More than any theatre enterprise in Australia, including the jinxed Sunset Boulevard and the ill-fated Sisterella, Pan appears to have been cursed. Martin McDonagh seemed to have it all three years ago. Now he's back with a new play. Plans for a movie are already far along. Performance art got a lot of attention in the 90s.
People seem more interested in packaging it than in actually doing it.
Let's just say that if performance grew out of a wish to make art more present, more visceral in the '60s and '70s, that trend has decidedly reversed itself. Over the past decade, this art form definitely shifted toward entertainment or, at least, the proscenium. Artistic Director Giles Havergal reflects on how the Citz has reinterpreted itself in recent years. There's nothing new in Broadway musicals adapting featherweight entertainment. Back in the '50s, shows like 'Damn Yankees' or 'The Pajama Game' were based on light novels.