The Gifts of the Furies

From Transition Towns Newcastle: 

Dear friends

The Gifts of the Furies, is coming to the Newcastle Maritime Centre (Honeysuckle Drive)at the end of this week, May 7th and 8th at 7pm, and we would like you to join us (Tickets are available for $25/$15 concession, online at http://www.trybooking.com/EAS   For inquiries email transitionnc at optusnet dot com dot au  or phone 49673231).

Having recently seen this powerful play again, it is not to be missed. We are proud and pleased to bring this event to Newcastle, after it has played in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney (see reviews).

The Gifts of the Furies is a song-story based on the ancient Greek drama, The Oresteia trilogy, and is the first Australian art work to recognise the mythic nature of the climate crisis. This profound work is about the Earth, about history, war, trauma, tragedy and fate, and what happens when we ignore the wisdom of the planet. It looks at the climate crisis with a view from the classics, and is about hubris, democracy, our hopes and dreams, and aims towards renewal and reconciliation within the limits of nature. While the original score was performed as a full choral production, it has recently been workshopped in France, and condensed to a more transportable two-handed event. 

A free singing workshop is to be held after the performances on Sunday morning (at Hamilton Public School) to help develop a citizen's chorus for the bigger Furies at a later date.

For reviews of this amazing work and to book online, please go to attached flyer, or visit our website at  www.transitionnewcastle.org.au and click on "The Gifts of the Furies" on LHS of home page