A Merrigong Theatre Company and version 1.0 co-production
2012 Performance Details:
Sydney premiere season
13-24 March, 2012
Bay 20, CarriageWorks
245 Wilson St, Eveleigh
Bookings here
Final return season in Wollongong!
10-14 April, 2012
Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
32 Burelli St., Wollongong
Bookings here
About:
In February 2008, the Independent Commission Against Corruption began investigating allegations of corruption involving local developers and former staff of Wollongong Council, an investigation termed ‘Operation Atlas’. The resultant scandal had reverberations far beyond expectations, suggesting entanglements with members of the NSW State Government, and culminating with the sacking of the entire Council. The ICAC investigation exposed sexual obsessions, envelopes full of cash, and a secret cabal of powerful men that met regularly around a plastic table outside a local kebab shop, described by them as the ‘table of knowledge’. version 1.0 turns its forensic theatrical vision onto the Inquiry transcripts and the media reportage of this scandal, to produce an entertaining and informative interrogation of power, corruption and good governance in contemporary Australia.
2011 Performance Details:
30 August - 20 September
Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC)
32 Burelli St., Wollongong
Artists:
Devised by: Sean Bacon, Alan Flower, Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe, and David Williams
Performers: Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe, and David Williams
Video Designer: Sean Bacon
Sound Designer: Gail Priest
Lighting Designer: Frank Mainoo
Production Stage Manager: Abbie Trott
Assistant Stage Manager: Tamara Gazzard
Production Photography: Heidrun Lohr
Props Construction: Steve Howarth & Erth
The Table of Knowledge is co-commissioned by Merrigong Theatre Company and version 1.0 inc. version 1.0 inc. is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the NSW government through Arts NSW. This project is also assisted by the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney.