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Drama & Theatre Studies Performance Season 2004


A New Brain

Music and Lyrics by William Finn. Book by William Finn & James Lapine

A musical directed by Peter Fitzpatrick.

picture of a frog on a brain

Stories of passion , stories of friendship and tales of how romance survives Stories of Yes’s of frogs making messes….

To find himself a new life first he needed time, music & a new brain…

Performances: May 28, 29 and June 1-5 @ 8pm
Venue: The Drama Theatre
Prices: Adult $25, Concession: $15
Bookings: 9905 2970

Director’s Note

Poster and postcard design by David Bramble


PER3040: Writing/Performance productions

Return Journey

By Dylan Thomas. Directed by John Britton

Performance: April 8th, 2004
Price: Tickets $5 at door

From ‘Metaphorphoses’

By Ovid. Directed by Brendan O’Connell

One Performance Only!

Performance: April 25th, 2004 Price: Tickets $5 at door


Z: a dance with appendages

A new dance work choreographed by Rebecca Hilton, with third year Performing Arts students, exploring contemporary movement patterns and their interface with technological appendages.

Performances: 7, 8 and 9 October @ 8 pm
Venue: The Drama Theatre
Price: Tickets $10, concession $5


Eighty Games

Directed by Hilary Elliot. 3rd year Performing Arts students

A new work inspired by the fantastic and theatrically rich paintings of Pieter Bruegel. The title is a reference to how many games are possibly depicted in the painting, ‘Children’s Games’. Group devised segments will be combined with choreographed sections in a Bruegel-esque performance work.

Performances: October 14, 15 and 16 @ 8 pm
Venue: The Drama Theatre


Medea

Directed by Richard Lawton. Third Year Performing Arts students.

  • Performances: October 21, 22, 23 @ 8 pm
  • Venue: The Drama Theatre
  • Price: $10, $5 concession

  • Second Year Double Bill

    Tales from the City

    Devised and directed by Jenny Lovell, with second year students.

    A devised work in which improvised scenarios about living in the city are developed into a group performance.

    Life Stories 04

    Devised and directed by Christopher Snow, with second year students.

    A devised work in which the performers talk about their own lives, sharing their stories with performers and audience.

    Performances: Program 1, September 4, 5 @ 7pm; Program 2, October 24, 25 @ 7pm
    Venue: The Drama Theatre


    Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’

    Performances: October 29 and 30


    Vinegar Tom

    By Caryl Churchill. Directed by Michael Coe. With 1st year students.

    An ensemble production about existence. Set in England in the mid 1650s, this play about witchcraft with no witches unlocks patricarchal structures and investigates the curious fact that people always seek to blame someone else for their predicament.

    Performances: November 5 and 6 @ 8 pm
    Venue: Rehearsal Room


    Mad Forest

    By Caryl Churchill. Directed by Peter Snow. With 1st year students

    An ensemble production about overcoming tyranny. Set in the dying days of the Ceaucescu regime in Romania in 1989-1990, this play explores how the citizens of Bucharest endured their state oppression, then engineered and celebrated their modern revolution

    Performances: November 12 and 13
    Venue: 8pm Rehearsal Room

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