June 30, 2020
Why Australians love Cloudstreet
Reviewer Brenda Walker explains why Australians love Cloudstreet – Tim Winton’s big, brilliant slab of a book, published in 1991.The canvas of Cloudstreet is domestic…
George Palmer
Cloudstreet
“The River Is Full Of Sky. There Are Stars And Swirl And Space Down There”Her Majesty's Theatre
12 May - 21 May 2016Cloudstreet, based on a novel by the same name written in 1991 by Tim Winton. It tells the story of two families from working-class backgrounds, the Pickles and the Lambs who happen to live together in a house in Perth, called Cloudstreet, over a period of twenty years. Performed its premiere at Her Majesty’s Theatre in 2016 presented by State Opera South Australia in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre.
REVIEWS
- Conductor
- Timothy Sexton
- Director
- Gale Edwards
- Set Design
- Victoria Lamb
- Costume Design
- Ailsa Paterson
- Lighting Designer
- Nigel Levings
- Video Design
- Craig Williams
- Conductor
- Jane Rossetto
- Assistant Director
- Velalien
- Indigenous Movement Coordinator/Cultural Consultant
- Nikki Ashby
- Lester Lamb
- Pelham Andrews
- Oriel Lamb
- Antoinette Halloran
- Quick Lamb
- Nicholas Cannon
- Fish Lamb
- Nicholas Jones
- Sam Pickle
- Barry Ryan
- Dolly Pickle
- Joanna McWaters
- Rose Pickle
- Desiree Frahn
- Hattie Lamb/Mrs Clay
- Kristen Hardy
- Red Lamb
- Courtney Turner
- Lon Lamb
- Ben Francis
- Elaine Lamb
- Karina Jay
- Ted Pickles
- Hew Wagner
- Chub Pickles
- Beau Sandford
- Bob Crab
- Don Bemrose
- Pilot/Gerry Clay/Toby
- Jeremy Kleeman
- Spirit Girls
- Kirsty Williams, Natasha Wanganeen, Lilla Berry
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
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June 30, 2020
Cloudstreet Synopsis
Cloudstreet - Synopsis 1940s – 1960s: Read the Synopsis for the Opera Cloudstreet belowAct One It’s late afternoon on the Margaret River. The Lamb family…
June 30, 2020
Designing the Cloudstreet Set
The characters exist in a stylised space, so it is the costumes which show the period and the passing of time. These are people who…
June 30, 2020
Designing the Cloudstreet Costumes
The characters exist in a stylised space, so it is the costumes which show the period and the passing of time. These are people who…
June 29, 2020
The World Premiere of CLOUDSTREET
CLOUDSTREET An opera in two acts by George Palmer Adapted from the Tim Winton novel Libretto by George Palmer and Tim Winton Based on Tim…
June 26, 2020
Directing Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet the opera was five years in the making. I became involved way back in 2011 when George brought his first draft to me, and…
June 26, 2020
Composing Cloudstreet
My ambition as a composer has always been to write an opera. by 2010, I felt that I was equipped to undertake a serious project.…
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