Drama Productions 2011
Productions, with students participating both as actors and as technical crew, are a central activity of Drama at the University of Newcastle. In productions what students have learnt in drama classes is enhanced through the unique learning experience of the rehearsal and performance process. Several productions are scheduled throughout 2011.
SEMESTER 2
Drama students at Callaghan are involved in the following end of semester performances. Events are listed in chronological order.
Performances For UoN Staff & Students
Please note: the following events are restricted to staff & students of the University of Newcastle only.
Marriage by Nikolai Gogol
The performance training known as biomechanics (developed by the early 20thC Russian director, actor & theorist Vsevolod Meyerhold) provides the technique for out scenes from Gogol's comic satire about the bourgeouisie of St Petersburg. A demonstration of biomechanical training exercises will precede this performance by students of Acting 2.
When: 31 October 11am-1pm.
Where: Drama Studio, Callaghan Campus.
Open To: Students & Staff of the University of Newcastle only.
Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp
Martin Crimp's 1997 play has been widely performed and is regarded as representing "one of the high points of experimental theatre, of any theatre, written in the last quarter-century". (From a review of a production at the National Theatre, London, 2007). This performance emerges out of a study of dramaturgy by Performance Exercise students.
When: 1 November, 11am and again 6pm.
Where: Drama Studio, Callaghan Campus.
Open To: Students & Staff of the University of Newcastle only.
Community Performance Projects
First year Drama students have been learning about contemporary performance practice and from November 2--8 will present four different devised performances in collaboration with a number of community partners . For information on these events contact our dedicatd Drama staff Gillian Arrighi or Brian Joyce.
The Woolstore/Pigeon Coop (working title)
Building on the successful partnership begun in 2010 between the Drama department and Newcastle installation artist Trevor Horsnall, students habe been invited to devise a site-based performance that responds to the history of the Woolstore in Wickham, and to Horsnall's installation on the top floor of the building.
When: 3 November.
Where: The Woolstore, cnr Annie & Milford Sts, Wickham.
Whatever It Takes / Not Alone with BACA
An outdoor performance and community picnic event run by BACA (Biker's Against Child Abuse) on the shores of Lake Macquarie. The concept for this performance is a journey from isolation to community and family, from disempowerment to support. The performance aims to affirm the rights of all children to feel and be safe; affirms that a child under threat is not alone; and promotes and celebrates the resources and benefits of BACA..
When: Saturday 5 November, mid/late afternoon
Where: Warner's Bay foreshore park, Warner's Bay.
Touch with Newcastle Regional Art GalleryBACA
Continuing the successful partnership between the Drama department and the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery begun in 2010, this performance will respond to the exhibition Touch: The Portraiture of Dany Marti and is undertaken with the support of the artist.
When: Sunday 6 November.
Where: Downstairs, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Laman St, Newcastle.
My Mother Said with Cessnock performing arts groups.
Is an oral history/performance project across generation that explores childrens' games and leisure activities from 60 years ago and now. The Cessnock Seniors Choir and Cessnock West Public School are the community partners for this project that emerges from an intergenerational dialogue and the practice of Community Performance.
When: Tuesday 8 November, 11 am
Where: Cessnock Performing Arts Centre.
SEMESTER 1
Community Performances
Woyzeck by Georg Buchner
Directed by Michael Ewans
Stab, stab the fickle she-wolf dead!
Georg Büchner left the 27 short scenes of Woyzeck unfinished on his death in 1837 at the age of 24. Since its first publication in 1871 it has had a profound influence on almost every major form and style of German drama. The play tells the story of a humble soldier, driven mad by a sadistic Doctor’s experiments and by his mistress’s infidelity. Woyzeck is revolutionary in many ways: the first tragedy of low life; the first tragedy in dialect; a drama conceived in short partially related scenes, rather than with a linear plot development; and a play which explores insanity. See this seminal work of modern drama performed by the UoN drama students for four nights only!
18-21 May, 7:30pm
Tickets available at door: $18 or $12 for students.
Sandi Warren Performance Centre, Newcastle Grammar School. (Cnr Union St & Park Way, Cooks Hill)
Enquiries: 0434 902 350
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