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The Laramie Project 10 Years Later, Red Stitch | Reviewed on: Wednesday 16 May 2012
29th May, 2012 | Written by: Anne-Marie Peard | No Comments Yet

I have family who used to live in Snowtown; they don’t tell people that anymore. Truro, Port Arthur, Colombine; it only takes one word to recall the horrific violence associated with these places. In 1998, Laramie in Wyoming, USA, made headlines when Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence, repeatedly beaten…

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The elephant in the theatre

Far Away | Reviewed on: Wednesday 25 April 2012
27th April, 2012 | Written by: Anne-Marie Peard | 3 Comments

If I need Wikipedia to explain ANYTHING, I suspect that there’s something wrong – especially when it’s a piece of theatre. SaySix Theatre and Lil Artists are presenting Caryl Churchill’s Far Away at 45 Downstairs. Written in 1999, this is its first Australian production and takes it from a rolling English countryside…