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Sydney Theatre Company presents Rock ‘n’ Roll by Tom Stoppard, following critical and box office success in London’s West End and on Broadway. Directed by Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 25th Annual Puttnam County Spelling Bee, Inheritance), this MTC production plays at Sydney Theatre from 11 April 2008.
From the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 to the Velvet Revolution in 1990, Stoppard’s epic play focuses on the personal and political lives of Jan (Matthew Newton), a young Czech student obsessed with rock music, and the Cambridge family of British history professor, Max (William Zappa), wife Eleanor and their daughter Esme (both played by Genevieve Picot).
Ideological debate, family relationships and momentous political change are interspersed with motifs and ideas ranging from the fragile genius of Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett and the anarchic great god Pan, to the poetry of Sappho and the significance of real-life Czech rock band, The Plastic People of the Universe.
Rock is central to the sweeping and witty play which explores the relationship between music and revolution and the action is punctuated by a soundtrack of songs by artists including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, The Cure and U2.
Tom Stoppard’s plays have won four Tony Awards, seven London Evening Standard Awards and an Olivier Award. They include The Coast of Utopia, The Invention of Love, Arcadia, Hapgood, The Real Thing, Night and Day, Travesties, Jumpers, After Magritte, The Real Inspector Hound and Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Dead. STC has a long association with Tom Stoppard and has given the Australian premieres of a number of his play including The Real Thing and Arcadia. The most recent of Stoppard’s plays presented was the 2003 revival of The Real Thing featuring Hugo Weaving. Sir Tom also attended the 2004 Opening of the Sydney Theatre as special guest of Premier Bob Carr and most recently visited Sydney in December last year to deliver a talk at the Sydney Opera House moderated by STC CoArtistic Director Andrew Upton and “interrupted” by Geoffrey Rush. He also attended the farewell for former Artistic Director Robyn Nevin at Sydney Theatre.
Sydney Theatre Company presents the Melbourne Theatre Company production of
Rock ‘n’ Roll
By Tom Stoppard
Cast Chloe Armstrong, Christopher Brown, Melinda Butel, Grant Cartwright, Danielle Cormack, Alex Menglet, Matthew Newton, Genevieve Picot, Richard Sydenham, William Zappa
Director Simon Phillips
Set designer Stephen Curtis
Costume designer Tracy Grant Lord
Lighting designer Matt Scott
Venue: Sydney Theatre, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Season: 11 April to 17 May 2008 (Opens 14 April)
Previews: from 11 April (Opens 14 April)
Captioned performances: Friday 25 April at 8pm & Wednesday 30 April at
1pm
Audio Described performance: Saturday 3 May at 2pm
Times: Monday 6.30pm, Tuesday – Saturday 8.00pm
Matinees: Wednesday 1.00pm (except Wednesday 7 May 12.15pm), Saturday
2pm
Tickets:
Evenings - Adult A Res $77 / B Res $67 – Concession A Res $62 / B Res $52
Matinees - Adult A Res $68 / B Res $56 - Concession A Res $56 / B Res $46
Preview - $50 / Under 30s $29
Bookings: STC Box Office (02) 9250 1777 / Ticketek 132 849 / sydneytheatre.com.au/rock
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