Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2018

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CO-CURRICULAR DRAMA: THE 2018 SEASON

SENIOR DRAMA PRODUCTION: RHINOCEROS, BY EUGENE IONESCO 17 to 19 May

AUTHOR Mr Brad Jennings Head of Co-curricular Drama

Theatre offers a connection to the world and to each other. Whether it captures the zeitgeist, opposes popular or political thought, or simply provides an escape, theatre is inextricably tied to the environment in which it is created. It offers an opportunity for the audience, and indeed the actors themselves, to reflect on, and to respond to, their reality. The 2018 Co-curricular Drama Season offers three very different but equally engaging performance experiences. Join us at one—or all—of this year’s shows to be transported to a small town on the brink of human extinction, surreal and magical lands that provide a momentary reprieve from the horrors of war, and the complex and conflicted imagination of a young girl, Desiree Din.

Does routine comfort or numb us? Would you speak out if a real threat fell upon your community? Would you even be able to recognise one? Although it was written more than 60 years ago, this classic play engages directly with our contemporary world and its most difficult political and sociocultural questions. Set in a town wracked by suspicion and uncertainty, the play’s Absurdist plotline follows the townsfolk as they struggle to respond to a new danger to their lives, all the while trying to make sense of their morality and their purpose in the midst of nonsense. This production invites the audience into a space where the familiar appears unfamiliar; where highly physical performances, supported with an original sound composition and stunning lighting design, evoke a sense of fear and paranoia in a post-plague world.

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