The Rover showcases graduating student talent

Sep 09, 2003

The production of 'The Rover' opening tomorrow evening (Wednesday 10 September) at the Bridge Theatre in Coniston, is a showcase of graduating performance students from the Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong.

Set in a carnival in a Spanish city, 'The Rover' by female playwright Aphra Behn brings a contemporary style to the centuries old text, with dancing, bold martial, arts stoushes and a live DJ playing tech-trance, industrial and funky house music when four young Brits stumble into a world of hidden identities and women on the make.

Aphra Behn was a highly popular playwright throughout her times and well into the mid-eighteenth Century. Her work then became sanitised and eventually fell out of popularity and into obscurity, being considered too indecent. A spate of revivals beginning in the 1970s has proved that Aphra Behn's 'The Rover' has a modern appeal. The question of the thin line between lust and love still has audiences wanting to know the answers.

Performances:

Wednesday 10th September: 8pm

Thursday 11th September: 11am

Friday 12th September: 8pm

Saturday 13th September: 2pm & 8pm

Wednesday 17th September: 8pm

Thursday 18th September: 11am

Friday 19th September: 8pm

Saturday 20th September: 2pm & 8pm

Venue: The Bridge Theatre, Coniston

Tickets: Adult $12, Concession $8, Student Rush (half hour prior to show): $4

Bookings: Call Brooke on 4221 3996.

Media note: For photographs/filming and interviews please phone Amanda on 0401 650 629.

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128