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"an unflinching, powerful and moving production... sad, honest, humorous and uplifting... A TRIUMPH" SMH
"...one of the most impressive all-female casts you will see" The Daily Telegraph
Please note: Patrons arriving late for this production will not be admitted to the auditorium until 20 minutes into the performance.
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Alana Valentine
Wesley Enoch
Valerie Bader, Annie Byron, Jeanette Cronin, Lisa Flanagan, Genevieve Hegney, Roxanne McDonald, Leah Purcell and Carole Skinner
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My name's Gayle and I was here in the fifties. They set this place up in 1908 and they didn't close it til 1980. Well, my maths has never been very good but maths or no maths, 200 girls by eighty years is a lot to answer for. We've got somethin in common, ladies, and we're gonna share it today.
The inmates of Girls Training School, Parramatta had about as hard an upbringing as you can get in Australia. But theirs is also one of the great untold stories of making good in tough times.
Based on the testimony of dozens of GTS old-girls, this vibrant new play from Alana Valentine (Run Rabbit Run) is a joyous and harrowing dramatisation of the experiences of eight inmates and their reunion forty years later. Interspersed with song and storytelling, this is a tribute to mischief and humour in the face of hardship and inequality.
Under the direction of Wesley Enoch, eight dames, this mob of great Australian actresses, will take over the Belvoir stage in a moving and riotous act of letting the cat out of the bag and setting it smack bang amongst the pigeons!
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Full Price |
$52
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Seniors, Industry |
$44 |
Concession |
$32 |
Group Bookings |
$44 |
Preview Performances |
$32 |
Running time: 2 hours, 30 mins (including interval)
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