'A recent purge of academics and courses at a Conservatorium of Music at an Australian university has left the remaining staff and their students demoralised, their only life raft the joy they find in making music. Dr Richard Fenchurch lecturer, conductor and Mozart scholar, reluctantly agrees to lead the Conservatorium through the maelstrom, following the mysterious departure of the Head of Music. Fenchurch finds himself caught between the smooth-talking PVC Professor Graham Gombold with his promises of musical manna, and his mutinous colleagues, led by Dr Lucy Golding, who are firmly against any further cuts or changes to the curriculum.' (Production summary)
Presented by Stray Dogs Theatre Company. Performed at Civic Theatre, Newcastle 8-16 July.
Creativity by Carl Caulfield
Stray Dogs Theatre Company
Civic Theatre, Newcastle
Director: Carl Caulfield
Musical Director: Ian Cook
Production Manager: Felicity Biggins
Video, graphics and props: Geoff Overmeyer
Sound: Simon Ritchie
Lighting: Andew Moore
Costumes: Ghillian Sullivan
Poster: Ari Chand
Lighting operator: Amanda Watt
Audio-visuals operator: Simon Ritchie
Dramaturgy: Felicity Biggins and Michael Ewans
Cast: Michael Byrne, Fiona Collins, Claire Conry, Anne Hartsuyker, Louise Chapman, Khalil Khay, Melinda Smith, Jeffrey Cutts, Nola Wallace
'This satirical survey about the downgraded status of the arts in higher education feels frighteningly real.'
'This satirical survey about the downgraded status of the arts in higher education feels frighteningly real.'