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Visions by Louis Nowra
Promotion and ProgramIP Pitch
TimelineFeb March April May June July Aug Sept
Research
Plan/draft
Decisions
Copy
Layout
Photography
Finished Art
Final
Promotion & ProgramRequirements
• 300 word director’s vision• Poster – size A3 to A1• Flyer – 150 words of promotion copy• Program• Media story – 500 words
Program
• Profile of theatre company• Target audience• Information about playwright• History of the play• Directorial approach• Other info
The Play: Visions
The Playwright: Louis Nowra
The Playwright: Louis Nowra
• Born 1950 in Melbourne• Writer of many plays and films• Famous for Cosi, Black and White, Radiance
The Playwright: Louis Nowra
For research I have read Louis Nowra’s memoir, Shooting the Moon.
This book provides some interestinginsights into his childhood, his political leanings and how that impacts his choices as a writer.
The Play: Visions
• Set in Paraguay during the 1860s - the War of the Triple Alliance, which was the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history.
The megalomaniac President Lopez has married Madame Lynch, a Parisian courtesan. His ignorance and her egotism together bring ruin on the country and themselves. Against this violent background of bungled diplomacy, death and superstition, is set an allegory of conflicting values, where visions of the civilised arts of peace sacrifice a nation to its own barbarity.
The Play: Visions
Nowra questions the qualities of humanity and civility, and what humans make a priority in a time of crisis. He satirically represents the characters’ ignorance and skewed views of realities, whilst they cling to the trappings of a crumbling world.
The Play: Visions
Key Themes• Power• Privilege• Politics• Violence• Appearance vs Reality• Revolution
Research
• Paraguay War• 1864-1870• Causes: President Lopez being aggressive or
the after-effects of British Colonialism
Initial Ideas
Symbols• Peacock feather – opulence, showiness• Mask – appearance, deception, opulence• Tea cup – colonial civilisation
Still to do…
• Theatre Company – which one? Research• Casting – who will play which role?• Design/Layout• Photography• Publication research – which one?
