Dark Daniel Keene Love Story LOW for Victorian Theatre Company

Following their debut season (The Darkening Sky) in March, Victorian Theatre Company return to Theatre Works with brutal Daniel Keene love story - LOW - a dark Bonnie and Clyde tale set in the streets of Melbourne.

Emma and Jay are lovers, isolated and outcast from society. Money is scarce and Melbourne’s streets are dark and unforgiving. Desperate to prove themselves and change their fortunes, they take the law into their own hands, LOW travels through time and promises to grab audiences by the heart.

Matthew Connell (The Darkening Sky, King Lear) and Veronica Thomas (When The Light Leaves, Thigh Gap) are cast as the two star crossed lovers, directed by Jennifer Sarah Dean.

‘It’s a story that comes from and belongs to our streets’ Dean explains. ‘The play is firmly set in 1991 Melbourne - a hard period in Australian history with recession gripping the country.’

LOW will be scored by composer and sound designer Thomas Kunz (Hamlet), anchoring the piece to the time period and bringing out Keene’s heightened poetry. Chelsea Neate’s set and costume design bring Melbourne’s dark alleyways to life in Theatre Works’ new warehouse space The Explosives Factory in St Kilda. Kris Chainey’s lighting design promises to evoke noir punk and neon cityscape to submerse the audience.

Victorian Theatre Company focuses on Melbourne made stories, fusing the disciplines of film and live performance to create new works of radio play, theatre and film.

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This project has been supported by Regional Arts Victoria.

Cast

JAY - Matthew Connell

EMMA - Veronica Thomas

Creatives

DIRECTOR: Jennifer Sarah Dean

PRODUCER: Matthew Connell

LIGHTING DESIGN: Kris Chainey

SET & COSTUME DESIGN: Chelsea Neate

SOUND DESIGN: Thomas Kunz

STAGE MANAGER: Harry Dowling

PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN: Chelsea Neate

MARKETING MANAGER: Tanith Facey

Season Dates & Performance Times

Season: May 17 - 21

(Preview) Tuesday, May 17 @ 7:30pm

(Opening Night) Wednesday, May 18 @ 7:30pm

Thursday, May 19 @ 7:30pm

Friday, May 20 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, May 21 @ 7:30pm

Venue

Explosives Factory

Tickets

https://www.eventfinda.com.au/2022/low-by-daniel-keene/melbourne/st-kilda/tickets

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