27 July 2006
Message from the Rector
Dear Colleagues,
Professor Richard Henry, Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education
and Quality Improvement) and Mr Peter Graham, Chief Operating
Officer will be visiting UNSW@ADFA on Friday 4th August.
The new Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer will be making
an address to all UNSW@ADFA staff at 3:30pm on Tuesday 8
August in Lecture Theatre 7. He will be setting the scene
for the future directions of UNSW. I encourage all staff
to attend.
Professor John Baird
Rector
The ADFA Performing Arts Company will be performing the
2006 production of
“GUYS AND DOLLS”
on the nights of 10-12 August 2006.
Guys and Dolls brings to life the colourful characters
of New York in the 1940’s — the cunning petty-crime
gangsters with their bets, scams and prohibited alcohol,
the scantily-clad showgirls at the nightclubs, the multitude
of innocents and oddballs, and the passionate Salvation
Army missionaries who tried to save them all!
In the bustling atmosphere of 1950’s New York, this
musical comedy revolves around gambling man Nathan Detroit
as he is desperately searching for a place to hold his floating
crap game, with the NYPD breathing down his neck.
Sky Masterson, a mysterious high-flying gambler arrives
in town, and Nathan bets him he cannot seduce the upright
but uptight Missionary Sister Sarah Brown, and take her
with him to Havana the next day. If Detroit wins (which
seems a fair bet) he’ll have the thousand bucks he
needs to host his crap game. This is where the fun all begins!
“GUYS AND DOLLS” has been the work of over
50 Officer Cadets and Midshipmen within the Academy since
September last year. This year’s production is set
to be a visual spectacular, with amazing choreography never
before seen in previous years. The performance will be staged
from 1930h in Adams Hall at ADFA, and admission is free
of charge. To book tickets, please ring the ticket booking
hotline on (02) 6268 8999.
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