Nimrod Theatre - The Kid
David Aitken Nimrod Theatre - The Kid Artist Sketch
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David Aitken Nimrod Theatre - The Kid Stage Performance
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James Waites wrote in the National Times Oct 7 1983, a review of the Kid which went something like this~
Gow’s writing is imaginative, probing, compassionate; yet it describes a harsh society, our own, on the edge of apocalypse.
Adults are shattered remnants, the system is falling to pieces, there is little hope for the future …
… Director Aubrey Mellor gives the play a reasonably good first showing, though his designer David Aitken is of little help. A messy and ugly set intrudes upon the play’s natural rhythm, and endless readjustment of details never distracts one from the feeling that the action has been set in a public toilet.
It is after these ignorant and lack of theatre understanding of my work that I quit theatre in Australia ...
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