The Eleventh Hour wants:
poetry in the theatre - theatre in the poetry
The Eleventh Hour is interested in:
abstract space and concrete ideas - composition and counterpoint - making sense of texts and bodies in space & time - the word in, and out of, history
The Eleventh Hour enjoys:
new forms - laughter - making art slowly
The Eleventh Hour has so far performed works by:
Samuel Beckett Sarah Kane Bertolt Brecht Oscar Wilde Arthur Miller Johann Sebastian Bach Buster Keaton James Joyce & William Shakespeare
The Eleventh Hour hopes to perform works by:
William Henderson and David Tredinnick
The Eleventh Hour has relished working with:
Peter Houghton, Tom Considine, Marco Chiappi, Christen O’Leary, John McCaughey, Miria Kostiuk, Mary Moore, Brian Lipson, Heather Bolton, Richard Bligh, Stephen Horseley, Andrew Bellchambers, Felicity Soper, Jane Nolan, Greg Stone, Mark Winter, Tamara Searle, Julie Renton, Evelyn Krape, Shona Innes, Nicole Nabout, Christopher Brown, Luke Flood, Ponch Hawkes, Kathryn Ross, Wally Gunn, James Patterson, Bruce Kerr, Miwako Abe and Zachary Johnston
The Eleventh Hour performances and performers:
have been described variously by the critics as: mature, exploratory, disciplined, imaginative, excellent, impressive, confident, resonant, ambitious, intellectually challenging, thoroughly seasoned and highly talented, poised and skilled, sparse and restrained, timely, assured, absorbing, theatrically adventurous, thought provoking, enjoyable, finely acted, inventive, intelligent, creative, unnnerving, wonderful, in-your-face, spot on, poetic, rich in metaphor and musicality……
The Eleventh Hour performances and performers:
have in 2006/7 been the recipients of a total of six Green Room Awards for: Best Actor, Best Director, Best Designer, Best Production & Best Adaptation
The Eleventh Hour believes:
the working place that is theatre could be a good metaphor for the workings of the wider community
The Eleventh Hour accepts financial support from and is thus very grateful to:
several private donors who wish to remain anonymous, Arts Victoria, and the Robert Salzer Foundation.
The Eleventh Hour has a beautiful hall which is available for hire as a rehearsal space when the company is not in development, rehearsal or production.