IT seems no sooner than he left, Jon Halpin is back directing HotHouse Theatre’s latest production, This Is Where We Live.
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“It feels a little Dame Nellie Melba, back with a return season,” Halpin says.
But, unlike the prima donna who was known for a handful of roles, HotHouse’s former artistic director is looking forward to a change of script.
“There were so many responsibilities of running a company... but I don’t have to worry about marketing, profit and loss and all those things,” Halpin said.
“It’s been really liberating and I’ve been able to just engage that creative side of my brain.”
The play is being brought to the stage in partnership with the State Theatre Company of South Australia, something Halpin is pleased to have done.
“They were the last state theatre company HotHouse hadn’t worked with,” he said.
“And I was determined to get that locked in before I left.
“It’s great for a small, regional company to have worked with all the state theatre companies.”
This Is Where We Live was written by Vivienne Walshe and was winner of the excellence award for best overall play at the 2014 New York Fringe Festival.
It opens at Wodonga’s Butter Factory Theatre on April 30 and runs until May 9.
