This year The Bloomshed – the award-winning group of independent theatre-makers – have joined Geelong’s Platform Arts (formerly Courthouse Youth Arts) as a new company in residence for 2020 as they bring their expertise in reinvigorating classic texts to the arts community through a combination of new writing and devising.
As part of their residence, Geelong’s arts community welcomes their dystopian, surrealist production The Nose, which will take to the stage for three special performances from March 19-21.
Described as an energetic, hilarious and uncomfortable production, The Nose has taken prize of the Festival Director’s Award at the Sydney Fringe Festival in 2017 as well as being nominated for two Green Room Awards, while delighting and amusing audiences in three interstate tours since its inception.
Based upon the famous short story by 19th-century Russian author Nikolai Gogal, The Nose is a comedic and satirical travesty about individuals whose lives fall to pieces amidst total economic chaos. More specifically, The Nose speaks a story of a CEO and his nose, of which decides to claim its independence and run off causing trouble through the streets of the city dressed up as the President of Honduras.
Featuring Geelong-based actor, Tom Molyneux, who alongside writer and fellow performer James Jackson and new cast member Laura Aldous, the famous tale has been adapted into a darkly humorous charade, reflecting upon the dystopian post-paradise of our time.
Pulling material from the classical repertoire, The Nose attempts to create something new and exciting by devouring the old. A farcical production that will stay with audiences long after leaving the theatre, all showcased in the beautifully modern platform for youth arts, The Nose is intense, weird and on-point, and honestly is not one not to be missed.
Visit platformarts.org.au/ for more information.
