 Event |
Purgatory Down Under
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| Venue |
Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, Woolloomooloo, NSW |
| First Date |
1 August 2003 |
| Opening Date |
1 August 2003 |
| Last Date |
17 August 2003 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Stephen Klinder and Jon Williams' dark comedy about Australia's current treatment of people with the temerity to flee evil before getting the requisite paperwork. |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Black Comedy
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| Subjects |
Asylum Seekers
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Rand Hazou, Staging Hidden Stories: Australian Theatre and Asylum Seekers, In/Stead, 3, 15 December 2010
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Review: Brendan Doyle, The funny side of purgatory, Green Left, 549, 13 August 2003
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Review: Stephen Dunne, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2003, 13
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
SMH Metro August 1 - 7, 2003 |
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| Event Identifier |
28849 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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