In recent years Tim Winton has become the patron of the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers which is sponsored by the City of Subiaco in Western Australia. Although a reluctant media performer, Winton appeared on the ABC TV program “Enough Rope” with Andrew Denton in 2004, and a transcript of the program is available. Tim Winton lives in Western Australia with his wife and three children. Themes and Issues Cloudstreet is best described as an exploration and celebration of life and what it means. Every character in the play experiences a personal journey; some are hard and long journeys whereas some are easy.
Characters realise the importance of family and there place with in it, it illustrates a relationship between family and identity, they realise how an individual role within a family is considered to be of great importance. Many times throughout Cloudstreet it seems supernatural and not completely explained, I view this as Winton trying to represent that we as humans are not going to understand everything that happens in this world. Main themes presented are faith such as Pickles’ belief in luck, and the Lambs being ‘Godfearing people’), water is an important theme as a lot of significant events happen by water, family and dreams.
Context Cloudstreet is set in and around Perth during the 1940s-50s, it tells a story of two rural families who suffer a series of unfortunate events and venture to the city in order to rebuild the shattered remains of their lives and begin anew. They all meet each other in the same house at No. 1 Cloud Street, The Lambs and The Pickles share plethora of ordeals that many people went through back then such as World War 2 and the Korean war which saw many males being shipped off to wars aswell as global tension and economic problems. The assassination of John.
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F Kennedy in the US and Robert Menzies being Prime Minster at the time didn’t help the moral of Australians. Social class was also a big thing during the 40s-50s as seen within the play. Rose fell in love with Toby but due to the strong moral stance of social classes during this era, it was looked down upon and forbidden. Toby’s rich family looked down on Rose. Performance Spaces Venue Audience Drama and Humanities students who are studying the play would have a very high interest in Cloudstreet as well as West Australians who wish to see a bit of history about their Capital city.
Native Australians may also be interested in the Dreamtime and Aboriginal characters that are present within the play. Part 2: Thrust Stage Size: Capacity: Positives: * Can use big, realistic sets * Still have intimacy * Versatile * Blend of proscenium and arena Negatives: * Must use/rearrange some audience space Picture: Proscenium Arch Size: Capacity: Positives: * Can use lots of scenery * Allows for a “realistic” visual “picture frame” * More realism possible * Easier to light * Room backstage * Uses traditional stage areas (upstage, downstage ect. Negatives: * Stage is higher than the first few rows of seats * Back rows are far away from the stage so they have trouble hearing * Those sitting at end of rows may have difficulty seeing some action Picture: Theatre in the round Size: Capacity: Positives: * The audience feels the play * Actors feel part of the audience * Much easier to interact with audience Negatives: * Very intimidating for actors surrounded by so many people * Actors may even feel claustrophobic * Not very realistic scenery Picture: Transverse stage Size: Capacity:
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Positives: * Intimacy between the Audience and actors * The audience can see the actor’s entire body and can hear the actor clearly * Scenery can be placed on the back wall Negatives: * If actor walks past row of audience, their back will be to the audience * Unpractical to place scenery on the stage Picture: Box stage Size: Capacity: Positives: Negatives: Picture: Open space/parkland Size: Capacity: Positives: Negatives: Picture: Forrest Chase Size: Capacity: Positives: Negatives: Picture: Warehouse Size: Capacity: Positives: Negatives: Picture:
