 Event |
The Bougainville Photoplay Project
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| Venue |
Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin City, NT |
| First Date |
18 August 2010 |
| Opening Date |
18 August 2010 |
| Last Date |
20 August 2010 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
In this compelling and intimate work of political theatre, writer, academic and performer Paul Dwyer retraces three journeys made by his father Dr Allan Dwyer, a world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon, to Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) during the 1960s, healing dozens of crippled children. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Pictorial
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Family stories are interwoven with the larger narrative of Australia's colonial enterprise over the years following the opening of the giant Panguna copper mine, environmental devastation, a brutal civil war funded by Australia that cost the lives of up to 20,000 people, and finally, a ray of hope in the post-war reconciliation process.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
http://www.darwinfestival.org.au/Theatre/the-bouganville-photoplay-project.html |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
84452 |
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