SET AND COSTUME DESIGN
albert herring
the mack
whispers of this wik woman
far away
orphanage project
at first sight
score!
big sky town
szentpaly
lonely planet
the boy and the goat
the barber from seville

DIRECTION AND DESIGN
voiceprints
elixir
journeys in a suitcase

FAR AWAY
Queensland Theatre Company 2004

Writer: Caryl Churchill
Director: Leticia Caceres
Set & Costume Designer: Tanja Beer
Lighting Designer: Jo Curry

Performed at the Bille Brown Studio
Brisbane, Australia.

INFO:
Far Away evokes a world on the verge of disintegration, and probes issues extremely topical in our present era. Dark, futuristic and epic, this story deals chillingly with the dehumanisation of the ‘Other’ in times of war. The set includes a double revolving stage that chimes with the dichotomies of the play, and splits in half to transport us from Grandma’s eerie cottage home in the woods to a “Schindler’s List-esque” hat factory.

PRESS:

“…A superb set..” Scene

“…A stunning set by Tanja Beer that manages to function as both locales and provides a bleak suggestion of a holocaust-style gas chamber..” Brisbane News

“Far Away evokes a world on the brink of disintegration, a terrible vision reinforced by Tanja Beer’s unsettling design.” Time off

“Designer Tanja Beer used this episodic nature of the script to create two completely different sets that rotate on platforms, successfully splitting life from the comfortable lounge to the grey blankness of the workplace.” Independent Qld

“The hats themselves are a remarkable array, paraded by a veritable army of volunteers, and a credit to the designer Tanja Beer allude to the various “hats” we choose to wear in our daily lives, the different roles we play, the choices we make ideological and emotional”. The Courier Mail

“Tanja Beer’s design was nothing less than wonderful…In addition, her vast array of hat designs – designed perhaps to denote the various ‘hats’ we wear in the course of our lives – were quite spectacular.” ABC Brisbane

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