The answer lies in our humanity Perhaps the better-known play, Lord of the Flies – directed and designed by David Chambers – was presented by two talented casts in alternating performances. Active rebellion and bucking the system are hugely attractive to many young men, but Golding’s story explores how such activities can reveal the darker side of human nature. Without an ethical and altruistic counterbalance, individuals and societies crumble, even if they
best of humanity; through Jack and Roger, the play shows how manipulation and distortion can turn fundamental virtues upside down. Their bid to promote a savage society intent on conquest, through economic dominance, military supremacy and terrorist acts was confronting to the audiences that filled the OBT – and the fact that the play offered no redemption was strangely disconcerting. But the message, brilliantly conveyed through some excellent performances, was clear – if you don’t want a society led by Jacks and Rogers you have to fight for benevolence, which means actively promoting and respecting the Ralphs, the Piggys and the Simons of this world.
Lord of the Flies cast 16 & 18 May
Piggy Ralph
Archie Roberts
Elia Garrett
Jack
Josh Johnston
Roger
Kynan Salt George Lill
Sam Eric
Charlie Hanson
Simon
Ben Pownall
Maurice
Daniel Qi
Henry
Harrison Lund
Bill
Patrick McGregor
Wilfred Harold Robert Perceval
Ben Davis Ricky Yau
have a short season of glory. In Ralph, Piggy and Simon, Lord of the Flies depicts the
Jack Churcher
Sam Kirby
Peter Sam Boyd Naval Officer Ben Davis
Lord of the Flies cast 17 & 19 May
Piggy Ralph
Jamie Yee Tom Jones Louis Gunn Ben Young
Jack
Roger
Sam Eric
Fletcher Anderson Dominic Edmond
Simon
Owen Short
Maurice
Josh Mortensen
Henry
Kit Lamb
Bill
Ethan Manera Jarrad Hill Max Luisetti Max Thomas Henry Mossman Charlie Owens
Wilfred Harold Robert Perceval
Peter
Naval Officer Jarrad Hill
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