Lynn Belvedere

IS IT TIME @ KING STREET THEATRE @ NEWTOWN

 

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The play starts with very happily married couple, Eva and Jim Rogers, sharing their never ending, eternal love story. Both are in good health. There is definitely no rush to complete their bucket list.

In the second act, immediately reminded of the play LAST CAB TO DARWIN, but very passionately presented from a very different point of view, and imminent death becomes a much more complicated issue.        

In Act 2, Eva Rogers is diagnosed with a terminal illness, with painful death within a few months. Confronted with the morality and legality of being denied the right for a dignified death, painless methods are fully explored including via assisted euthanasia, and ultimately as assisted suicide.  

The rich territory of Christian doctrine is not mentioned, however the idea of death as “the undiscovered country, from which no visitor returns” is explored. Written by first time playwright, Martin Ashley Jones, IS IT TIME is brand new Australian play, having its world premiere in Sydney. During its fast-paced ninety minutes, you will question exactly who gets to make the decisions.

IS IT TIME (without the question mark) will definitely leave you with all the answers about euthanasia. We all know that we will die, but do not know when, however when confronted with terminal illness, you suddenly understand just how little quality time remains. The carefully crafted backstory for each character, verbosely descends into thesaurus overkill with a word or phrase, changed into a multitude of synonyms, repetition repeated again and again, with yet another a word or phrase with an almost identical meaning.

The cast includes Ross Scott, Sylvia White, David Luke, Sarah Plummer, Lauren J. Jones and Denise Kitching. Director is King Street Theatre’s young resident director , Barry Walsh. Production design is by Emu Arts.

IS IT TIME is playing at the King Street Theatre, on first floor at the corner of King Street and Bray Streets, Newtown, until 5 June. Performances Tuesdays to  Saturdays @ 7:30pm  and  Sundays  @ 5:00pm   

For more information visit http://www.kingstreettheatre.com.au/is-it-time-by-martin-ashley-jones-world-premiere/

 

 

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -