Taking its starting point from a theatre production staged just after the second world war by Chinese workers at Bulimba dockyards, this play traces the story of a group of six men who had to flee China after the Japanese invasion in the 1930s.
A collaboration of epic proportions. So the program describes the process of creating this beautiful, powerful recreation of the central love story of Homer’s Iliad; a process of blending and interweaving the innovative creative powers of two amazing theatre companies. It is not an exaggeration.
I have seldom been so impressed by the unanimity of purpose of director and conductor in an operatic production as I was in the care these two people gave to the music and the action.
Before this concert began, Patrick Nolan, the artistic director of Opera Queensland, told us that we were in for a treat. But it was much more than that.
This long-awaited show delivers all you can expect and is a veritable feast for the senses! As much fun as a Wonka Fudgie Wudgie (and as whimsical as a Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight).
Tale as old as time: two worlds collide as star struck lovers try to navigate their way through cruel and different families as the widely popular West Side Story returns for a season at QPAC with the same cool charm it has been bringing since it's first days on Broadway