The Felt Tip Theatre Company are bringing a new out-door theatre event, OutDoorDrama (ODD) to Armidale with the production of Oscar Wilde’s much-loved classic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest.
The 2012 ODD season will consist of two performances on the lawns of the Booloominbah homestead at the University of New England. The homestead, which was built within the decade of the first performance of Earnest (1895), will serve as a stunning and fitting backdrop to this late nineteenth-century romantic comedy.
Felt Tip Theatre Company was founded by two University of New England graduates in Theatre Studies, Christopher Curcuruto and Alex Robson, in early 2011. Their vision is to perform in regional theatres, town halls and school auditoriums – wherever there is an interest in the performing arts – as well as staging regular productions in Armidale.
“We are very proud to be bringing this exciting venture to the New England region. Armidale has seen nothing like this in some time, and we think audiences will really enjoy it,” said Felt Tip partner and producer of Earnest, Christopher Curcuruto.
Complementing the play, the event will be presented as a high tea, with light refreshments for sale through the Booloominbah Collection, before, during, and after the performance.
For ODD’s first year, there will only be two out-door performances, but this will be supplemented by a larger season inside The Hoskins Centre, TAS, so as to acclimatise Armidale audiences to the event.
In the event of bad weather, the performances will move to The Hoskins Centre.
The performance season will commence with a black tie gala on February 24 at The Hoskins Centre to celebrate Felt Tip’s debut full-scale production followed by ODD on Saturday and Sunday February 25 and 26 and subsequent performances at The Hoskins Centre. Tickets are priced at $20 for adults, $15 for concessions, and $10 for children, and are available from The Reader’s Companion bookstore or online at www.felttiptheatrecompanay.wordpress.com. Group discounts apply for group bookings of 10 people or more.
For further enquiries or for group bookings, please contact Alex or Chris at felttiptheatrecompany@gmail.com or on 0458 386 834.
