Buried at Sea
By Mark Salvestro
A play with songs
A one-man show interweaving ancestry, letters, songs and storytelling, told from the perspective of the playwright.
★★★★1/2
“Hilarious, touching and wrenching in all its honesty.”
Roberto Chuter,
Buried at Sea is an intimate coming-of-age tale inspired by the life of Mark Salvestro’s Great, Great Uncle George, who died in Gallipoli in World War I.
Mark takes audiences on a nostalgic and romantic trip through time, as he strives to uncover the life of his long-lost ancestor whom he is a spitting image of.
Interweaving historical archives, letters, songs and personal experience, Buried at Sea follows a touching journey of obsession in search of simplicity in a long-gone era.
How far can you reach into the past before you lose sight of the present?
Reviews
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★★★★
An engaging re-enactment of a personal Gallipoli story - interweaved in a creative, artful and effective manner.
Clayton Werner,
The Clothesline
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★★★★
Celeste Villani,
The Advertiser
An incredible energy that is undefinable ... not once losing sight of his role on stage and romanticising the crowd until the very end.
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Georgina Tselekidis,
Weekend Notes
★★★★½
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Janice Bailey
Adelaide Theatre Guide
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★★★★½
Beautifully narrated by Mark’s exquisite orating skills - fantastic, original spin on the popular theme of Gallipoli.
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★★★★
Mick Pacholli,
Toorak Times - TAGG
Creative Team
Writer, Producer & Performer Mark Salvestro
Director Phoebe Anne Taylor
Musical Directors/Arrangers Darrin Archer & Daniele Buatti
Accompanists Darrin Archer (development), Daniele Buatti (Melbourne),
Declan McGavin (Adelaide/Cooma), Joseph Durcau (Brisbane)
Sound Designer Steve Carnell
Lighting Designer Liz Sherlock (Cooma Little Theatre)
Stage Managers Sarah Clarke (Brisbane), Jessica Martin (Melbourne),
Alisha Brady (Adelaide, Cooma, Forbes)
Hero Image Credit Ali Lamei & Ryan Fallowfield
Photography by Phabiola Barba, Steve Carnell, and Geoff Lawrence from the Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane seasons.
Performance History
Development Showing, Howard Fine Acting Studio, Melbourne, 2015
Brisbane Anywhere Festival, 2016
Belleville Bar, Melbourne Fringe, 2016
Cooma Little Theatre, south-east NSW, 2017
Tandanya Cafe Theatre, Adelaide Fringe, 2017
Forbes Town Hall, central-west NSW, 2018
Photography by Ali Lamei from the development showing at Howard Fine Acting Studio in Melbourne, 2015.