The Sydney Front

The Sydney Front was an Australian performance group formed in 1986 particularly known for the way they used the audience as part of their productions. They combining elements of performance art and experimental theatre in their work.[1] The core of the group were performers John Baylis, Andrea Eloise, Clare Grant, Nigel Kellaway and Chris Ryan. Kellaway had been the first Australian to train with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki.[2] Premiering many of their works at The Performance Space, Sydney, they toured the UK, Europe and Hong Kong.[3] Their work The Pornography of Performance became a cause célèbre when it was performed at London's Riverside Studios.[4] Along with the work of the Wooster Group and Forced Entertainment, [5] The Sydney Front were cited as Anglophonic examples of postdramatic theatre in the English edition of Hans-Thies Lehmann's Postdramatic Theatre, 2006.[6]

A two DVD set and streaming program, Staging the Audience: The Sydney Front documenting The Sydney Front's work was released by Artfilms in 2012.[7]

Major Works

  • Waltz, 70 minute theatre work, Sydney, 1987.
  • John Laws/Sade, 80 minute theatre work, Sydney, 1987.
  • The Pornography of Performance, 100 minute performance work, Adelaide, Sydney, 1988; Denmark, Amsterdam, Salzburg, Düsseldorf, London, 1989.
  • The Burnt Wedding, 60 minute street performance, Brisbane, 1988; Sydney and European tour, 1989.
  • Photocopies of God, 60 minute theatre work, Sydney, 1989.
  • The Nuremberg Recital, 60 minute solo theatre work by Nigel Kellaway, Sydney Perth, 1989.
  • Prescripts, 30 minute theatre work, Sydney 1990.
  • Woman in the Wall, 50 minutes solo theatre work by Clare Grant, Sydney 1990.
  • Don Juan, 85 minute theatre work, Sydney 1991.
  • First and Last Warning, theatre work, Sydney, 1992
  • Techno/Dumb/Show, video work by John Gillies and The Sydney Front, 1992
  • Passion, theatre work, Sydney, 1993 [8]

References

  1. ↑ Margaret., Hamilton, (2011). Transfigured stages : major practitioners and theatre aesthetics in Australia. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 9042033568. OCLC 743298882.
  2. ↑ Hamilton, Margaret. Transfigured Stages: Major Practitioners and Theatre Aesthetics in Australia, Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam 2011, ISBN 978-90-420-3356-6
  3. ↑ Hamilton, Margaret. Transfigured Stages: Major Practitioners and Theatre Aesthetics in Australia, Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam 2011, ISBN 978-90-420-3356-6
  4. ↑ Hamilton, Margaret. Transfigured Stages: Major Practitioners and Theatre Aesthetics in Australia, Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam 2011. ISBN 978-90-420-3356-6
  5. ↑ Hans-Thies,, Lehmann,. Postdramatic theatre. Jürs-Munby, Karen,. London. ISBN 0415268133. OCLC 61229777. p.5
  6. ↑ Hans-Thies,, Lehmann,. Postdramatic theatre. Jürs-Munby, Karen,. London. ISBN 0415268133. OCLC 61229777.
  7. ↑ "Staging the Audience: The Sydney Front". artfilms.com.au. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  8. ↑ Margaret., Hamilton, (2011). Transfigured stages : major practitioners and theatre aesthetics in Australia. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 9042033568. OCLC 743298882.
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