It’s SPRUNG time at CSU

9 SEPTEMBER 2014

If it's spring in Bathurst, it's time for the SPRUNG Festival at Charles Sturt University (CSU).The annual season of dynamic productions and performances by final-year theatre/media students at the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Bathurst under the SPRUNG Festival of Creativity banner will illuminate several on-campus venues from Tuesday 23 September for two weeks.The SPRUNG Festival coordinator, Ms Sarah Padget, said, "We have an exciting line-up of seven productions in the 2014 season that will provide audiences with opportunities to experience new and exciting work from emerging artists. While the Festival will be based at the Ponton Theatre at the University in Bathurst, performances will be staged at other on-campus locations including the state-of-the-art Creative Hub and several outdoor locations, enhancing the SPRUNG experience. The best thing about this year's Festival is that there really is something for everybody - from comedy, musicals and drama to outdoor spectaculars."The SPRUNG Festival will be launched at 6.30pm Thursday 11 September at The Elephant and Castle Hotel, corner of Keppel and Seymour Streets, Bathurst. There is free entry to the launch. Tickets for the Festival are available online via Try Booking, and at the door. Student and non-student tickets are available with special prices for those purchasing tickets to three or more exciting productions.

Media Note:

Contact CSU Media to arrange interviews. The SPRUNG Festival program:

Week One from Tuesday 23 September:

ELEGY – at Ponton Theatre (building 1434) Three best friends meet after a girl is found dead at a house party gone wrong, and try to figure out exactly what happened that night from the comfort of their childhood hangout.

LOCKED OUT – at outdoors (forecourt of Cunningham House, building 1435) What happens when four eccentric twenty-something's find themselves locked out of the safety net known as Allen House Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Clinic? Chaos inevitably ensues.

NOW, PLAY – at Creative Hub (building 1399) Stop. Breathe. Now, Play! Easier said than done. A man's search for a missing package takes him outside his dull, monotonous routine and into quirky, surreal worlds.

Week Two from Tuesday 30 September:

HE SAID, SHE SAID – at Ponton Theatre Ever found yourself trying to make sense of the opposite sex? He Said, She Said is a cheeky comedic musical featuring original numbers that creatively represents differences between the male and female brain.

HIDE AND SEEKING – Ponton Theatre (building 1434) They know each other. They know each other so well. What happens next? They meet. The play begins. Hide and Seeking is a black box drama that explores what young love means and looks like to our generation.

LOVE ME TINDER – Creative Hub (building 1399) Charlie Huntsman wins a competition and becomes the first person to go inside the internet. Once there, she is told that she is to become the first true internet celebrity if she is up to the challenge.

REMEMBER KEHʼNA - outdoors (at forecourt of Cunningham House building 1435) We are capable of anything yet watch the world pass by. The future may not be so kind. Remember Keh'na is an outdoor devised physical theatre work that combines film, fire twirling, music, masks, and poetics to make an innovative skill sharing experience.

The Elephant and Castle Hotel is the principal sponsor of the SPRUNG Festival, and entry to the launch is free. For more information on the 2014 SPRUNG Festival of Creativity, follow it on Facebook and Instagram, and follow #sprungfest2014 for production updates.