The Gown Student Newspaper at Queen's University Belfast

ARTS: Have a night at the theatre with the QUB drama students

This year’s season launch of student drama will take place in The Brian Friel Theatre on Wednesday 25^th November.  Five plays, student directed, cast and crewed will be performed throughout the academic year by current third year students .

BY SARAH MULLAN

The season kicks off on the 1^st of December with ‘The Libertine’,  a modern interpretation of a period drama. Chronicling the life and downfall of the Earl of Rochester, John Wilmot; this play promises to turn all preconceptions of the stuffy 17^th century on its head.

‘The Donahue Sisters’ is an exciting site-specific piece, to which audience members will be bussed to an old family home in order to explore the intense sibling relationship of the aforementioned sisters and discover the family secret that has haunted their adult lives.

 ‘Rhinoceros’, beginning on 23^rd Feb uses a modern translation of Ionecso’s classic text to highlight the issue of social conformity. With cast members that gradually give into their animal urges and transform into rhinoceros’, this absurdist drama is certainly a spectacle not to be missed.

 ’Beckett Shorts’ will provide an opportunity to view celebrated playwright Samuel Beckett’s shorter plays. These pieces challenge the mainstream notion of theatre, using striking images to create an intense audience experience. Finally ‘Crooked’ a ‘story of love, life and the Holy Spirit’ is a heart warming story of two social misfits and the lessons that they learn from each other thanks to their newfound friendship.

The season promises to have something for everyone and tickets can be reserved via the Brain Friel Theatre reservation line on 0028 9097 1382.

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