Pinocchio and The Yellow Wallpaper: Two plays
by Rosa Campagnaro, Jasper Foley, Laurence Strangio, Annie Thorold, Christian Bagin
The Yellow Wallpaper"It is the strangest yellow, that wallpaper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw – not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things … It is like a bad dream. It creeps all over the house."A recuperating woman, a misguided husband, a hideously papered bedroom.The Yellow Wallpaper is a shrewd blend of physical performance and subtly subversive text – a gothically patterned tale which challenges the boundaries between care and control, madness and liberation.Part of the 2019 VCE Drama Playlist.Text by Charlotte Perkins GilmanAdapted & devised by Laurence Strangio and Annie ThoroldPinocchioIt all began with an ordinary block of wood…Welcome to the fantastical – and dark – world of Pinocchio… An epic adventure of danger, villainy and excitement, told through multiple characters, mask, puppetry, song and plenty of hilarious audience interaction!An engaging, innovative reimagining of Carlo Collodi's cautionary tale about the little wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy. Don't miss this magical and unique adaptation that draws on the traditions of the travelling storytellers of a bygone era and – of course – Commedia dell'Arte.Part of the 2019 VCE Drama Playlist.Created by Christian Bagin, Rosa Campagnaro and Jasper Foley
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Author Biography
ROSA CAMPAGNARO is the founder and director of Make A Scene which has been delivering her unique brand of theatre, performance technique, and training to schools, educators, and theatre professionals since 2004. Her physical theatre training in Jacques Lecoq Technique with Norman Taylor heavily influenced her teaching style and approach to performance creation, and she also recently completed the Uta Hagen Teacher Training course. Campagnaro gained a teaching degree from Deakin University and studied Commedia dell'Arte with Venezia InScena and with commedia Master, Antonio Fava. As well as devising shows for Make a Scene, Campagnaro has directed for the Short and Sweet Festival, produced the Green Room Award winning musical, Vaudeville X (created by Michael Dalley), and was Production Assistant on the original Tony Award winning musical, Avenue Q. Her most recent performance credits include: Le Beatrici (Directed by Laurence Strangio) and collaboration with Margherita Peluso on a grotesque bouffon satire, The Devil Wears Pashmina and You?.
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