WORLD PREMIERE

A gripping tale of extremity of passion explodes onto the stage, as The Navigator premieres for Brisbane Festival 2008. Barrie Kosky, one of the most provocative and adventurous directors in the world today, directs this production by internationally acclaimed composer Liza Lim and performed by renowned ELISION Ensemble.

The Navigator evokes stories from the great Indian epic The Mahabharata and the romance of Tristan und Isolde, in its telling of how people risk everything in journeying towards unity and/or transformation, questioning the contingency of living only one life in one world.

FEATURING

THE BELOVED: Talise Trevigne
THE NAVIGATOR: Andrew Watts
THE FOOL: Omar Ebrahim
ANGEL OF HISTORY: Deborah Kayser
THE CRONE: Philip Larson
CONDUCTOR: Manuel Nawri
RECORDER SOLOIST: Genevieve Lacey
ELISION Ensemble

DIRECTOR: Barrie Kosky
SET DESIGNERS: Barrie Kosky and Alice Babidge
COSTUME DESIGNER: Alice Babidge
LIGHTING DESIGN: Damien Cooper
SOUND DESIGN: Michael Hewes

Acknowledgements

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Brisbane Festival 2008 and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
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Photo: Robert & Shana Parke Harrison