"33 Variations" by Moises Kaufman (2009) - playreading
8 Dec 2014 7:00 PM - 9 Dec 2014 7:00 PM
33 Variations by Moises Kaufman (2009) (author of The Laramie Project & Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde)
Produced by Carving in Ice Theatre Company, directed by Gaye Poole.
Cast (in order of appearance): Fiona Sneyd as Dr Katherine Brandt, Amanda Wallace as Clara Brandt, Attila Laszlo as Mike Clarke, David Lumsden as Anton Diabelli, Mark Houlahan as Anton Schindler, Mihailo Ladjevac as Ludwig Van Beethoven, Julia Watkins as Dr Gertrude Ladenburger, and with Francis Cowan as pianist.
33 Variations by Moises Kaufman
Set in 1819, 1823 and the present, this is a play about twin and intersecting obsessions: a musicologist dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and obsessed with Beethoven; Beethoven obsessed with his own compositions of 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli. Although separated by 200 years these two ‘worlds’ intersect; a play about passion, creativity and parenthood. The integration of Beethoven's music is a far-cry from background or transition music; it is embedded in the play itself and informs and structures the piece.
Tickets: Donation - open to the public