We've still got Christmas and the last dregs of 2009 to get through, but we at La Trobe Student Theatre and Film are already gearing up for what looks to be a fantastic and exciting Moat Fest 2010. Here's a sneak preview of what we've got in store.
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In the Moat Theatre this year we'll be putting on that classic tale of love and tragedy and starcrossed lovers (with a fresh new look),
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
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Digging still in the treasure trove of familiar classics, we bring you an outdoor production of the Grimm fairytale
Hansel and Gretel, but beware for this tale will not be light like the cotton candy smoke from the gingerbread house of your childhoods.
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In the Playroom, there will be a showcase of the theatrical greats Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. First with a production of Pinter's
The Dumb Waiter and then with student-written
Enter Godot, a riff on Beckett's
Waiting for Godot.
Then, over at Menzies Theatre, we will be putting on a play devised and directed by Student Theatre's Artistic Director, Bob Pavlich called
By The River. The play is loosely based on the 1986 film
River's Edge and explores the notion of moral disengagement.
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We've got a double whammy in the form of a combined production of two Australian plays: Tony Nicholls'
The Labouchere File and Scott McAteer's
Are You Happy? under the name of
Close to the Edge. The former deals with an encounter between a young man fleeing an unhappy romance and an all-female, off-kilter mercenary army somewhere in Northern Australia while the latter deals with Tom, a tortured soul who needs help badly and Mr. Price, who gives him help - badly.
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In the Odeon, we feature a murder in the form of Patrick Hamilton's
Rope (the play on which Alfred Hitchcock based his film,
Rope) where we follow a killing with a dinner party featuring the murdered's nearest and dearest and a locked chest containing his remains.
We also have some music and film to round out Moat Festival, with
Movies in the Moat featuring student-made films screened under the stars and a
Music Concert in the
Eagle Bar.
As preparations go underway for the festival, more information on each event will be available here on our blog as well as on our
Facebook page so be sure to keep checking back. If you're chomping at the bit for more information, just email or give us a call (information in the sidebar to the right) or check out our archives to see what the past Moat Festivals have been like.
We are so excited to see you at the festival and to have you see all the amazing things we have in store for Moat Fest 2010. Take care and have a great end-of-2009!
