David Nobay’s play ‘Moving Parts’ – starring Colin Friels and Josh McConville – for a limited season at NIDA from tomorrow July 25 to August 10
MOVING PARTS
A darkly comic thriller about men, estrangement, secrets and forgiveness.
COLIN FRIELS + JOSH McConville
Written by DAVID NOBAY
Directed by STEVE ROGERS
Production Company: Will O_Rourke
Moving Parts is a 2-hander, a darkly comic thriller, set in an exclusive London shop, where a young man consults a salesman, in his quest for the perfect watch. Their discussion about the perfect timepiece becomes a fight to reconcile past, present and future. It is a story that takes us deep into the heart of the human condition, on a journey into a relationship that has broken.
Moving Parts is the first stage play written by David Nobay, creative chairman of Droga5 Australia. Nobay has been ranked by Campaign Brief magazine as the No.1 most awarded Creative Director in Australasia and also included in AdAge magazine’s prestigious ‘Creativity 50’ most influential creative leaders in the world.
The play will be directed by Steve Rogers, one of the most sought after commercial directors internationally (consistently ranked in Top 10 directors worldwide), creating work for clients including James Boag’s, Nike and Dodge among countless others. He has also directed music videos for the likes of Radiohead, Malcolm McLaren and Jack Ladder.
“We have been developing this new Australian play for over 3 years” says producer, Michael Ritchie. “We aim to bring a new writer’s voice to the Australian stage, with a unique team, drawn from the Australian theatre and film industries. As a new company, Will O’Rourke is looking for new ways of combining arts and business strategies, bringing together unique teams of creative professionals, to engage audiences in new and exciting ways.”
Ritchie announced at today’s launch that the public will be able to download a free ‘Moving Parts’ app from itunes, one of few theatre apps in Australia, enabling the public to buy tickets to the show, view behind-the-scenes interviews about the play, trailers, and photography by Derek Henderson.
The play will take one of Australia’s best known actors Colin Friels, plus Josh McConville, back to the place where they both trained, NIDA. It will be Friels’ first performance at NIDA since graduating in the 1970s. McConville, a 2008 graduate, has worked extensively in Australian theatre and won the 2013 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actor, for his leading performance in The Boys (2012). Colin’s roles in Australian film and TV include Malcolm, Cosi, High Tide, Dingo, Monkey Grip, Angel Baby, Tom White, The Eye of The Storm, and Water Rats.
Friels has worked for all major Australian theatre companies. His credits include Macbeth (STC), The Cherry Orchard (QTC), Hamlet (STC), and most recently he played the iconic Willie Loman, in Death of a Salesman for Company B, Belvoir. He won Best Actor at the 2013 Green Room Awards, for his portrayal of Mark Rothko in Red (MTC).
Friels says of Moving Parts: “I like being involved in new things, I love new material. I’m always attracted to it, like a magpie… I thought it was extremely good and extremely well written.”
Lighting Designer, Russell Boyd is Australia’s greatest Director Of Photography, known for classic Australian films including Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Crocodile Dundee, Phar Lap, High Tide, and Academy Award winner for Master and Commander.
Production Designer, Steven Jones-Evans’ work includes: The Hunter, Burning Man, Buffalo Soldiers, Romper Stomper, Two Hands, Australian Rules, Ned Kelly (for which he was awarded both the AFI and IF Award’s for Best Production Design), Cut, Oyster Farmer, Love Serenade. He recently worked as Production Designer, on Jonathan Teplitzky’s upcoming film, The Railway Man, starring Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard and Colin Firth.
Costume Designer, Margot Wilson is best known for her costumes for John Hillcoat’s film The Proposition starring Guy Pearce, Emily Watson and Ray Winstone (for which she won an Australian Film Institute Award in 2006) and for Terrence Malick’s Oscar nominated WWII epic, The Thin Red Line (starring John Cusack, George Clooney, Adrian Brody and James Caveziel).
Producer, Michael Ritchie (left), is Managing Director of Revolver, an Australian based production company known for its commitment to produce innovative, high end work, and Managing Director & Executive Producer of Will O’Rourke, a next generation production company, established to support the creation of unconventional creative projects.
Producer, Katy Alexander, is a NIDA-trained director and producer, whose work includes Alter Ego with Night Parrot Productions at Vivid Sydney 2012, Tracy Letts’ acclaimed Bug with Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney Ghost Stories at The Old Fitzroy, Defences at Griffin Searchlight, Sleeping Around at Downstairs Belvoir. Katy has worked across the theatre and film industries, and her first job was as a founding editor of inside film magazine.
Dramaturgy: Stephen Sewell, Suzie Miller
MOVING PARTS
NIDA PARADE PLAYHOUSE
25 July – 10 August
Tues – Sat 8pm Saturday Matinees: 3 & 10 August at 2pm
Post-show Q&A with cast and creative team: 30 & 31 July 8pm, 6 August 8pm
Matinees: 3 & 8 August 2pm
Tickets available from tomorrow from Ticketek
Full price: $66 (Thurs-Sat nights 8pm) Concession: $49.50 (Thurs-Sat nights 8pm) (students and pensioners) Full Price: $49.50 (Tues/Wed 8pm, Sat 2pm) Concession: $35 (Tues/Wed 8pm, Sat 2pm) Limited view tickets: $22 flat rate*.
*A service/delivery fee also applies
Download the free ‘Moving Parts’ app from itunes for behind-the-scenes interviews, trailers, photographs, and to buy tickets to the show.
3 Comments
This looks like fun, I think I’ll go.
Advertising people actually being creative.
Love it.
Someone in the industry does something genuinely creative and no fucker comments. Hilarious.