Play: Purely Academic

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Time:

5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

Room:

GHD Auditorium, AEB 49.

URL:

https://research.uq.edu.au/event/session/4675

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Written by a world-renowned scientist at UQ and first performed at Oxford University in 2013, 'Purely Academic' is a realistic and comedic dramatisation of the darker side of academia.

The play, Purely Academic, is both a realistic and comedic dramatisation of the darker side of academia, including both personal and professional clashes in technical collaborations. It invites an honest discussion about professional ethics and practices today. What “persona” is cultivated by today’s academic regime? With what impact? What does it mean to be an academic today? What does one need to learn to become one?

Starring Joanne Wright, Peter Greste, Peta Ashworth, Stephen Viller, Marie Boden, Stephan Riek, Guru Siddeswara, David Lavell and Al McEwan

Directed by Ceinda McNamara

About Purely Academic

A doctoral researcher sets out to pursue a successful academic career. He knows exactly where he wants to be, and he aims to get there as quickly as possible. He gets a PhD and rises rapidly through the academic ranks, walking over anyone and anything that stands in his way. Invincible, he reaches the pinnacle of his career and a bright future awaits, only for his past to return and challenge him.