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Arriving Today
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Waiting for Godot Downunder.
An existential play that will challenge and delight audiences and actors alike.
In a hot market in the not-too-distant future, Kitty and Scamp have received a telegram: She is arriving today – but who is She?
And what does She want with them? Kitty is desperate to prepare for Her, while Scamp believes they will never be prepared in time.
In a future we might see someday, two women are confronted by the prospect of Her arrival – and the mysterious arrival of Finley, who has a message for them that they’re not going to like at all.
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Suzanne Sandow –
Michael Olsen pays homage to Waiting for Godot with Arriving Today. It also explores the anxiety of not being ready, or organized, or tidy enough to welcome important guests into one’s home / environment, though there is a sense that the two characters… could well be homeless.
– Suzanne Sandow, reviewer, Stage Whispers
Adèle Shelley –
The dialogue is excellent…an amusing and thought-provoking play.
– Adèle Shelley, Dr Melbourne Writers’ Theatre
Darren Valentine –
Thanks for taking the time and energy to refine your script to such a level of artistic achievement and clarity. In many ways it’s such a resonant and seamless text that I hoped connected with the audience on multiple levels hopefully inciting reflections on these (dystopian?) uncertain times we live in.
– Darren Valentine, director, Six Degrees at a Hot Melbourne Market
Rachel Fentiman (Editor) –
From a cast member:
“Arriving Today was an artistically satisfying play for all of us to work on. The stylistic nature of the script triggered much activity in our imaginations, and I hope the audience’s as well.”
Rachel Fentiman (Editor) –
From various audience members:
“[Arriving Today] lends itself to a multitude of interpretations, theatrical possibilities and challenges.”
“the most fully realised work of the four that made up Six Degrees at a Hot Melbourne Market. The writing was tight and void of any superfluity. It’s rhythm was vital and energising.”
“The emotional complexity of the characters’ relationship… gave the actors much to work with and they appreciated the task of unravelling the text, imagining the backstory, exploring and ultimately inhabiting their character’s psychology from deep within themselves.”
“Every night [Arriving Today] is always a different experience from the night before. Sometimes it’s very sensitive another time violent and on the verge of total chaos and destruction. “