Experience Theatre-In-The-Wild

Step out of your comfort zone and into a terrific new experience that is theatre-in-the- wild.

Convict Footprints on the Old Great North Road is a play that brings history to life in beautiful Dharug National Park in May.

Highly commended in the Cultural Tourism section of the 2015 NSW Tourism Awards, the winner another Regional Tourism Award in 2014, it won Gold in 2013, and receiving rave reviews from audiences, this play is returning to the World Heritage site for another season.

Convict Footprints Director Mr Jerry Retford said that the play was a true salute to the hardships faced by the convicts when they built the road with blood, sweat and tears.

“Being connected with this play has been an amazing experience and truly a journey of discovery, learning about the trials and tribulations of the men who worked in chains, in the searing hot Australian sun.

“It truly has been an honour to be associated with bringing this history to life in-situ”, Mr Retford said.

“The play is a delightful interpretation of how the road was built which takes audiences on a roller coaster of emotions”, he said.

“The sad tales of the convicts and the suffering they endured is lightened by that ‘good old Aussie humour’ to take audiences on a journey back in time.

“We have seen audiences members with tears in their eyes as the ‘convicts’ tell their stories of hardship and despair, but soon the mood is lifted as these same convicts rebel against the Government officials and red coat soldiers.