Year: 2001
Festival Director: Leo Schofield
Venue: The final production at Her Majesty's Theatre, before it was demolished
Significance: One of the most adventurous and ambitious theatrical offerings to date, it was a defining experience of this Festival era.
The Far Side of the Moon by Robert Lepage (2001)
Enter a space beyond imagination. One of the most adventurous and ambitious theatrical offerings to date, Robert Lepage’s The Far Side of the Moon made a seismic impression on its audiences. Brilliantly combining elements of the US vs USSR “space race” with a tale of sibling rivalry, Lepage centred humanity’s cosmic longings on a stage that became a shifting universe of mirrors, miniature sets, video projections and ingenious mechanical devices.
Lepage and his company Ex Machina went on to bring bigger, longer works to Sydney Festival, but this production’s meticulous craft and imaginative sweep remains one of the defining theatrical experiences of that festival era – a show that didn’t just tell a story, but reinvented the stage itself.
The Far Side of the Moon was the final production ever staged at Her Majesty's Theatre – affectionately known as The Maj – which was demolished soon after.
Year: 2001
Festival Director: Leo Schofield
Venue: The final production at Her Majesty's Theatre, before it was demolished
Significance: One of the most adventurous and ambitious theatrical offerings to date, it was a defining experience of this Festival era.
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