Our History
Romeo & Juliet
22 Apr – 29 May 1999
Venue
La Boite Theatre, Brisbane
Producer
La Boite Theatre
Kooemba Jdarra
Director
Sue Rider
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Cast
Paul Denny
Kamahi Djordon King
Yalin Ozucelik
Roxanne McDonald
Damien Garvey
Lesley Marller
Christopher Morris
Steven Oliver
Maria Tusa
Costume Designer
Christopher Smith
Set Designer
Christopher Smith
Lighting Designer
Matthew Scott
Sound Designer
Campbell Misfled
Christopher Morris (Romeo) & Maria Tusa (Juliet).
Courtesy QPAC Museum. Image by Steve Pohlner.
The only non-Australian work in the 1999 season was a co-production with Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – and it was as Australian as director Sue Rider and assistant director Nadine McDonald could make it. There was a lot of media interest and excellent reviews. The Australian critic wrote: “Shakespeare is adapted to contemporary Australia with commitment and intelligence, and what might have been a plonkingly obvious political metaphor exhibits theatrical complexity, wit and passion”.[i]
Writer: Christine Comans
[i] The Australian, quoted in La Boite Theatre Inc. Annual Report 1999.
#Gallery
Romeo & Juliet with Christopher Morris & Yalin Ozecelik, 1999.
Courtesy Sue Rider. Image by Grant Heaton.
Paul Denny, Christopher Morris & Yalin Ozecelik, 1999.
Courtesy Sue Rider. Image by Grant Heaton.
Kamahi Djordon King & Roxanne McDonald, 1999.
Courtesy QPAC Museum. Image by Grant Heaton.
Christopher Morris & Maria Tusa, 1999.
Courtesy QPAC Museum. Image by Grant Heaton.
Romeo & Juliet cast & crew members. Directed by Sue Rider, 1999.
Courtesy Sue Rider. Image by Grant Heaton.
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