![Pinocchio](/media/znedzmpy/pinocchio-4-hero.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=400&height=250&rnd=132784877603930000)
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Production still for Adelaide production of "Translations". L-R: Elena Carapetis as Maire, John Kelly as the Narrator. Photographer: Nick Hopton
Translations
By Brian Friel
29 November 2006 – 10 December 2006 Beckett Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Flying Penguin Productions,
Theatre Collaboration
In a field near a prohibited Gaelic Hedge School in the town of Baile Beag in County Donegal, British troops have begun to map and rename the entire country - reconstructing the local Gaelic language and place names into English with unforeseen consequences to memory, identity and love.
"DAVID MEALOR HAS MADE A MIGHTY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. A NIGHT OF DRAMA TO BE SAVOURED… BRILLIANT THEATRE."
— The Sunday Mail, Adelaide
"THE BEAUTY AND RHYTHM OF A DESERVEDLY CELEBRATED PIECE COME SHINING THROUGH."
— The Adelaide Advertiser
Cast
Creatives
![Brian Friel](/media/vdznhij4/friel-brian.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237425770000)
Playwright
![Geoff Cobham](/media/pfpnjtxf/cobham-geoff.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763235951370000)
Lighting Designer
![David Mealor](/media/rmxner3a/mealor-david.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763240400770000)
Director, Producer, Co-Producer
![Kerry Reid](/media/qcjecrx2/reid-kerry.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241868300000)
Costume Designer, Set Designer
![Chris Iley](/media/jt0jozuw/iley-chris.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239098770000)
Production Manager
![Helen Tiller](/media/xowbkxve/tiller-helen.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243158930000)
Dialect Coach
![Sophie Edwards](/media/rlljxuiy/edwards-sophie.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237043470000)
Stage Manager