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Year of Premiere 1999
Premiere
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Concept
All the Better to Eat You With investigates the complexities of power
and abuse that lie beneath a familiar fairytale. It is based on Little
Red Riding Hood, a story which in its original fifteenth century version
had 'Little Red' being eaten by the wolf – punished for her curiosity
and provocative dress. In their adaptation, The Brothers Grimm changed
the ending, with Little Red Riding Hood filling the wolf's stomach with
rocks. In both versions, the grandmother dies. All the Better to Eat
You
With is part Surrealist tea-party, part serial-killer pantomime.
All the Better to Eat You With was originally presented as part of a
double-bill, Bodyparts, with Lucy Guerin’s Zero.
Media Response
'A delectable fairytale fit for the new millennium," MELBOURNE TIMES.
“All the Better to Eat You With continues Obarzanek’s reputation
for black humour. It is a remake of the Little Red Riding Hood tale, with
a salacious wolf, a corps de ballet of groovy grannies, various woodland
creatures and a Red Riding Hood who makes a rapid transition from innocent
curiosity to callous violence. This play between violence and gentleness,
humour and horror, is what continues to make Obarzanek’s work intriguing,” THE
AGE.
"Catwalk exhibitionism against the cool gloss of hard-edged stage
design," THE AUSTRALIAN.
"Astonishing virtuosity. And very funny," LA MARSEILLAISE.
"Avant-garde, energy-packed and very unconventional – a night
out with Chunky Move actually provoked both controversy and thought, leaving
one in keen anticipation for more," THE SINGAPORE FINANCIAL TIMES.
“Strongly conceived and arrestingly choreographed and designed physical
theatre,” THE LONDON TIMES.
“A youthful dynamo with stylish panache, this five-year old Melbourne-based
company delivered charged kicks and nifty swerves in its Singapore debut,” SINGAPORE
TIMES.
“Carnal and sensual… guaranteed black humour,” LE RAPPEL.
Performance History
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