New Australian Musical WORK OF ART Explores the Creation of the Sydney Opera House Next Month

The acclaimed impartial theatre-makers at Tiny Triangle will existing a staged live performance effectiveness of Work of Art, a new musical by NIDA graduate Jesse Layt at ARA Darling Quarter Theatre on August 24. This public presentation will mark the completion of a developmental workshop that has included fourteen of Sydney’s brightest young actors.

Function of Art chronicles the generation of the environment-famous Sydney Opera House, adhering to the paths of architects Jørn Utzon and Peter Corridor as a result of fourteen a long time of design as they struggle to keep their imaginative voices. Propelled by an completely initial score, this thrilling new musical queries the worth that is positioned on Australia’s art and artists in a entire world wherever political ambition and financial austerity appear destined to take precedence above creative expression.

As the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera Dwelling methods (Oct 2023), the inventive workforce have been preparing to reveal the deeply human story guiding an icon so commonly regarded, but so narrowly recognized. Directed by Alexander Andrews and Music Directed by Jeremy Kindl, Do the job of Art invites audiences to seem inside of a earth that will shock, anger and inspire, ushering them out of the theatre to only then truly see the Sydney Opera Property and the hearts that broke to carry it to everyday living.

In a statement from writer and composer Jesse Layt, he says:

Get the job done of Artwork is a tale about individuals who are ready to sacrifice anything to have their artistic voices heard. Rising from a time where artists have been sidelined and arts organisations disregarded, I could not believe of a much more fitting subject matter to interrogate and discover as a result of the lens of contemporary Australia.

As an artist in Australia, I maintain the agency perception that furnishing Australian stories with a main theatrical platform is crucial to the future of our business. To be capable to provide commercial theatre producers an Australian item with the scope and potential to stand beside the longest functioning and greatest grossing musicals is a key ambition driving the improvement of Work of Art. I glance ahead to sharing this profoundly Australian tale with the people today of Sydney.

Audiences will have two chances to knowledge this Initial Search of a new Australian Musical – 6PM and 8:30PM on Wednesday 24 August at the ARA Darling Quarter Theatre.