The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion at Urban Stages

Urban Stages presents The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion, by Stephen Massicotte, opening at Urban Stages on 18 Oct 2007, following previews from 13 Oct and running through to 18 Nov 2007.

The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion: A fictionalized tale of a true event � the meeting of poet Robert Graves and T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, at Oxford University after the First World War.

Lawrence has recently been cast out of the Paris Peace talks of 1919, and Graves has barely survived the trenches of the Somme. Now that these two great men have survived the war, neither one of them can sleep, nor can they write or share their incredible experiences with anyone. As an act of rebellion against shell shock the two resolve to return to the frivolous days of undergraduate rebellion before the events of the Great War, enacting playful pranks in an attempt to express their feelings about what they have witnessed. As their movement gains momentum, Lawrence�s nemesis, Lord Curzon, sees in their humorous protests the seeds of deeper sedition and aims to undo the Rebellion before it has possible tragic ramifications.

Directed by Roger Danforth, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion features Dylan Chalfy, Stafford Clark-Price, Erin Moon, George Morfogen and Tom Cleary.

The design team comprises Roman Tatarowicz (sets), David Toser (costumes), Josh Bradford (lighting) and, Daniel Baker and David Thomas (sound).