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Page to Stage: Popular Mechanicals by night

Christopher Smith2000

Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Brisbane, Australia

When midsummer’s night becomes midsummer’s day, the lovers are reunited, the fairies return to the woods, and after his strange adventure Bottom rejoins his fellow mechanicals. A wedding is about to take place. As evening descends, cabaret descends into chaos.

In theatre, as in life, comedy is a serious business. These dramatically challenged artisans take themselves very seriously. Their deconstructed tuxedos have been carefully decorated with satins, brocades and sequins to make a suitable flashy impression on the royal audience. Suitably ruffed and accessorised, Starveling, Bottom and Snout become Moon, Wall and the heroic Pyramus.

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  • Title: Page to Stage: Popular Mechanicals by night
  • Creator: Christopher Smith
  • Date: 2000
  • Location: Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC
Queensland Performing Arts Centre

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