TALES OF BRAVE OF ODYSSEUS
Six New Plays by Creative Writing students from the Faculty of Creative Arts
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2009 @7:30pm
Venue: The Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
ADMISSION IS FREE
Six new plays written by students from the Faculty of Creative Arts (FCA) will premier in Wollongong on 17 June.
The plays were developed out of collaboration between Joshua Lobb, School of Journalism and Creative Writing, and Fiona Finlay of the Drama Studio at IPAC.
FCA students were commissioned to write short plays for young actors aged 15-18, providing an opportunity for the students to develop the scripts over a sustained period of time.
This first time collaboration has also given students the chance to experience an authentic commission-rehearsal-production process.
The FCA writers have been working with the actors from the Drama Studio since early April, workshopping and developing the scripts in rehearsal. The result is Tales of Brave Odysseus, works that re-write Homer’s text in surprising and comedic ways.
FCA student writers:
Marantonia Cara, Owen Everitt, Sarah Jobson, Paul Pearson (School of Journalism and Creative Writing)
Timothy Gillis-Jones (School of Music and Drama)
David Malloy (Dean’s Scholar)
For more information contact:
Dr Joshua Lobb
Lecturer in Creative Writing
School of Journalism and Creative Writing
Faculty of Creative Arts
P: 02 4221 3996
E: jlobb@uow.edu.au
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