Freshworks Season at Old 505 Theatre

Overview

The experimental Old 505 Theatre is putting on Freshworks, their "season within a season" that showcases four shows for a limited run each Wednesday through Sunday in April. The four shows are Dining (Uns)-Table, Machine, Macbeth: 9 Scenes Rehearsed and a work-in-progress collaboration from the minds behind the Old 505 Theatre to be performed April 10-13.

Dining (Uns)-Table, Cloe Fournier's first major work, examines the effect family has on our psychological wellbeing. It uses dance-theatre to tell the story of a daughter and father and the lasting, damaging effect this relationship had on the daughter. It runs April 2-6.

From April 17-20, Eclective Productions' Machine will have its chance to shine. Machine examines the relationship between a 20-something and her guardian angel. A warning to the claustrophobic: this piece takes place entirely within a shower stall.

Actors in Macbeth: 9 Scenes Rehearsed utilise the Suzuki Method of acting in their performances. That is, the actors focus on becoming aware of their body, energy and breath while performing. The group has been training in this method for the past 12 months and will perform nine selected scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth. Scheduled for April 24-27, it will be the last show to run during Freshworks 2014.