Old Nick Proudly Presents

The Golden Age

In October Matt Wilson will be directing the Australian play The Golden Age for The Old Nick Company.  The play will be staged at The Peacock Theatre with tickets available from Centertainment shortly.

Louis Nowra

The Golden Age is a play written by Australian writer and playwright Louis Nowra. It is based on the story that Nowra heard from an academic about “a strange group of people in the wilds of South-West Tasmania just before World War II.”  This haunting play was inspired by the true story of a group of people, ghosts from the netherworld of an Australian childhood, who were discovered in the wilds of Tasmania in 1939. Lost in time and steeped in its own history and traditions, this curious community is a complete mystery and a disturbing challenge to its modern counterpart. The Golden Age is a play of eloquence and epic scale and has been hailed as one of Louis Nowra’s great theatrical achievements.

Francis Morris, a young, enthusiastic engineer from Melbourne, and his wealthy friend Peter, a geologist, depart on an endeavour of exploring the wilds of Tasmania. After becoming lost in the wilderness, they stumble upon a group of people who have been living in isolation since the mid-19th century.

Because of this social seclusion the tribe develops its own unique language and culture constructed upon the social conventions of Regency England. Upon returning to Hobart, the pair informs Peter’s father Dr William Archer of the group, and he arranges for their integration back into civilisation. But things do not go well…

CAST

Cam McKenzie – Francis
Benny Winckle – Peter
Peter Reardon – William/Melorne
Clare Gray – Elizabeth
James Casey – Mr Turner/German man/George Ross
Georgie Perry – Ayre
Rowan Harris – Mac/James/Corris
Bryony Geeves – Betsheb
Jessica Davies – Angel/Dr Simon
Scott Farrow – Stef