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New Drama 3 Pro Season

Third Year Theatre and Drama Students mount a series of Australian plays as part of their study in Australian Drama.

Menzies Theatre

22-26 September @ 7pm

Growing up in 1960s Adelaide, Svetlana, struggling with her Russian heritage and confronted with a mentally ill mother, dreams of escaping her Dad’s smallgoods shop and her ever-disintegrating family to a fantasy playground of sci-fi, spaceships and stars.

The Ship of Fools

By Andrew Bovell

Directed by David Macgregor-Scholes

Menzies Theatre

13-17 October @ 7pm

Are you unemployed, lazy, apathetic? Then in the eyes of society you are a sinner, and your only path to redemption lies on the Ship of Fools. Come aboard, and your soul shall be saved.

Season Pass and Tickets

Ticket prices to each show are:

$5 First Year La Trobe Drama Student

See both shows and save with a Season Pass.

Season Pass:

First Year La Trobe Drama Student $8

Reservations

Reservation can be made by phoning: 94792342. Tickets can be collected at the Box Office from 30 minutes prior to commencement of show.

Getting to the Theatre

Enter the university at the corner of Kingsbury Drive and Waterdale Road. We suggest parking in Car Park 6. Follow the signs indicating Menzies College/Theatre.