Moatylicious January

Happy 2010 theatre and filmers!


Hope you have all been making peace and love out of your summer holidays and made it through without too much sunburn!

My name is Anneli and I’m looking forward to being your friendly office lady for 2010! I like making quirky badge slogans, milk chocolate, youtubing Never Mind the Buzzcocks, white chocolate, Evelyn Waugh, dark chocolate… anyone with similar interests is always welcome at my desk with a cup of tea!

The Student Theatre and Film Office is once again open and I look forward to seeing you all saunter through the door before too long to introduce yourselves for the first time or share a long overdue hello!

Many of you have got caught up in the whirlwind of Moat already, for those of you who haven’t felt the breeze yet or simply can’t get enough of it, the best is yet to come and we need your help to make the most of it!

The onstage action is underway and rehearsals are charging ahead, so it’s time to turn on the lights and music! Anyone who is interested in being a hero this Moat need not look further, whether you have teched a show before or are new to the knobs of the soundboards, we need lighting and sound technicians to help with all the Moat shows and would love to hear from everyone who has an interest in this! Get in touch with me at the office on 9479 1198 and I’ll hook you up =)

Zoey Dawson and the cast of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are looking for a stage manager! If you fancy delving into the best hideaways of Melbourne looking for the perfect costumes and are good at keeping tabs on things, call the office or email Zoey at zoeys.new.email@gmail.com.

James Crafti is looking to fill an acting spot in Rope! It is a female part of about medium-size and the director hopes to cast the role asap. For more information and to register your interest, please call James directly on 0403 943 529.

Artists, photographers and visual communicators listen up! There will be an art exhibition running though this year’s Moat Festival! Anyone with a portfolio of work behind them or a lone masterpiece ready for display is urged to get in touch with me!

Starting afresh with a new moniker, the Moat Festival’s music day has been re-christened Sundowner! Band-booker Laurence Hewson dreams of putting together one massive program with as many different styles and performers as you can imagine! If you’re a singer, a songwriter, part of a band or a solo-act, a DJ or just have an interest in music – no matter if it’s Sinatra in your heart or Zeppelin on your belt, get in touch cause if you love music this is going to be your day of days! If your mind’s already made up and you want in, give Laurence a call or text on 0401 029 808 and start talking microphones! Otherwise give me a call and I’ll help you make ready!

All things Moat aside for the moment, The Player returns this year with a new format and new opportunities for writers and artists alike to get involved! Syar and I are looking to get a dedicated team together to run the publication but would also love to hear from anyone interested in contributing articles, reviews, photos, cartoons or artworks to individual issues!! Submissions to the first issue are due at 3pm on February 15 and the whole shebang will be out in time for O-week so get onto us today!

Badge-making tools are on their way and posters are in the works so drop by and check out what’s going on!

Looking forward to working with you all this year

Anneli

Student Theatre and Film Administrative Officer 2010
La Trobe University
03 - 9479 1198

Welcome to Moat Festival 2010

We've still got Christmas and the last dregs of 2009 to get through, but we at La Trobe Student Theatre and Film are already gearing up for what looks to be a fantastic and exciting Moat Fest 2010. Here's a sneak preview of what we've got in store.

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In the Moat Theatre this year we'll be putting on that classic tale of love and tragedy and starcrossed lovers (with a fresh new look), The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

Photo via La Trobe Student Theatre and Film

Digging still in the treasure trove of familiar classics, we bring you an outdoor production of the Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel, but beware for this tale will not be light like the cotton candy smoke from the gingerbread house of your childhoods.

 Photos via La Trobe Student Theatre & Film

In the Playroom, there will be a showcase of the theatrical greats Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. First with a production of Pinter's The Dumb Waiter and then with student-written Enter Godot, a riff on Beckett's Waiting for Godot.

Photo by Flynn Wynn

 

Then, over at Menzies Theatre, we will be putting on a play devised and directed by Student Theatre's Artistic Director, Bob Pavlich called By The River. The play is loosely based on the 1986 film River's Edge and explores the notion of moral disengagement.

Photo via La Trobe Student Theatre and Film

We've got a double whammy in the form of a combined production of two Australian plays: Tony Nicholls' The Labouchere File and Scott McAteer's Are You Happy? under the name of Close to the Edge. The former deals with an encounter between a young man fleeing an unhappy romance and an all-female, off-kilter mercenary army somewhere in Northern Australia while the latter deals with Tom, a tortured soul who needs help badly and Mr. Price, who gives him help - badly.

Photo via La Trobe Student Theatre and Film

 

In the Odeon, we feature a murder in the form of Patrick Hamilton's Rope (the play on which Alfred Hitchcock based his film, Rope) where we follow a killing with a dinner party featuring the murdered's nearest and dearest and a locked chest containing his remains.

We also have some music and film to round out Moat Festival, with Movies in the Moat featuring student-made films screened under the stars and a Music Concert in the Eagle Bar.

As preparations go underway for the festival, more information on each event will be available here on our blog as well as on our Facebook page so be sure to keep checking back. If you're chomping at the bit for more information, just email or give us a call (information in the sidebar to the right) or check out our archives to see what the past Moat Festivals have been like.

We are so excited to see you at the festival and to have you see all the amazing things we have in store for Moat Fest 2010. Take care and have a great end-of-2009!

Moat Festival 2010 Lineup

For a more detailed rundown of all our Moat shows, check out this post.

Are you ready to Moat?