Ghosts, girls and the grandiose: Blithe Spirit
Noel Coward’s 1940s play is at its heart a comedy about ghosts. Originally written and performed during the height of the Second World War, the text omits any mention of the embattled world instead focusing on the internal human struggles of love, jealousy, betrayal and understanding. Black Swan State Theatre Company’s 2015 staging under director […]
Director Jeffrey Jay Fowler talks Blithe Spirit
One of Noel Coward’s most memorable comedies is to be resurrected by Black Swan State Theatre Company this July. ‘Blithe Spirit’ tells the tale of writer Charles Condomine, who contacts a clairvoyant while researching his latest novel. Charles, hoping to find inspiration by contacting the dead, instead finds his deceased wife, Elvira, has returned to […]
Fag / Stag: Entertaining and Thought Provoking
The tale of best friends Jimmy and Corgan begins with the arrival of an invitation to the wedding of former flame to both of them, Tamara. Jimmy’s brief affair with the bride-to-be was, of course, back in high school when Jimmy was in love with her like only a gay man could be before he […]
Male Bonding in ‘FAG/STAG’
Local writer/performer extraordinaire Jeffrey Jay Fowler is bringing to the stage a brand new work entitled ‘FAG/STAG’ for Fringe World 2015. “It’s about a gay guy and a straight guy and it’s very much about their friendship and I guess the politics of being friends with straight people and whether there is any politics.” Fowler […]
Review | A History of Drinking
You walk in to Jeffrey Jay Fowler sprawled out on the floor. Surrounding him: Chairs for customers to sit, and a fully stocked bar. You don’t know it yet, but Fowler is your bartender for the night, a cocktail list is there waiting for you, and answering quiz questions will score you a drink. The […]
Mixing It Up
According to Jeffrey Jay Fowler, if you’re looking for a theatre production that isn’t ‘a three hour realistic play about infidelity’, then you should probably see his show at the Fringeworld Festival this month. This year the twenty six year old is restaging the highly acclaimed A History of Drinking. An intimate and interactive journey […]
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