Summary |
A top-class play performed by a cast of Launceston’s finest young thoroughbreds. |
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Start Date |
25th Sep 2013 |
End Date |
28th Sep 2013 |
Venue |
Annexe Theatre | Inveresk Cultural Precinct | Tasmanian College of the Arts (Inveresk) | University of Tasmania |
RSVP / Contact Information |
Bookings | Deborah.Sciulli@utas.edu.au | (03) 6324 4450 | Monday - Thursday 9am – 4pm |
Epsom Downs
Written by Howard Brenton
Directed by Helen Trenos
‘Half a million punters laid out on a hill—you think democracy could go mad’
The Epsom Derby, England’s premier horse race. A day when the hoi polloi celebrates cheek-by-jowl with the upper classes. A day when fortunes and dreams are made or lost. A day when lives are changed forever...
Epsom Downs, written by one of England’s most provocative playwrights, is a biting and witty comedy about the English class system.
A cavalcade of characters from all walks of life cross paths, and weaving among them is the ghost of Emily Wilding Davison, the suffragette who at the 1913 Epsom Derby threw herself in front of the King’s horse as an act of protest and now asks, “What did we die for?”
Marking the 100th anniversary of Emily Davison’s death, the Tasmanian College of the Arts’ first-year theatre students bring Epsom Downs to life at the Annexe Theatre.
We invite you to a top-class play performed by a cast of Launceston’s finest young thoroughbreds.
25 – 28 September | 7pm
Annexe Theatre, Inveresk Cultural Precinct
Adults $15 | Concession/UTAS Staff Member $10 | Students: $10
School bookings over 10+ students $5
Bookings: Cultural Activities Office, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Inveresk 9am – 4pm, Monday – Thursday, 6324 4450, or email Deborah.Sciulli@utas.edu.au
Door sales available one hour prior to any performance