The production runs 17 November - 19 December.
To complete the 2020 Season, New Theatre presents Picnic At Hanging Rock, adapted by Tom Wright, from the novel by Joan Lindsay.
On a blistering summer's day in 1900, three private school girls and their teacher vanish while on a day-trip to Hanging Rock in country Victoria. It was supposed to be a Valentine's Day treat. They were meant to be home for dinner. They are never seen again.
Joan Lindsay's historical fiction took the theme of the child lost in the bush that has haunted the Australian psyche for generations and wove it into a compelling supernatural mystery. In this chilling theatrical adaptation, five young female performers recount the story and the struggle to make sense of what happened, exploring the euphoria and terror which reverberates through a tight-knit rural community faced with a frightening chain of inexplicable events.
Whether you're a fan of the novel, Peter Weir's iconic 1975 film, the recent television adaptation, or coming new to the tale, you'll be left transfixed by a dramatic journey that plunges us to the depths of our most primal fears.
Tom Wright's acclaimed adaptation was first seen at BLACK SWAN Theatre in Perth and Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, where it had a sell-out season, subsequently touring to Edinburgh and then London, before returning for a second Melbourne season. New Theatre is excited to be presenting the Sydney public premiere of this evocative gothic thriller.
"It's great that New Theatre can bring this play to Sydney audiences for the first time," says New Theatre's Artistic Director, Louise Fischer, "and to welcome back as director Sahn Millington, who did such a great job here last year with Cat's Talk Back during the Sydney Fringe Festival."
"This production is not going to be what people might expect if they know the film and the recent tv adaptation," says Sahn. "Forget pan pipes and floaty frocks; Tom Wright has drawn deeply from Joan Lindsay's novel, incorporating much of her highly poetic language, and it's much closer to the book than to Peter Weir's film.The production runs 17 November - 19 December.
Learn more at https://newtheatre.org.au/picnic-at-hanging-rock/ and purchase tickets at https://newtheatre.org.au/tickets/.
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