Production still for "The Riders". L-R: Barry Ryan as Scully, Isabela Calderon as Billie. Photographer: Jeff Busby
The Riders
By Iain Grandage & Alison Croggon
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
Cast
Creatives
Conductor
Director
Author
Writer
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Writer
Guitarist
Concert Master
Associate Director
Repetiteur
Musician
Stage Manager
Repetiteur
Bassist
Sound Designer
Musician
Production Manager
Pianist, Repetiteur
Stage Manager
Violinist
Violist
Cellist
Bass Clarinetist
Hornist
Trumpeter
Percussionist
Trombonist
Besen Family Artist
Besen Family Artist
Besen Family Artist
Acknowledgements
A co-production with Victorian Opera.