Published: October 09, 2018
From the misogynistic Don Giovanni to the heteronormative Calamity Jane, Australian theatre-makers are finding new ways into problematic texts
When Opera Queensland’s Don Giovanni opens next week, dozens of ordinary women – old and young, big and small – will appear naked on stage.
The nude display – representing the “avenging furies” who, in the opera, drag the ghastly Giovanni to his death – is not a publicity stunt, claims the director, Lindy Hume (although the press won’t hurt). It is about enacting female retribution and empowering women. Women who after centuries of misrepresentation, repression and self-restraint in the performing arts are finally claiming the soapbox as their own.
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