CADA Studio Productions
CADA Studio Productions is the production wing of Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art. A hotbed of creative development, CADA Studio combines the talents of current teaching staff, students, alumni and independent artists.
Through CADA Studio, CADA associates can work together to produce theatre, film and hybrid art projects.
Upcoming productions
TALES OF THE
INEVITABLE
Thursday 1
& Friday 2 December
Directed by James Scott.
CADA first year acting students explore fate, destiny and
the power of error in two short plays by Australian playwrights.
The first, ‘Carry Me Kate’ by Rachel Musgrove, is an
upside-down love story. When Kate and Dave meet at their mutual friend’s
Tupperware party, they have no idea that the chance encounter will change the
course of their lives forever. Cue a disastrous first date, a mini-break in the
Lake District, a drunken misunderstanding and Dave finds himself somehow
engaged to Kate. Is it fate or a series of accidents?
In contrast, the second play, ‘The Blood on Helmut Lange’ by
Gerry Greenland, is the tragic story of Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in
Australia, and Helmut Lange, the prison officer with evidence to prove his
innocence. Helmut needs courage to do what is right, but childhood memories
torture him as he wrestles with the conflict between self-preservation, and
loyalty, and courage. Misplaced ideals always exact a price.
Produced by CADA Studio productions in association with The
Street Theatre.
Recent Productions
After Dinner SuitesDirected by James Scott & Nicola Tyndale-Biscoe
June 28-29, 2011
The Street Theatre, Canberra City West
A showcase of short
works from Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art, including “After Liverpool” by
James Saunders. Directed by James Scott and Nicola Tyndale-Biscoe.
In After Dinner Suites,
first year students from Canberra Academy of Dramatic Art’s Certificate III
course perform a selection of pieces from their studies, including monologues
and short plays.
Among them is the feature work, After Liverpool, by English playwright James Saunders. Through a
series of encounters between two characters, Saunders explores the quirks and
quibbles of human communication. Whether it’s meeting for the first time,
falling in and out of love, talking about sex or deciding who gets the last
apple in the bowl – there is an undercurrent of unspoken thought and feeling in
every scene. For Saunders, the little conversations in life are the ones where big
things happen.
Saunders called After
Liverpool a ‘suite of pieces’, rather than a play, and compared it to a musical
score which allows for the intermingling of themes and variations. Unfinished
sentences, awkward pauses and restrained subtext all play out in a melodic
stream of consciousness. In the midst of it all, there is humour and heartache.
Pride and Prejudice in Ten Minutes Flat by Tim Hehir
Directed by Dene Kermond
Performed at the Jane Austen Festival, April 2011 & Brilliant Ideas: One Year On Expo
Featuring Leah Baulch, Nicholas Linehan, Ylaria Rogers and Martin Searles.
A few cute shots of our actors towards the end of this vid from the "Brilliant Idea" Expo!
Lies, Love & Hitler
by Elizabeth Avery Scott
Directed by P.J. Williams
Scheduled November 18-27, 2011, season extended two shows to November 28.
JAMES SCOTT - as Dr Paul Langley
HANNA CORMICK - as Hannah Summers
and DALLAS BLAND - as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
LIES, LOVE & HITLER is a wonderful dramedy exploring the boundaries of love, friendship and personal significance. Dr Paul Langley, age 39, is slightly mad. It’s not that he doesn’t have a good brain – like most academics, he has a very good brain – it’s just that he thinks he’s a little out of whack... mainly because he keeps seeing visions of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the dead man whose life and work he’s been studying for years.
Langley finds himself in trouble when he falls for one of his students, Hannah Summers. Things become complicated when it’s discovered Hannah has a secret which threatens to destroy them both. Bonhoeffer walks Langley through his inner conflict, and Langley learns why, in morally ambiguous circumstances, it’s sometimes necessary to risk everything for a better future.
