

The relaxed atmosphere encourages magnified inner focusing and profound experiences. These biochemical changes then influence changes in the spinal cerebral fluid, throat, vegas nerve, and brain-heart-viscera connection. The meditation in darkness enhances the experience of inner light due to the natural changes in the biochemistry of the brain. Theatre Awards, and is a proud MEAA Member since 1990.SOUND, INNER LIGHT and Prana DARK ROOM RETREATS are a 1-3 or 8 day process where participants remain in silence, meditate and stay in an absolute dark atmosphere throughout the retreat. NIDA, Trinity College London, and Sydney University graduate, Deborah’s been nominated for several Sydney

Film credits: ChasingĬomets, Balls, Boys From The Bush, Cavity, Inside Out, No Worries, The Premonition, and Razzle Dazzle. (Nine Network), A Country Practice, All Saints, Home and Away (Seven Network). Hospital, My Place, Police Rescue, G.P., Pulse, Rake, Redfern Now (ABC), Camp (NBC/Matchbox), Murder Call

(Sydney Festival), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (theatrongroup). Suddenly Last Summer, Hotel Hibiscus (NIDA company), Antigone (Sport For Jove), Boswell for the Defence (The Goods Theatre Company/Old Fitz), House of Ramon Iglesia (MopHead/Old Fitz), A Kind of Alaska, (Secret House), Mum’s The Word (Burberry Productions/Australian tours/SOH Playhouse/Glen Street), Dropped Theatre Company), Metamorphoses (Apocalypse/Old Fitz), Unfinished Works, Homesick (Bontom), Seagull Theatre Company/Australian People’s Theatre/tours), I’m With Her, The Mystery of Love & Sex (Darlinghurst (Griffin), Lady Tabouli (National Theatre Of Parramatta/Sydney Festival), Gods Of Strangers (State TheatreĬompany South Australia), The God Committee, Heartbreak Kid (Ensemble/tours), The Shearston Shift (Sydney Other theatre credits include: Wicked Sisters The Dark Room was commissioned and first produced by Black Swan State Theatre Company in 2009.ĭeborah was last at Belvoir in Company B’s Greek Tragedy. The Dark Room is a timely reflection on the conflict between what we ask of society and what it asks of us. Cáceres is a far-reaching thinker about what can be achieved on stage by the simplest means possible. Betzien has a natural understanding of the theatre’s unique ability to tell multiple stories simultaneously – stories of complexity and emotional rawness. The Dark Room is Angela Betzien’s beautifully-formed thriller about the startling idea that, no matter how far apart we are in distance and time, we are all responsible for each other’s lives.īetzien and director Leticia Cáceres are the founders of Queensland company Real TV. Deep into the night, six lost souls play out a small, distant tragedy of lovesickness and social breakdown – only it’s not the same night. Best New Australian Work (Angela Betzien)Ī lonely motel somewhere in the Northern Territory.
