All The Better to Eat You With 1999
All The Better to Eat You With was originally presented as part of a double-bill, Bodyparts, with Lucy Guerin’s Zero. Obarzanek took the centuries-old fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood as a starting point to create a fractured world of childish thoughts mishandled by adult terrors. His intention was “to create a beautiful, but psychotic work that’s very physical and highly sensual...” The result explored the complexities of power and abuse that lay beneath a familiar fairytale, and was part Surrealist tea party, part serial-killer pantomime.
Creative Team
Choreography Gideon Obarzanek
Composition Darrin Verhagen
Lighting Design Damien Cooper
Fashion & Costume Design Audra Cornish & Laurel Frank
Original Performers Fiona Cameron, Kirstie McCracken, Lisa Griffiths, Phillip Adams, David Tyndall, Luke Smiles, Byron Perry, “Lollie” the cat
Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek
Executive Producer Angharad Wynne-Jones
World Premiere
16 February 1999 (Melbourne)
Touring Seasons
1999 Geelong, Melbourne, Sydney, Frankston, Mildura, Shepparton, Castlemaine, Swan Hill, Charleroi, Aix-en-Provence, Manchester
2000 Brisbane, Perth, Warragul, Parramatta, Warrnambool, Dusseldorf, Essen, Cologne
2001 Hong Kong, Singapore, London
“…seriously weird and deliberately unbeautiful” The Age.
L-R: Lisa Griffiths, Fiona Cameron, Luke Smiles, Kirstie McCracken Image: Unknown
