The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

CSU Riverina Playhouse, Wagga Wagga

DIRECTOR Peta Downes

CAST Joseph Appleton, Monique Corkin, Joshua Davies, Lauren Egan, Jake Fletcher, Becky Gethen, Sarah Harris, Bess Hartcher
Olivia Jean, Jessica McKerlie, Isobel Moore, Peter Muir, Kate Parkins, Tim Peterson, Hannah Smith, Sophie Taylor, James Walker, Lawrie Waller

PRODUCTION MANAGER John Jones

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER Alison Murphy-Oates

STAGE MANAGER Elisabeth Howe

SET AND PROPS DESIGNER Marissa Raymond

COSTUME DESIGNER Nicola Barber

LIGHTING DESIGNER Asa Brunzell

SOUND DESIGNER Gareth Mealing

PHOTOGRAPHY Allicia Vayro

SYNOPSIS

Returning from a royal wedding in Tunis, the political rulers of Italy
including the King Alonso and the heir to the throne, Ferdinand are
shipwrecked on a strange Mediterranean island by a tempestuous
storm. We soon learn that this tempest has been conjured by a
vengeful Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, who was deposed in a
political coup twelve years earlier by members of this political party.
Along with his three year old daughter Miranda, Prospero was put
to sea in a small boat with little hope of survival. Presumed dead by
those in Italy, they instead arrived at this island inhabited by spirits
and shadows where Prospero, already well-versed in the art of magic,
begins to refine and strengthen his powers. Assisted by Ariel, a spirit
of nature rescued by Prospero from eternal entrapment, the deposed
Duke begins his game of revenge on the shipwrecked group.

THE TEMPEST was a 2008 AIM Charles Sturt University production featuring Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage) graduating students.

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