June 22, 2015

Student performance group takes the stage in Singapore

A student directed show travelled to Singapore to perform at Festival in June 2015.

Undergraduate director Mark Churchill, with student performers Simon Arthur, Liam Megarrity, Bernice Mumbulla, Adrian Tolhurst, and technician Gigi Gregory, travelled to the island state having raised more than $6,000 to support their trip.

• Illawarra Mercury: Duet and Bogey Man performers crowd-funding to attend Asian Pacific Bureau Theatre Schools Festival

The show, Duet and Bogey Man, combines two plays by Australian multi-award winning playwright Daniel Keene. Duet, is about two men living in a sewer while Bogey Man is about a couple dealing with a stillbirth.

The Asian Pacific Bureau Theatre Schools Festival aims to promote professional development among theatre schools and practitioners in the region.

Sarah Miller, Head of the School of the Arts, English and Media, and Chris Ryan, Director and Lecturer of Theatre and Performance, also travelled to Singapore to speak at the Director’s Conference and lead a skills workshop respectively.

• View more photos of Duet and Bogey Man on Flickr.
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