Women's Jail Project

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Event Women's Jail Project
Venue Sunbury Women's Prison, Sunbury, VIC
First Date 22 November 2000
Last Date 9 December 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Women's Jail Project takes place in an abandoned Women Refractory, alongside the old Sunbury Lunatic Asylum, near Melbourne. This site-specific performance explores the different ways we have classified and treated mad and bad women. The Refractory was closed about ten years ago, after a century of operation but this week the lights in the old red brick building will be burning again and its corridors will reverberate with the stories of women who had been inmates there.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Prisons
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Helen Hopkins Actor
Karen Martin Director
Richard Vabre Lighting Designer
Karen Martin Writer
Richard Vabre
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence Richard Vabre
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 161823