Shawshini/Springtime in Kabul
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| Venue | Urban Theatre Projects, Bankstown, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 11 September 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Date | 11 February 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Date | 11 September 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Professional Cooperative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Springtime in Kabul/Shawshini, is a play exploring parenting in conflict zones by Heather Grace Jones, Catherine Fargher and Taqi Bakhtyari, supported by the Griffin Theatre Studio program and a residency at Urban Theatre Projects. The work explores the many facets of parenting in conflict zones and the movement of people across the globe. We have tackled two key questions to develop our premise:
• How does one go on day after day parenting in a war/conflict zone? • What strategies do parents use to become resilient in times of conflict? The writers have developed their theatre script a |
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| Description Source | Flyer/Poster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Theatre Reading Autobiographical Work in Progress Biographical Bi-lingual Verbatim Theatre |
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| Subjects |
Adaptability
Celebrations Conflict Parenting War Women's Issues |
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| Text Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Further Information | Through our Griffin Studio, Casula Powerhouse and Urban Theatre Project residencies and Australia Council for the Arts Writing Grant (2016-2017): The writers have developed their theatre script as three intertwining monologues based around several writers' own experience parenting in conflict zones as well as those of the teams’ interview subjects, including Hazara and Pakistani women. The style | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Set | AusStage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 162721 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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