Re-worked Euripides play at CSU Engineering

19 MAY 2016

A radical adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy The Trojan Women will see the play transposed to the modern age at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst next week.Final-year theatre/media students in the CSU School of Communication and Creative Industries are staging Euripides' The Trojan Women in Bathurst from Monday 23 to Saturday 28 May.Director Mr Adam Deusien and final-year theatre/media student Ms Nina Oyama adapted this version of The Trojan Women from Euripides' original text."The Trojan Women is an exciting collaboration between the School of Communication and Creative Industries and CSU Engineering as one way to reveal the newly-opened building to the wider Bathurst public," Mr Deusien said."This site-specific and immersive theatre experience takes a harrowing look at bureaucracy, loss, and femininity across both the modern and ancient worlds, and will be performed using multiple spaces in the new state-of-the-art facility."While tickets are available at the door, the performances on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 are sold-out, and tickets for other performances are selling fast, so online booking at www.sprungfestival.com is recommended.

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The venue for all performances of The Trojan Women is CSU Engineering (building 1305), Village Drive, CSU in Bathurst. Tickets are $10 for preview performances on Friday 20 and Monday 23 May.

The opening night is 7pm Tuesday 24 May, with performances nightly at 7pm until Saturday 28 May.

Tickets are $20 adults, or $10 concession. For further enquires please contact Ms Nina Oyama on 0401 850 609, or email ninaoyama1@gmail.com

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