Pell Mell (play)
| Pell Mell | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Melanie Salomon |
| Date premiered | 1986 |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | Adelaide's Myrtle Bank |
Pell Mell is a one-person play by Australian actress and playwright Melanie Salomon that premiered in 1986. Starring Salomon and directed by Geoffrey Rush is was first staged at the Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir Street.[1] [2] Salomon plays multiple characters during the show telling a story of growing up in Adelaide in the '70s.[3][4]
Bob Evans of the Sydney Morning Herald says "Unfortunately not all the characters who appear in the show have the same assurance and precision. But to her credit, Salomon has an unerring ear for the cadences and idiosyncrasies of speech and an enormous talent for behavioural imitations".[2] In the Age Peter Weiniger writes "Salomon performs at a measured pace; hers is the comedy of observation tempered with reflection. She allows her characters to evolve gently, her humour is carefully controlled and full of insights and nuances."[3]
Salomon won the 1987 AWGIE Award for Comedy Revue/Sketch for the show.[5]
References
- ^ Portus, Martin (10 June 1986), "Home, home on the stage", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b Evans, Bob (14 July 1986), "Childhood revisited", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ a b Weiniger, Peter (14 July 1986), "Personal, yet universal odyssey", The Age
- ^ Mendels, Pamela (18 March 1988), "Adelaide Festival highlights", The Australian Jewish Times
- ^ AWGIE Award Winners 1968-2006 (PDF), Australian Writers Guild
External links
- Adelaide Festival March '88 Festival listing (page 14).