"A GLORIOUSLY THEATRICAL PRODUCTION... sexy and passionate... playful, serious and stirring" The Australian, 21.7.06

"OUTSTANDING... Armfield weaves his magic... impossible to fault... super-heated... literally bursts from the stage" The Sun-Herald, 23.7.06

One of the finest plays from the great Spanish Golden Age of the 17th Century, Lope de Vega's Peribanez is a hot and heady drama about love, obsession, revenge and class.

PLEASE NOTE that the final performance of Peribanez on Sunday 20 August has been moved from 5pm to 2pm.

Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes

Lope de Vega, translated by Tanya Ronder

Neil Armfield

Paula Arundell, Marton Csokas, Nathaniel Dean, Alan Flower, Sacha Horler, Bogdan Koca, Joe Manning, Toby Moore, Socratis Otto, Nathan Page, Hazem Shammas and Leeanna Walsman

Twelve of our finest physical performers will bring the 17th Century jumping into full blooded life on the stage of the York. A glorious
love story, directed by Neil Armfield and choreographed by Kate Champion, Peribanez will appeal to both Drama and English students.

"It is exciting to discover this great play from the Spanish golden age, in a thrilling contemporary version by English writer Tanya Ronder and a production by Neil Armfield that is playful, serious and stirring. It has peasants and kings, love and honour and a neat political sting in the tail." The Australian, 21.7.06

Recommended for...

• Year 11 Drama


• HSC English: Inner Journeys and Imaginative Journeys


• Year 10 Drama and English

All schools performances start at 11.30am

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