuvre in aviation * Holding (American football), a common penalty in American football * Holding (law), the central determination in a judicial opinion * Holding (surname) * Holding company, a company that owns stock in other companies See also * * * Smallholding * Hold (other) * The Holding (other) * " Holdin'," a song by Diamond Rio * Hoarding Hoarding is the act of engaging in excessive acquisition of items that are not needed or for which no space is available. Civil unrest or the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers In Between
''Strangers in Between'' is a two-act Theatre of Australia, Australian play by Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright), Tommy Murphy. It won the 2006 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards#Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting, NSW Premier's Literary Award for Best Play. It was first staged at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company in February 2005, where it broke box office records. It is published by Currency Press with Murphy's stage adaptation of Timothy Conigrave's ''Holding the Man''. It is published in the UK by Nick Hern Books. Synopsis ''Strangers in Between'' explores brotherhood. Shane flees his family in regional Goulburn, New South Wales, Goulburn and finds himself in Sydney's Kings Cross, New South Wales, Kings Cross. He attempts to build a surrogate family in the city. He confuses the two families. The city lover he worships is doubled and morphed with the brother he fears. Peter, an older man who is dealing with the imminent death of his elderly mother, is himself rendered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berthold
David Berthold is an Australian theatre and festival director, who has also been artistic director of several major Australian arts organisations. Early life and education David Berthold was born in Maitland, New South Wales. He spent some years training as an opera singer, and won the Joan Sutherland Scholarship at the Sydney Opera House.. Career Berthold has been active in theatre since at least 1984, acting and directing. He began his career as an actor, one of his earliest roles being in the Hunter Valley Theatre Company's production of David Williamson's '' The Perfectionist'' in April to May 1984. He has been director of several theatre companies in Australia. He was associate director of Sydney Theatre Company from 1994 to 1999, before being appointed artistic director and CEO of Australian Theatre for Young People in 1999. He then took up the post of artistic director and CEO of Griffin Theatre Company from 2003 until 2006. Between 2008 and 2019, Berthold led majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Zeremes
Matt Zeremes (aka ''Matthew Zeremes'') is an Australian creator, actor, writer, director known for his television, theatre and film work. He was the co-creator and co-writer of the International Emmy Award-winning kids comedy TV Series Hardball for ABCME. He acted in, and directed on Season 2 of Hardball. Zeremes graduated from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in acting. He wrote, produced and co-directed the feature film ''Burke & Wills'' which had its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York with fellow QUT Graduate Oliver Torr. He is a published children's book author. Along with Hardball collaborator, Guy Edmonds, he co-wrote the kids book series ''Zoo Crew'' and ''Zombie Diaries''. Biography Zeremes starred in the original stage version of ''Holding the Man'' as John Caleo for the Griffin Theatre Company in 2006, adapted from the novel of the same name by Tommy Murphy and directed by David Berhold. The original Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
