Posts in category: Theatre

The first thing that strikes you is the incredible set, designed by Kiel Gaeler, and set off brilliantly by Matthew Breen’s lighting design. That set the scene for a fantastic production.

The other really excellent surprise was the double cast. Originally written for a male gang member and his friends (the droogs), the script has been retooled for a female gang, and each night the casting alternates between a male and female gang. I was fortunate to be able to see both casts in action, and it was really brilliant.

Tickets are available now – the production closes on February 17, so hurry up – this might just be one you want to see twice.

Animated! is ImproMafia’s feature show at the 2018 Brisbane Comedy Festival. Running nightly from Tuesday 13 March through Sunday 18 March at Brisbane City Hall, each night improvisers will take the audience’s everyday problems and turn them in to a completely improvised adults-only parody of classic animated movies.

Now… How do you convey an event like this in a photograph? How about we take real-life people and have them morph in to perfect animated characters? I think yes.

Step 1 – the real people. Brittany, Drew, Amy and Wade from ImproMafia got in to character as plausible real-life people, ready to be transformed!

Now, the really magical part of this shoot is all about Edmund’s work. It was so much fun getting to watch him go through stages to build this image – from basic sketches, refining the line work, paint work, and ultimately shading. Usually putting a photograph together is a solo effort; sending files back and forth in to the wee hours and seeing it all come together was incredible.

Overlaying Edmund’s hand-drawn outlines with the photo, and gradually revealing them by sketching with a stylus, is about the closest I’ll ever get to being able to draw.

The final product looks amazing! And it meets the brief perfectly. Both briefs actually… the client brief, and our own mission to make sure any image that appears in a festival programme looks very different from all the others. Mission accomplished I think!

Tickets are now available for their shows on March 10, 17 and 24 at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Of course, the crowd we had to work with wasn’t quite big enough, so there may have been a little composite work. In reality, Jim here was telling his amazing story to… well, no one 🙁