SEPTEMBER- October 2022

The Roo Theatre Company is proud to present, "The Neverending Story: Atreyu's Great Quest" 

Friday 23rd Sept 7:30pm
Saturday 24th Sept 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday 25th Sept 2:00pm
Wednesday 28th Sept 7:30pm
Friday 30th Sept 7:30pm
Saturday 1st Oct 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Directed by Jordan Cunningham
Costume Design by Samantha Beavan
Stage Management by Harry Burns
​Production Management by Renee Brighton
Told with all the thrills of a classic adventure, the story begins with Bastian, a lonely boy, who stumbles into a curious bookshop where he discovers a curious book--The Neverending Story. Bastian hides in the attic of his school and begins to read, and a huge adventure surges into life. Fantastica, a land of stories, is being destroyed by the Nothing. The Childlike Empress has chosen Atreyu, a young hunter, to be the Hero of the Great Quest. Atreyu, an orphan, is an unlikely choice, but he accepts and, with his horse and companion, Artax, rides to face the menace. First, he experiences the Nothing and discovers its thoughtless destruction. Then he is guided by a dream to the Swamps of Sadness where he meets Morla, the Ancient One, who reveals another solution. He must find the Childlike Empress a new name. With this new direction, Atreyu faces Ygramul the Many, befriends Falkor the Luck Dragon, and solves the riddles of the three magic gates to meet Uyulala. From her he learns that only a human child can give the Empress a new name. In despair he faces his final test—the werewolf Gmork—and returns to the Childlike Empress without a new name. However, his quest has attracted a human child. It is Bastian himself who calls out a new name for the Empress, and the story rushes to its triumphant and moving conclusion
CAST
Bastian: RUBEN AGUILERA
Atreyu: DAVID ALCALDE
Falkor & Troll: BRIAN McGINN
Artax: JOSIF JOVANOVSKI
Gmork: THOMAS ROBERTS
Childlike Empress & Refugee : EVE NAUGHTON
Engywook, Bookseller & Eribo : BOB SMITH
Urgl, Attendant & Refugee: TAYLOR-JANE FRENDO
Bastian's Father, Chancellor, Entourage & Sassafranian Child: CHRIS FRASER
Gaya, Traveller, Teacher & Sassafranian Child: HOLLY RYDQUIST
Elder, Caretaker, Entourage & Pedestrian: TRENT BOWATER
Ygramul, Attendant, Pedestrian & Entourage: ARABELLA CLARK-CLAUSCEN
Cairon, Traveller, Police Officer, Pedestrian & Henchmen: LACHLAN OLDROYD
Police Officer, Pedestrian & Henchmen: MICHAEL THOMPSON
Morla, Attendant, Pedestrian & Entourage: DEBORAH FURFARO
Uyuyala, Refugee, Entourage & Pedestrian: MADELEINE PETERS
Bully, Buffalo, Ygramul Child, Goose: NICOLAS LE ROUX
Bully, Buffalo, Ygramul Child, Goose: ELLIS CHECKLEY
Bully, Buffalo, Ygramul Child, Goose: BOWEN MUNDT
Bully, Buffalo, Ygramul Child, Goose: STIRLING ROPER
Sassafranian Adult, Ygramul Child, Child: BENJAMIN EFFENDIC
Lirr, Buffalo, Goose: ALICE LONDSALE
Sheerek, Buffalo, Goose: REBECCA McGLASHEN
Baureo, Entourage, Pedestrian: STELLA BEALE
Mayestral, Entourage, Pedestrian: SIENNA GUTIERREZ
Traveller, Pedestrian, Entourage, Student: KITARNI ARANDA
Traveller, Pedestrian, Entourage, Student: MAKKEDE ARANDA
Pedestrian, Entourage, Student, Ygramul Child: PRIETA LINDLEY
Pedestrian, Entourage, Student, Refugee: SIENNA SAVELLI