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ON AIR SCREENING:JULIA BRITTON - FEARLESS screens The production received an excellent review in "The Age" Green Guide by Brad Newsome: "This captivating and inspiring documentary follows 92-year-old Melbourne playwright Julia Britton, as she arranges for her play Fresh Pleasures, a one-hander about Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant, to be performed in a small theatre in London. This is remarkable enough in itself, but what's doubly intriguing is her tempestuous relationship with her long-time director and housemate, Robert Chuter. Although they clearly adore each other, they have many a falling-out, one row being over the fact that Chuter decided - without bothering to tell Britton - that while he's in London he might as well put on another play (Homme Fatale, a play about American gay porn star Joey Stefano). The documentary makes excellent use of original music and artwork as it follows the production of Fresh Pleasures, from the casting of actor Tamblyn Lord and the building of the set in Melbourne to the closing night in London. It also tells the story of Britton's remarkable life, from her childhood in England to her work as a journalist on an anti-apartheid newspaper in South Africa and her later career as a classics teacher in Adelaide. It wasn't until she reached her 70s that she decided to give playwrighting a whirl, but over the past two decades she has seen some 40 of her works performed. Great stuff." FEARLESS is also available on DVD. See DVD PURCHASE. |
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