Grace Pyone

„On Air“ heißt die neue Produktion der Göttinger Theatermacher „Boat People Projekt“. Thema ist eine multikulturellen Sendung. Die Chefinnen des Radiosenders haben dafür den syrischen Starmoderator Abdullah Abdullah gewonnen. Premiere ist am Sonnabend, 3. Februar, um 19.30 Uhr im Theater im ehemaligen IWF, Nonnenstieg 72.

Der Plot mit der Radioshow im Zentrum bietet einen tragfähigen Rahmen für viel Musik, vor allem für internationale Titel. Der Moderator begrüßt drei Gäste in seiner Sendung. Majid Merizadi, Luig

und Adorno sind vor allem eines: Lebenskünstler. Ihre Aufgabe: Sie sollen etwas erzählen über Deutschland in einem fiktiven Jahr nach der Flüchtlingskrise. Doch anstatt zu erzählen gehen sie lieber mit Gesang auf Sendung. „Ihre Stimmen führen uns on air, in luftige Höhen, sie dringen durch Löcher in Systemen und befördern uns auf neue Umlaufbahnen“, teilen die Organisatoren mit.

Luise Rist hat das Stück geschrieben. Sie führt auch Regie. Die Produktion wird begleitet von einer Live-Band unter der Leitung von Hans Kaul. Auf der Bühne agieren Balen Abbas, Franziska Aeschlimann, Abdallah Ghbash, Andreas Klumpf, Grace Pyone und Sajjad Torabi.

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Eintrittskarten können in den Tageblatt-Geschäftsstellen, Weender Straße 44 in Göttingen und Marktstraße 9 in Duderstadt, erworben werden.

Von Peter Krüger-Lenz

FORMER Ballarat actor Grace Pyone has scored a role in an avant-garde Melbourne production.

Pyone was born in Burma and raised in Burma, Singapore and Malaysia before being accepted into Federation University’s performing arts course in 2013.

Since then, she has appeared in a number of productions including Ant + Cleo, Ebbingtide, Oh What a Lovely War and Machina.

She is soon to perform in the role of Takahashi in Gaijin, a tale of sacrifice, cultural understanding and martial arts set in Japan.

The play, written and directed by Martin Rice, aims to provide an insight into different forms of Japanese theatre and includes a choreographed sword fighting scene.

Gaijin, which is Japanese for foreigner, looks into the centuries of heritage in Japanese theatre while also referencing modern issues of immigration.

Pyone said Japanese arts and culture were never far away in her upbringing and hopes to bring the art of theatre performance back to her homeland one day.

Gaijin will be performed in a limited season at the Brunswick Mechanics’ Institute from July 6 to 16.

Tickets are $25-$30. For more information and tickets, visit www.metanoiatheatre.com

The showbiz stars of the future – FedUni Arts Academy’s music theatre and acting course’s graduating third-year class – will delve in to political intrigue for their season of graduating theatre works.

The season, titled Serious Courage, will showcase political performance with Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money, Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children and Stephen Sondheim’s The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on the triple bill.

“Our graduating students are the future stars of Australian theatre,” said Arts Academy director Bryce Ives.

“With the strength and poignancy of these three shows in conjunction with the stellar talent of the creative team, the experience of the whole program is a unique opportunity for Ballarat theatre audiences.”

The season will take place at the university’s Helen Macpherson Smith Theatre in the Camp Street campus with performances from September 22 to 30, and October 5-14.

For dates and tickets visit federation.edu.au/eduarts-events