Away

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Event Away
Venue Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 4 June 2004
Opening Date 7 June 2004
Last Date 2 July 2004
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Michael Gow's classic Australian story takes us from home to foreign parts, from fracture to reconciliation, from life towards death.

Away is one of Australia's most loved plays. Its layered exploration of modern life in the post-war baby-boom generation is elegant, humorous and moving.

Away traces three ordinary families embarking on their Christmas holidays during the summer of 1967-68. These journeys become spiritual quests as one family deals with the death of their son in the Vietnam War, another faces the prospect of losing their son through illness, and the other by their daughte
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Joseph Couch Director
Michael Gow Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper SMH Metro June 4 - 10, 2004
Web
Event Identifier 63246