Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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PERFORMANCE

“It’s about a guy who never listens to anybody and pays the price.”

This brand new staging of the classic Oedipus takes a fast and furious approach to the text.  Stripped back to the dramatic essence of the story, Oedipus is set in a contemporary corporate environment and works as a modern parable of being blind to the truth and ignoring advice from experts. The production is slick, fast paced, and ends with a classic moment of shock/horror. 

Adapted from the Robert Fagles translation and directed by Dr Robert Reid (writer of The Joy of Text and On the Production of Monsters at MTC).

WORKSHOP

“Good theatre is supposed to make you talk about it after.”

The workshop for Oedipus encourages critical analysis of the actions and behaviours of the characters, particularly Oedipus, and considers the motivations for those actions.  Through direct engagement with the students, the workshop facilitator and actors guide a discussion of contemporary issues affected by similar behaviour in modern society and the importance of seeking advice before making decisions.

This conversation is conducted post performance with the students and can range across relatable topics such as global climate change, smoking and vaping, mask wearing during the pandemic and reconciliation.  The discussion can also explore the narrative and performance aspects of the production for a workshop more focused on literary and aesthetic appreciation.

POTENTIAL PUBLIC SEASON & PARTNER SCHOOLS INVITE

We anticipate that we will be staging a season of Oedipus for the general public in 2024. This production will be a larger scale version of our school’s short performance. It will feature more ensemble chorus elements and a greater focus on design. 

As part of this project we are also partnering with schools who would be interested in hosting performances of our public season for their school community and the general public. We are already in discussion with 2 schools and have space for a few more. If your school would like the chance to be considered, get in touch asap.


OEDIPUS the king


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short performance & Workshop


120 mins

$2200

up to 100 students

Additional Students $22 each

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1 Day Teachers Professional Development Workshop

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In this one-day program teachers explore the four key frameworks of ideas, a range of mentor texts, and questions about writing style, context, audience, and purpose. Teachers will explore elements of the new List 2 syllabus through a series of practical creative exercises that can easily be transferred and implemented in the classroom. 

This program is guided by senior independent arts professionals. The team has  a variety of expertise in different creative areas and the art of responding in developing creating responses. These facilitators will guide teachers through the work so that they have an embodied lived experience to pass onto students. 

E.O.I.’S:


1 daY PROFESSIONAL TEACHER'S DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP


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teachers professional development Workshop


FULL DAY

$400

PER person


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1 – 3 Day Intensive Workshop

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Writing creative responses is now part of life for every student in this state. These intensive workshops provide the opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the creative process, discover the joy of their individual voice and how to express it in writing. They are designed to give students a headstart on the skills they will need for the new year 12.

When we undertake an intensive with a school, planning the program together, including theme, source material, even picking the kind of arts practitioners who run your program is a big part of what’s on offer. 

In addition to deeper exploration of the key framework of ideas and creative response format, these programs permit time for skills development, small group work, individual mentoring and presentation of students’ work. 

These programs are resource intensive and we will only be able to offer them for ten schools in 2024. To give all schools a chance to be involved we require schools to submit an expression of interest by the end of October. Toward the end of term 4 we will begin approaching schools regarding intensives in 2024


1 - 3 DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP


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INTENSIVE Workshop


FULL DAY

$160 - 180

PER STUDENT PER DAY


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90 – 120 min Workshop

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This workshop helps students to break the ice, actually put pen to paper and start writing individual responses to the themes of personal journeys, play, protest and country. 

The goal is for each student to generate a number of different quick responses and begin writing one longer piece. 

Workshops include facilitated discussion of 1 of the 4 key frameworks of ideas, presentation and analysis of the mentor texts, verbal group creative games, writing exercises, tools for developing pieces and presentation of creative responses from our team. 

Schools can choose to focus on all of the activities above or we can tailor the workshop to focus more intensively on one or more areas.

2024 90 -120 Minutes


NB: prices do not include gst

Short performance & Workshop


90 MINS

$1800

up to 100 students

Additional Students $18.00 each

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Short performance & Workshop


120 MINS

$2200

up to 100 students

Additional Students $22.00 each

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Terms and Conditions 2024

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EAGLES NEST THEATRE CO.
SCHOOL PROGRAM BOOKINGS
TERMS & CONDITIONS 2024


BOOKING CONFIRMATION & PAYMENT PROCESS

  1. Your school provides booking dates and times and we email booking quote email with terms and conditions.
  2. To confirm the booking you need to review details and then electronically accept the terms and conditions
  3. You will be sent a formal booking confirmation and invoice.
  4. Invoices can be paid at the time of booking or after the delivery.
  5. If you pay in full prior to delivery, you receive a 5% discount.

NB. If paying at the time of the booking and the numbers in attendance are higher than the booking estimate an additional invoice will be issued after delivery.


CANCELLATIONS

If the booking is cancelled by Eagles Nest Theatre:

A full refund of any money paid will be returned to the client.

If the booking is cancelled by the school:

  • more than 6 weeks prior to the program delivery, schools may be charged a $250 cancellation fee.
  • less than 6 weeks prior to program delivery – schools may be charged 50% of the original agreed booking fee.
  • less than 2 weeks prior program delivery – schools may be charged the full costs of the original agreed booking fee

RESCHEDULING

Once a booking has been confirmed if you need to reschedule additional costs may be incurred.

Rescheduling fees are in addition to the original booking costs.

If you notify us of your need to reschedule:

  • more than 6 weeks prior to the program delivery – schools will be charged a $100 rescheduling fee to cover administrative costs.
  • less than 6 weeks prior to the program delivery – schools will be charged a $100 rescheduling fee to cover administrative costs plus 50% of the total actors fees payable for the booking so that actors are compensated for lost work.
  • less than 2 weeks prior to the program delivery – schools will be charged a $100 rescheduling fee to cover administrative costs plus 100% of the total actors fees payable for the booking so that actors are compensated for lost work.

NB. Any cancellation of a rescheduled booking is calculated on the date of the original booking not on the date to which a booking is rescheduled.

COVID-19 DELIVERY CLAUSE

As long as Covid remains an issue, on occasions we may need to substitute actors into programs on short notice.

Should schools cancel a booking as a result of a Covid situation the standard cancellation policy above applies.

PHOTOGRAPH 51 by Anna Ziegler

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(Studied in comparison with My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin)

Photograph 51 rewrites the story of DNA, highlighting Rosalind Franklin’s role in a discovery conventionally attributed to James Watson and Francis Crick. In My Brilliant Career we meet Sybylla Melvyn, a woman whose dreams are unable to flourish at least in part because of gender.  

The workshop explores the differences between Franklin and Melvyn as archetypes and the frighteningly common threads of sexism that only become obvious when we examine how and where women’s HER-stories are often missed in HIStory. 


PHOTOGRAPH 51


NB: Prices do not include gst

comprhensive Workshop


120 mins

$2300

up to 100 students

Additional students $23 each

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WOMEN OF TROY by Euripides

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“The mortal who sacks fallen cities is a fool, his own turn must come”

Performance

The screams of the women of Troy reverberate through time, echoing into the contemporary world. This stylised ensemble piece is a great introduction to the story of the Trojan War but also draws our attention to how parable functions in Greek drama through archetype and myth. The tales of Hecuba, Helen, Cassandra, Andromache, and Talthibius become representations of familiar characters, social types and categories.The result is a powerful, cathartic production that reaches out to young audiences making this ancient tale relevant and immediate.

Workshop

Through questions and replaying scenes we examine how directorial choices in the production eclipse and highlight certain themes in the text. Alternative readings of Talthybius and Helen tease out mechanisms of institutional violence and the dynamics of relationships shaped by seductive power and the concept of ‘the vixen’. Where time permits, we examine how different potential portrayals of the chorus may be used to create a variety of effects.

Whittlesea Secondary School

We had our The Women of Troy performance today, and what a performance it was!!  Our students were engaged and the actors did a wonderful job.”

WOMEN OF TROY


NB: Prices do not include gst

Short performance & WORKSHOP


120 mins

$2100

up to 100 students

Additional Students $21 each

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comprehensive Workshop


120 mins

$2100

up to 100 students

Additional Students $21 each

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ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare

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Performance

“I saw Shakespeare, it wasn’t hard, and don’t tell anyone but I may have even liked it.” This is the sort of thing we hear from students after this show.The dramatic style mirrors the narrative, creating an exciting ride for our young audiences.They are drawn into reckless abandon, a world of period costumes, playful sword fights and comedic characters, as Romeo and Juliet fall in love.Then of course the joy and frivolity ruptures and fades as the tragedy sets in. Both the actors and students all fall together.

Workshop

Students are guided to ask questions and talk about the performance; what they understood, what they liked or didn’t like. We often hear the comment that Romeo and Juliet is a play about ‘two dumb teenagers’ and lust. We explore this idea so students see how an idea that seems to be an off hand comment, could form the basis of a valid reading. Then we challenge this idea by looking at different portrayals of the main characters that might make the love-at-first-sight narrative more appealing. Where time and the level of the group permits, we also look at how creative choices can be used to explore essay prompts such as “Who is to blame?” and “Is love or hate the more powerful force?”

Mater Christi College

I’ve never seen a play before and this was fun. The poetry was hard at first, but you get used to it.

Romeo & Juliet



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Short performance only


70 MINS

$1150

up to 100 students

Additional Students $11.50 each

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Short performance & Workshop


120 MINS

$1350

up to 100 students

Additional Students $13.50 each

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MACBETH by William Shakespeare

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Performance

When an evil person gets what’s coming to them there is no tragedy.This production focuses on the familiarity and banality of having desires and ambitions, and how when unchecked, they can lead to consequences beyond imagination. We focus on the journey of a loving couple, who each want the other to achieve their dreams, but ultimately destroy everything they care about; themselves, and each other.

Workshop

Students are guided to critique the performance, ask questions and delve deeper into interpretive practice by looking at the couple’s relationship, and other monologues as time permits. The scene between Macbeth and “His Wife” before Duncan is murdered is used to explore gender, manipulation, and power. The “unsex me here” monologue continues the discussion about gender introducing ideas about frailty and the super- natural.The “two truths” monologue offers an opportunity to show their ambition in tangible, contemporary terms.

Hoppers Crossing Secondary College

Students were engaged with every minute and it has set us up for a great start to the unit.

MACBETH



NB: prices do not include gst

Short performance only


70 MINS

$1150

up to 100 students

Additional Students $11.50 each

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Short performance & Workshop


120 MINS

$1350

up to 100 students

Additional Students $13.50 each

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare

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“I do spy some marks of love in her.”

Performance

This short performance is a joyful bubbling brook of a rom-com with a warning sign that malice, power games and social critique lurk beneath the surface. Is love a virus or a cure? In a world

of deceptions and masks, the lines between romance, violence, desire, and revenge blur. Do we celebrate existing notions of love or deconstruct them and strike courtship down? Can we do both? What is the role of leaders and their relationship to compassion, equality, and justice? Are they the source of our ‘bum jokes’ or elected to maintain the status quo?

Workshop

Where the performance blends light and dark interpretations, our workshop investigates how the text supports more extreme readings. One could see Don John as a comic evil villain or a painful portrait of a man disenfranchised by his birth. Could Hero and Claudio be pure and innocent lovers or representations of the transactional transfer of possessions and influence? And are Beatrice and Benedick profound portraits of the emotional journey of love or courtiers jousting in a world too prudish to talk openly of sex.  

Norwood Secondary College

A huge thanks to the cast for creating such a meaningful event for our students!

 

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

NB: Prices do not include gst

Short performance & WORKSHOP


120 mins

$2100

up to 100 students

Additional Students $21 each

Reserve your date!

comprehensive Workshop


120 mins

$2100

up to 100 students

Additional Students $21 each

Reserve your date!