STUDENT PREVIEWS: BLOOD WEDDING/WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING/BAKKHAI

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BLOOD WEDDING

QUT School of Creative Practice presents Marina Carr's version of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding. May 15 – 17. 7pm

Directed by Timothy Wynn

Performed by graduating QUT acting students

Designed, stage managed, assistant directed and choreographed by QUT technical production, drama and dance students 

 A bride promised. A blood vow broken. The vengeance of a village released.

I want you green. Green wind, green branches. Boat on the ocean. Horse on the mountain.

Written in the summer of 1932 with the Spanish civil war looming, Lorca's anarchic meditation on the fate of the individual versus society is a prophetic foreshadowing of the violence that would soon tear his beloved country apart and lead to his own tragic end.

The mysteries of love and hate are explored against the backdrop of a community gearing up to unleash these elemental forces upon itself, with unstoppable consequences.

What is done cannot be undone.

AUSLAN Performance Friday May 16. 

15+ restriction 

This production of Blood Wedding contains blood and gore, violence, including depictions of knife violence and domestic abuse, depictions of sexual acts, racial slurs, religious discrimination, misogyny, and death.

WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING

QUT School of Creative Practice presents When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, directed by Daniel Lammin.  May 23 – 24. 7pm

Performed by graduating QUT acting students

Designed, stage managed, assistant directed and choreographed by QUT technical production, drama and dance students 

Alice Springs in the year 2039. A fish falls from the sky and lands at the feet of Gabriel York. And it still smells of the sea. It's been raining for days and Gabriel knows something is wrong.

Fifty years earlier his grandfather, Henry Law predicts that fish will fall from the sky heralding a great flood which will end life on earth as we know it.

In an intricate, multi-layered story that spans four generations and two continents, When the Rain Stops Falling explores patterns of betrayal, abandonment, destruction, forgiveness and love. This powerful drama unfolds with humanity, surprising humour and hope, as the past plays out into the future.

WarningsThis show has very dark themes and may bring up some difficult emotions. You are welcome to leave at any point and are encouraged to do so. Please see the support section of this document for support options. Subject Warning:

·  Religion: some viewers with strong religious beliefs may find the opening scene difficult. “I do not believe in God” is a direct quote. 

·         Climate Change and global warming are the main themes of this show.

·         Sexual references (mentioned)

·         Thunderstorms and thunderclaps are continuous throughout the show and at a high volume level. It is not recommended to those who have fears of thunderstorms to see this show. 

·         Suicide references  (mentioned)

·         Child Abuse references (mentioned)

·         Child Murder (mentioned)

·         Death(mentioned)

·         Pedophilia (plot point)

·         Dementia 

BAKKHAI

• QUT School of Creative Practice presents Bakkhai by Euripides in a new version by Anne Carson, Directed by Flynn Hall.  May 29-31.7pm
• Performed by graduating QUT acting students
• Designed, stage managed, and assistant directed by QUT technical production, drama and dance students 
• Anne Carson writes, “Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. The Bakkahi is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration. Dionysos is a god of intoxication. Once you fall under his influence, there is no telling where you will end up.” 
• Content warnings
• Age Recommendation 15+
• Use of Theatrical Haze
  Use of Fake Blood
  Flashing Lights
  Sexism
  Sexual references
  Graphic/explicit description and depiction of violence including murder
  Derealisation