And I am now going to see it for a third time. I think it is such a worthy script and a fantastically directed performance so have sent the invites out and are taking friends back to see it closer to the end of the season. This will be, for me, a chance to see too how much a performance changes much between opening night and a day before closing.
However, I do have a confession to make: the Director, Emma Louise, is a very dear friend of mine. So I am also so very proud of her as this is her first time directing and I know how much of her (not forgetting her amazing team) has gone into getting this on to the stage for us to all enjoy. Normally when I go and see her performances she is up there in front of me on stage.
But I do put this personal connection aside when I say "go see it!" as last time I suggested friends see a performance with me it was a disaster, so much so that I told myself, Tania Marie do not do that to your friends ever again!!
In saying all of that, this is what really got to me - Maryellen George, Peter McAllum, Lucy Miller and David Woodland who share the story with us are stunning. Not having any exposure to the rehearsal and preparation that actors put into their performances, I saw Wolf Lullaby pre-preview and even then thought they were good, to go to then seeing them on stage on opening night - are performances that can never be compared, they were totally new characters to me. This element was really stunning and such an eye opener for me. They connect with their characters, make you feel them by delivering a performance that was so easy and enjoyable to watch.
Here is some of what The Buzz From Sydney thought of those same performances:
"Maryellen George gives a perfectly feisty turn as Lizzy, whose charm only disappears when she dreams of the wolf, a vivid construct of her imagination. Her bouncing physicality is typical of a tireless child. Woodland and Miller bring the girl’s tormented parents to life, their character’s anguished desperation is chilling and impressive to watch. Peter McAllum was suitably intimidating as the police sergeant, though I found his character’s treatment of the young girl veered rather unpredictably between good cop and bad cop in a manner that strained belief." The Buzz from Sydney, 24 Aug 2014
If you do go and see Wolf Lullaby I would like to know if you agree. x