Review of Johnny doesn’t live here anymore.
Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Gunter Swoboda’s piece on mental illness doesn’t really cover new territory, but this play about a young man returning home after a suicide attempt does have its moments. Matt Orchard’s Johnny is being torn apart in all directions – the pleas of his worried mother and doctors compete with the voices in his head, demanding that he make a decision. There are some creepy moments before these imaginary friends gain a voice, with demonic Eliza St John growling and hissing, and angelic Michelle Sewell cooing softly, both waiting to re-invade Johnny’s cranium at the first sign of weakness. Short & Sweet: Newtown Wildcards Week 2
Written by Maz Dixon, http://www.aussietheatre.com.au/
Johnny doesnʻt live here anymore.
Iʻm absolutely thrilled to announce that my play Johnny doesnʻt live here anymore under the artful direction of Kingsley Rowston and with a great cast was the outright winner with first place in the “Peoples Choice” at Wildcards Two, part of the Short +Sweet Theatre programme. My thanks go to the director, cast and crew for a great piece of work.
Director Kingsley Rowston
Music Composed by: Ian Hartley
Cast: Pollyanna Nowicki (VESNA LUDLOW)
Matt Orchard (JOHNNY)
Lisa Alexander (MUM)
Eliza St. John (DEMONITAS)
Michelle Sewell (ANGELICA)
Pollyanna Nowicki (Dr. JAMES)
About
Born in Vienna Austria, Günter and his family migrated to Australia in the early seventies when he was twelve years old.
After settling on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, he immediately acclimatised to the outdoor lifestyle and forged a deep relationship with the ocean that focused on surfing.
This led to an abiding passion and respect for the culture and history of the South Pacific. At university he studied philosophy and psychology and, becoming a counselling psychologist, forged a respected career as a therapist, coach and trainer in his practice on the Northern Beaches.
His ongoing interest in what makes us as humans excel has informed his continuing studies in philosophy and mythology and inspired him to pursue these concepts and ideas within the nature of storytelling. Four years ago, after an influential meeting in Los Angeles with Phil Goldfarb Günter began to devote more of his time and efforts to this interest in human stories, writing a high concept screen play from which he has now adapted the novel Mountains of the Sea, which has just been published and released.
Personally, Günter has been successfully married for over twenty-five years and has two adult children. He continues to explore his relationship to the sea, and when time allows likes to indulge his passion in music.
Gunter Swoboda
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