R&R

Last weekend I had some R&R seeing R&R.  That is, some cultural events - Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness - at the Sydney theatre company with costumes by one of my favourite designers to watch, ROMANCE was born, and a trip to the art gallery to see the pre-RAPHAELITE exhibition 'The Poetry of Drawing'.

The exhibition showed the most comprehensive exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite drawings ever seen in Australia.  It is definitely one of my facourite periods in art history.  The graphic design of the wallpaper designs was probably my favourite section, it is definitely worth checking out!

The play at the Sydney theatre company was intense but amazing.  Our seats were in the very front row right in front of the stage, so I was able to get a really good look at the costumes.  There was a point in the show where the main character walked infront of me and his cape swept over my head! For a couple of seconds my head was inside the cape - the lining was beautiful!  Directed by Sarah Goodes, her first directing role for the company, the plot went through some pretty full on themes, but the escapism was great fun - entering a world where pimples become pearls and  indian gurus drill into heads with cork stops!