Letter's End May 11, 2009

Following the success The Schneedles and LaLaLuna, Wolfe Bowart returns with a new box of stories that will delight the whole family. Letters End will play Riverside theatre for 7 performances from Monday 11 May.

In Letter’s End we meet the keeper, a man whose job it is to dispose of all unclaimed post. Day after day, year after year, letters and packages fall from above and the keeper dutifully feeds them into the furnace. With only the roar of the furnace for company, he is a drone in a black and white world. That is, until one day, when the keeper decides to open one of the unclaimed packages and his life is changed forever. One package leads to another, and the world fills with colour as the long-forgotten memories and stories contained within are finally dusted off and brought to life.

With his signature mix of circus and theatre, stage illusion, puppetry, mime, music, poetic video projection and physical comedy, Wolfe Bowart invites you to cut the string, tear open the brown paper wrapping and live a wondrous world rediscovered in Letter’s End.

“The non-verbal nature of the show means there are no language barriers,” said Mr Bowart. “So we’ve been able to take them (the productions) to a number of countries around the world including Brazil, Greece, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK.”

A sample snippet of Bowart’s physical theatre at work, can be viewed via the link - http://tv.azpm.org/kuat/segments/2009/1/20/kuat-wolfe-bowart/

“An enchantingly loony dreamscape…Wolfe Bowart specialises in a magic realism that evokes childlike wonder” - The Australian.

Letter’s End will be showing at Riverside Theatres from May 11 to 14.

LETTER’S END
VENUE: Riverside Theatre, Corner Church and Market Streets, Parramatta
DATES & TIMES: Monday 11 May at 6.30pm, Tues 12 May at 9.45am & 12.45pm, Wed 13 May at 9.45am & 12.45pm, Thurs 14 May at 11am and 6.30pm
SINGLE TICKET PRICES: Adults $25, Conc $20, 30 & Under $20, 16 & Under $15
RIVERSIDESAVER PRICES: Adults $20, Conc $15, 30 & Under $15, 16 & Under $12
RIVERSIDE FOR SCHOOLS 09 PRICES: $12 per student/additional teacher
BOOKINGS: Riverside Box Office 02 8839 3399 or www.riversideparramatta.com.au

Official Website: http://www.riversideparramatta.com.au