How to Keep an Alien

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Event How to Keep an Alien
Venue Queensland University of Technology, Theatre Republic, Kelvin Grove, QLD
Umbrella Event Brisbane Festival 2014
First Date 23 September 2014
Opening Date 23 September 2014
Last Date 27 September 2014
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description How to Keep an Alien is a funny, moving personal narrative about the bureaucratization of love. Irish Sonya and Australian Kate endeavor to show the Department of Immigration that they have the right to live together in Ireland. To do this they must prove their relationship beyond any reasonable doubt. But that’s the thing about relationships: doubt. The paper trail of evidence for ‘the visa people’ takes them across the globe on an odyssey of personal, political and historical landscapes; from the stony town lands of County Offaly to the lonely, leafy depths of the Queensland bush.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Immigration
Love
Relationships
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gina Moxley Director
Maureen White Dramaturg/e
Sarah Jane Shiels Lighting Designer
Sonya Kelly Performer
Justin Murphy Performer
Rob Furey Production Manager
Sarah Jane Shiels Set Designer
Carl Kennedy Sound Designer
Justin Murphy Stage Manager
Sonya Kelly Writer
Works
Text Nationality Ireland
Production Nationality Ireland
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Production Company Rough Magic's website
Programme Brisbane Festival 2014 programme
Web Brisbane Festival's website
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 107984