newtheatre.org.au

by Peter Flannery

after the screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov

19 August - 11 September 2010

Adapted from the 1994 OSCAR® winner for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’, this taut political thriller set at the dawn of Stalin’s Great Terror is a finely-observed human comedy.

In 1936, decorated Red Army war Hero General Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his country house with his much younger wife Maroussia, their child Nadia and an extended family of grandmothers and cousins. This bucolic peace is progressively shattered however, firstly by tanks threatening to destroy the villagers’ wheat fields and then by the arrival of Maroussia's mysterious former lover Mitia. 

Caught up in an atmosphere of sexual jealousy, revenge and political betrayal, the unsuspecting characters are plunged into the sinister world of Stalinist Russia where a fall from grace has fatal consequences.

 

 

Creative Team

Director   Louise Fischer
Set Designer   Tom Bannerman
Lighting Designer   Ross Graham
Costume Designer  Rae Spratt

Cast  Adrian Adam, Paul Armstrong, Christian Baines, Sandra Campbell, Tiarnie Coupland, Wade Doolan, Elly Goodman, Gertraud Ingeborg, Sasha Janowicz, Mark Langham, Shondelle Pratt, David Ritchie, Samantha Roylance, Gary Smith, Victoria Trojczak, Jennifer Truong, Sandy Velini and Jordan Warner

Performance Times

Thurs - Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 5pm

Ticket Prices

Full $28
Concession $22
Group $22 (10+)
School Groups $17 (10+)
Preview Wednesday 18 August $10
"Pay What You Can" Sunday 22 August @ 5pm (minimum $10 - in person from 1 hour prior to performance. Subject to availability)
Student Rush $17 (conditions apply)

Running Time

TBC

by arrangement with Dominie Drama

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by Peter Shaffer

2 - 23 October 2010

Teenager Alan Strang is accused of a seemingly inexplicable act of violence: blinding six horses with a metal spike. The man with the key to the boy's mind and future is child psychiatrist Martin Dysart. As he begins to wrestle with a disturbed adolescent psyche scarred by repressed passions, guilt and fantasies, Dysart must confront his own self-doubt and fears.  

Equus, with its themes of religious and sexual obsession, ritual sacrifice and family dysfunction, caused outrage on debut in 1973; three decades later it is rightly viewed as one of the great plays of the 20th century. Shaffer’s psychological thriller is a masterful piece of storytelling, potent and confronting, an intimate drama of epic proportions that uncovers our darkest secrets and deepest desires.

Winner – Tony Award – Best Play
Winner – New York Drama Critics Circle Award – Best Play

“Powerful and haunting” The Independent

This production features violence, nudity and adult themes.

Creative Team

Director   Helen Tonkin
Set Designer   Adam Chantler
Horse Designer   Matina Moutzouris
Sound Designers   Brendan Maclean & Rhys D Webb
Movement Director   Natalia Ladyko
Costume Coordinator   Emily Kearney
Production Manager   Martin Kelly
Stage Manager   Melinda Davis

Cast   Michael Briggs, Luke Carson, Wade Doolan, Laura Francis, Barry French, Jeannie Gee, Jessica Joseph-McDermott, Dave Kirkham, Jan Langford-Penny, Ned Law, Alice Livingstone, Alex Nicholas, Luke Rogers, Mackenzie Steele

Performance Times

Wed - Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 5pm

Ticket Prices

Full $28
Concession $22
Group $22 (10+)
School Groups $17 (10+)
Preview Friday 1 October $10
"Pay What You Can" Sunday 3 October @ 5pm (minimum $10 - in person from 1 hour prior to performance. Subject to availability)
Student Rush $17 (conditions apply)

Running Time

TBC

by arrangement with Dominie Drama

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