 Event |
Run Rabbit Run
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| Venue |
Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW |
| First Date |
8 January 2004 |
| Opening Date |
8 January 2004 |
| Last Date |
15 February 2004 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
In October 1999, 40,000 people flooded downtown Sydney to protest against South Sydney Rabbitohs being thrown out of the premiere Rugby League Competition. Undeterred, Souths took to the courts, first losing an injunction and then their appeal. In November 2000, 80,000 people took over central Sydney to vent their anger at the failure to reinstate Souths. It was the biggest sporting rally in Australia's history. In July 2001, the Federal Court voted to support South's appeal and the NRL invited the Rabbitohs to rejoin the competition.
In the tradition of Aftershocks and The Laramie Project |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Storytelling
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Works |
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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 January 2 - 8, 2004 |
| Web |
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| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
60161 |
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