 Event |
Seeking Djira
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| Venue |
fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
7 August 2003 |
| Opening Date |
7 August 2003 |
| Last Date |
17 August 2003 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
A comedy about the plight of Australia's asylum seekers seems a contradiction in terms. But Linda Jaivin's first full-length play reminds us of the subversive power of comic writing: that we can laugh and yet be appalled at what is amusing us. |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
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: Bill Perrett, Agenda, 10 August 2003, 9
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Review: Helen Thomson, A3, 11 August 2003, 14
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Review: Kate Herbert, The Herald Sun, 11 August 2003, 90
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Review: Thuy On, The Australian, 11 August 2003, 6
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Event Identifier |
30012 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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