Our History
Vita! A Fantasy
10 – 19 Jun 1993
Venue
La Boite Theatre, Brisbane
Producer
La Boite Theatre
Director
Sue Rider
Playwright
Sara Hardy
Cast
Caroline Kennison
Helen Moulder
Costume Designer
Christopher Smith
Set Designer
Christopher Smith
Lighting Designer
Mark Lloyd Hunt
Sound Designer
Rick Caskey
Vita! A Fantasy by Sara Hardy directed by Sue Rider with Caroline Kennison & Helen Moulder, 1993.
Image by Sesh Raman. Courtesy Sue Rider.
Vita! – A Fantasy
Sara Hardy’s Vita! – A Fantasy, about the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, directed by Rider was so successful the season was extended by a week.
Sue Gough wrote “This production is superlative in every way” and praised the performances of Helen Moulder as Virginia Woolf and Caroline Kennison as Vita Sackville-West – “The two actors are never less than compelling”. Of the production team she commented: “Rider’s impeccable direction exploits every nuance of English understatement and self-deprecation, while designer Christopher Smith’s lush green swards and skeletal branches merge with Donald Hall’s music to create an aura of ironic pastorale”.[i]
Writer: Dr Christine Comans
[i] Bulletin/Newsweek 17 June, 1993.
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