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The Riders

Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Barry Ryan as Scully, Isabela Calderon as Billie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

The Riders

23 September 2014 – 04 October 2014 Merlyn Theatre

Based on the novel by Tim Wonton

Malthouse Theatre, Victorian Opera,

New Adaptation Theatre Opera Co-Production

The Riders is an Australian opera based on Tim Winton’s Booker-nominated classic. The work is about the panic and terror of someone suddenly bereft of love. When the unthinkable happens, Scully, a decent hearted Australian embarks on a race across Europe desperately trying to locate his missing wife, with his young daughter Billie in tow.

 

"HERE IS ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST WRITERS, ONE ADMIRED FOR HIS DEEP EMOTIONAL INSIGHTS AND HIS SPIRITUAL EVOCATION OF PLACE. THROUGH HIS WRITING HE HAS HELPED A GENERATION DEFINE THEMSELVES AS MODERN AUSTRALIANS AND REMINDED OLDER GENERATIONS OF LOST IDEALS AND OF VALUES WORTH CHERISHING AND PASSING ON."

— Perth Now

Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Jessica Aszodi as Jennifer, Barry Ryan as Scully, Isabela Calderon as Billie. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Barry Ryan as Scully, Jessica Aszodi as Jennifer. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Jerzy Kozlowski, Dimity Shepherd, David Rogers-Smith. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "The Riders". Barry Ryan as Scully. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Jessica Aszodi as Jennifer, Barry Ryan as Scully, Isabela Calderon as Billie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Barry Ryan as Scully, Jessica Aszodi as Jennifer. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Jerzy Kozlowski, Dimity Shepherd, David Rogers-Smith. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Riders". Barry Ryan as Scully. Photographer: Jeff Busby

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A co-production with Victorian Opera.

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