 Event |
Death at Balibo
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| Venue |
Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin City, NT |
| First Date |
12 May 1988 |
| Last Date |
28 May 1988 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
""Set in a Timorese mountain village in 1975...it was emotions and not words that told the story of an innocent people who found themselves in the clutches of a bloody war and of the naivety of five Australian journalists who were killed trying to report the Indonesian invasion of Balibo"". |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Historical
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Genny O'Loughlin, The Northern Territory News, 14 May 1988
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Article: Kerry Davies, The Canberra Times, 17 May 1988
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Article: Lesley Delmenico, Historiography and rewriting: performing on/as East Timorese bodies in Death at Balibo and Diabolo!, Australasian Drama Studies, 40, April 2002, 8-25
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Review: Kerry Davies, Death at Balibo, New Theatre Australia, July/August, 6, July 1988, 25
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
May 1988 |
| Magazine |
New Theatre: Australia No. 6 July - August 1988 |
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| Event Identifier |
583 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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