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Tune in to ABC Radio National on Thursday February 11 @ 7pm or listen online anytime to Alana Valentine’s radio adaptation of ‘Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah’, the play about how the hijab came between two Australian Afghani Muslim women, commissioned by The Alex Buzo Company as a companion piece to ‘Norm and Ahmed’.
June 8th @ 10am & 12.30pm
June 9th @ 10am & 12.30pm & 7pm
June 10th @ 12.30pm & 7pm
June 11th @ 10am & 12.30pm
The Alex Buzo Company is reprising its popular production of NORM AND AHMED at Riverside Theatres Parramatta. The play is currently on the NSW HSC Course Prescriptions 2010-2012, topic: “Dramatic Traditions in Australia”, in the core component “Australian Drama and Theatre.”
DURATION: 50 mins + Q&A structured to enhance students’ knowledge of the play’s context and techniques.
RECOMMENDED: Years 8-12
TICKETS: $18 per student
RESOURCES: here
“a revelatory production...a fine revival of a great
classic”
(John McCallum, The Australian)
“this
is an incredible play: engrossing and exhausting and
confronting.”
(Australian Stage Online)
"NORM AND AHMED by Alex Buzo was the equivalent of (British
play) LOOK BACK IN ANGER in terms of a play that was a
landmark in the development of a national
drama."
(Phillip
Parsons, founder of Currency Press from
"Remembering Alex Buzo"
ABC TV DVD)
BOOK NOW
for Wayne Harrison’s contentious new interpretation of
Buzo’s classic play MACQUARIE
July
21-23 @ 11am , July 26-28 @ 11am
July 29 @ 11am plus
evening performances
from July 15 – 31
The rise and fall of 'The Father of Australia' Governor
Lachlan Macquarie in the flagship performing arts event for
the 200th anniversary of his governorship in 2010 at
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta.
More information
DURATION: 90 minutes plus Q&A
RECOMMENDED: Year 9-12
TICKETS: $20 per student.
RESOURCES:
here
A practical workshop by Emma Buzo, Laurence Coy & Craig Meneaud
Practical student workshops can be tailored not only to NSW HSC Drama students, but to all ages, subjects and budgets. Click here to enquire about a workshop to suit your school.
These lively and hands-on workshops are designed to spark an interest in this accessible and provocative play. Students will gain an insight into the rich history of this infamous work and experience the plights of both "Norm" and "Ahmed" first hand. Emma Buzo and two highly experienced professional actors from The Alex Buzo Company’s acclaimed production will guide participants through a range of exercises and experiences to expand and stimulate their knowledge of the text. These three dynamic presenters have a long and varied association with this work and are able to share their insights in a practical and entertaining context.
(pictured above: students from Tamworth during the ‘Norm and Ahmed’ tour to Armidale NSW in 2009)
