The Golden Age, written by Louis Nowra
The story of a group of feral exiles discovered in the Tasmanian outback is the first production of the Greystone Theatre 2016/17 season
The first production of the Greystone Theatre 2016/17 season
The Golden Age
Written by Louis Nowra
Directed by Dwayne Brenna and Carol Greyeyes
Oct. 12 – 22, 2016 (no show on Sunday, Oct. 16)
8:00 p.m.
John Mitchell Building
University of Saskatchewan
Pricing:
Adult - $22 ($19 for preview show on Wednesday, Oct. 12)
Senior - $19 ($16 for preview show)
Student - $17 ($13 for preview show)
Tickets can be purchased via the Department of Drama website or by visiting the daytime box office in John Mitchell Building Room 183 (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.).
The Golden Age stands out as one of Australian playwright Louis Nowra’s greatest theatrical achievements. Inspired by a true story, Nowra’s haunting and timeless play focuses of a group of feral exiles discovered in the Tasmanian outback in 1939, lost descendants of those who were transported to Port Arthur in the previous century. Once discovered, the group faces the challenge of integrating into a modern Australian society full of unfamiliar traditions, expectations and constraints. Nowra’s poetic style blends aspects of historical fact with Australian folklore and Greek mythology into a thought-provoking opus on love and alienation in a post-colonial world.