A new play that examines the impact of war, politics, economic growth and the vision of three significant Australian writers on three generations of a Bathurst family will premiere in Bathurst on Thursday 23 October. ‘Asparagus’ is written by Mr Ray Harding, a theatre/media lecturer at the Charles Sturt University (CSU) School of Communication, with assistance from another CSU lecturer, historian Dr Robin McLachlan, from the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies. The play’s author said, “Coming to Bathurst has been an object lesson for me in what the play’s director, Bill Blaikie, a former CSU theatre/media lecturer, calls 'looking for the poetry beneath our own feet'. There is a wealth of fascinating stories laden with dramatic possibilities here which we have only just begun to mine." The Bathurst Theatre Company production of ‘Asparagus’ will be performed at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre from Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 October, starting at 8pm.