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Bella and the Beautiful Knight
the Continental-European Premiere of the
2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival success
written by by oliver emanuel
directed by Thomas Crawley
with Roxanne Carless (Bella), Kyrre Kvam (Philip), Michael Smulik (Donny)
Assistant Directors: Sarah Hayes & Alina Cibea
Technical Director: Wolf Zöttl
Production Manager: Sarah Hayes
Set & Costume Design: Emma Caley
PR Managers: Ruth Brauer & Joanna Godwin-Seidl
Stage/House Managers: Alina Cibea
Sound & Lighting: Gordana Crnko
Teacher Materials: Juliet Najjar
Facts
March 14-25, 2006
Tuesday-Saturday, 8.00 p.m.
Premiere: March 14
Theater Drachengasse Bar & Co
Fleischmarkt 22, 1010 Vienna
About the play
Once upon a time, Bella was waiting for a knight to rescue her…
Brought close together by the sudden death of their parents fifteen years earlier, Bella and her brother share a seductive, private world. Perhaps they have become too close. When Philip arrives for dinner, their world begins to unravel.
- What do you want from me?
- The truth
- I am not sure I remember…
Fantasy and reality collide with heartstopping effect in this mesmerising new drama about love, deception, sex and death. Exploring family as a haven for tales of beauty and darkness, family history and the multi-layered, disturbing relationship between a brother and his sister unfold when all of a sudden there is a stranger right in their ivory tower. Memory is disclosed as a powerful weapon, shutting out the dark shades which love paints into an apartment, a night sky, the moon…
“A neatly written and very watchable tale of warped obsession. Keeps you gripped.” (The Guardian, UK)
“A beautiful, rich piece of writing... gently provocative, this is an intriguing exploration of obsession and the subtle dynamics of sexual relationships.” (EdinburghGuide.com)
About the author
Oliver Emanuel trained at the Workshop Theatre, Leeds, and on the creative writing MA at UEA and recently finished working as an assistant director at the King’s Head Theatre, London.
He has written and directed Porcelainliving, The Gambler and Gemini, written The Sacrifize and IZ and directed The Fire Play (summer 2004) for silver tongue theatre. He also co-manages the company.
Other writing includes: The Visions (in which he also appeared) and Rhapsody. Other directing includes: Baal, Parade, and Le Bouef sur le Toit.
As a freelance writer and dramaturge he has worked on many productions including Warcrime for The Wedding Collective and an original opera libretto for The Girl in the Red Dress.
Teachers
Teacher Material for all vienna theatre project productions is available in PDF format to download from this website. Please visit our Education section to find the required documents which are available free of charge.The material available includes background information about the author, the play, main themes, characters, reading suggestions, possible teaching objectives, dialogues for discussion, assignments and vocabulary (English-German).
For further enquiries please contact education@viennatheatreproject.at