THE TABLE OF KNOWLEDGE
July 30th 2011 23:39
Original Creative Writing:
version 1.0
A version 1.0 and Merrigong Theatre Company co-production
THE TABLE OF KNOWLEDGE
A world premiere
Wednesday 31 August at 7.30pm
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, 32 Burelli St., Wollongong
A dynamic theatrical dialogue about corruption, power and democracy
The Table of Knowledge is a powerful new theatre work based on actual events that took place in Wollongong from 2004 to 2008. This Merrigong Theatre Company and version 1.0 co-production plays from Tuesday, 30 August to Sunday, 11 September at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong.
On December 5th 2006, officers of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) raided the administration building of Wollongong City Council, forcing staff to vacate their posts, sealing a floor of the building and leaving hours later with boxes of documents, files and computer hard drives. This was the first indication the community of Wollongong had of 'Operation Atlas', the ICAC investigation into allegations of corruption involving local developers, Councillors and former staff of Wollongong City Council.
The scandal had reverberations far beyond expectations and resulted in the sacking of the entire elected Council. ICAC exposed sexual obsessions, envelopes full of cash and a group of powerful men that met regularly outside a local kebab shop at a plastic table they called 'the table of knowledge'. The premiere of this new work is given increased impact by the fact it will open just a few days before Wollongong residents go to the polls to elect a new Council, with former General Manager of Wollongong City Council Rod Oxley a candidate for Lord Mayor despite ICAC having delivered findings of corrupt conduct against him.
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.
Devisers / Performers; Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe, David Williams
Video Artist; Sean Bacon
Dramaturg; Paul Dwyer
THE TABLE OF KNOWLEDGE
A world premiere
Wednesday 31 August at 7.30pm
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, 32 Burelli St., Wollongong
A dynamic theatrical dialogue about corruption, power and democracy
The Table of Knowledge is a powerful new theatre work based on actual events that took place in Wollongong from 2004 to 2008. This Merrigong Theatre Company and version 1.0 co-production plays from Tuesday, 30 August to Sunday, 11 September at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong.
On December 5th 2006, officers of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) raided the administration building of Wollongong City Council, forcing staff to vacate their posts, sealing a floor of the building and leaving hours later with boxes of documents, files and computer hard drives. This was the first indication the community of Wollongong had of 'Operation Atlas', the ICAC investigation into allegations of corruption involving local developers, Councillors and former staff of Wollongong City Council.
The scandal had reverberations far beyond expectations and resulted in the sacking of the entire elected Council. ICAC exposed sexual obsessions, envelopes full of cash and a group of powerful men that met regularly outside a local kebab shop at a plastic table they called 'the table of knowledge'. The premiere of this new work is given increased impact by the fact it will open just a few days before Wollongong residents go to the polls to elect a new Council, with former General Manager of Wollongong City Council Rod Oxley a candidate for Lord Mayor despite ICAC having delivered findings of corrupt conduct against him.
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.
Devisers / Performers; Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe, David Williams
Video Artist; Sean Bacon
Dramaturg; Paul Dwyer
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