Media Release

UOW presents DREAMING at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre

DREAMING by Peter Barnes, directed by Syd Brisbane.  Presented by the Faculty of Creative Arts, School of Music & Drama.  Performed by Second Year Performance students with a chorus of First Year students.  Music and Sound composed and designed by Second and Third Year Sound-Composition & Production students.

Showing: 30, 31 May and 1 June at 8.15pm
Venue: Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Bruce Gordon Theatre
Admission: $15 Concession/$20 Adult. $10 student rush tickets available one hour prior to each performance
Bookings: 4226 3366

The Faculty of Creative Arts, School of Music and Drama is pleased to present the second major performance of the Autumn season at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre.  This presentation of Peter Barnes’ DREAMING is directed by Syd Brisbane and showcases the combined talents of both Performance and Music students at UOW. DREAMING is an epic tale that illustrates the tandem nature of creation and obliteration. 

Set in England during the bloody aftermath of the War of the Roses, a war-weary captain leads a band of renegades across the torn landscape in search of a dream.  In this haunting and funny story of heroism and human values, Barnes presents a facetious view of the contemporary consequences of war, honour, dishonour and materialism.  In essence, DREAMING is a twisted vaudeville-style play, linking laughter and death in the presence of beautiful poetic imagery.

Syd Brisbane has directed shows at the Old Fitzroy Theatre and starred alongside David Field in Daniel Keenes movie Silent Partner.  Syd is a member of The Rabble (a national theatre directors collaborative) and is currently presenting Corvus in association with the contemporary Carriageworks venue in Sydney.