IP Pitch Model
- 1. Visions by Louis Nowra Promotion and Program IP Pitch
- 3. Promotion & Program Requirements 300 word directors vision Poster size A3 to A1 Flyer 150 words of promotion copy Program Media story 500 words
- 4. Program Profile of theatre company Target audience Information about playwright History of the play Directorial approach Other info
- 6. The Playwright: Louis Nowra
- 7. The Playwright: Louis Nowra Born 1950 in Melbourne Writer of many plays and films Famous for Cosi, Black and White, Radiance
- 8. The Playwright: Louis Nowra For research I have read Louis Nowras memoir, Shooting the Moon. This book provides some interesting insights into his childhood, his political leanings and how that impacts his choices as a writer.
- 9. The Play: Visions Set in Paraguay during the 1860s - the War of the Triple Alliance, which was the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history. The megalomaniac President Lopez has married Madame Lynch, a Parisian courtesan. His ignorance and her egotism together bring ruin on the country and themselves. Against this violent background of bungled diplomacy, death and superstition, is set an allegory of conflicting values, where visions of the civilised arts of peace sacrifice a nation to its own barbarity.
- 10. The Play: Visions Nowra questions the qualities of humanity and civility, and what humans make a priority in a time of crisis. He satirically represents the characters ignorance and skewed views of realities, whilst they cling to the trappings of a crumbling world.
- 11. The Play: Visions Key Themes Power Privilege Politics Violence Appearance vs Reality Revolution
- 12. Research Paraguay War 1864-1870 Causes: President Lopez being aggressive or the after-effects of British Colonialism
- 13. Initial Ideas Symbols Peacock feather opulence, showiness Mask appearance, deception, opulence Tea cup colonial civilisation
- 14. Still to do Theatre Company which one? Research Casting who will play which role? Design/Layout Photography Publication research which one?