y separately published work icon Where Words Once Were single work   drama   fantasy   children's   - 70min.
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Where Words Once Were
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'Young Orhan lives in a world where words are both very precious and very dangerous. Only 1,000 of them can exist: new ones are forbidden, and anything newly invented takes the place of an existing word, which is then illegal to say. Those who disobey the rules are punished in the strongest way possible. They lose their right to speak and to be spoken of; they become only "…" – a condition that causes them to slowly fade away. When Orhan accidentally takes a pen (a mighty weapon indeed!) from school, he sets in motion an adventure to reclaim lost words.'

Source: Kennedy Center (http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/KRTBA).

Production Details

  • Premiered at the Kennedy center (by which it was commissioned), 5 - 27 November 2016.

    Director: Colin Hovde.

    Cast: Regina Aquino, Marcus Kyd, Chris Lane, Alina Collins Maldonado, and Tony Nam.

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      2016 .
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    y separately published work icon For We The Young For We the Young : Five Plays Finegan Kruckemeyer , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2020 19588678 2020 selected work drama children's

    'In For We The Young, a collection of plays by one of Australia’s most beloved writers of theatre for young people, Finegan Kruckemeyer offers a glimpse into worlds of quiet sorrow and deep joy, daring feats and ingenious leaps. His quirky humour and surprising stories release the imagination and let it run wild, trailing images and words behind like so many footprints in the snow.

    'In My Robot, pieces of junk and pieces of people form the cure to a young inventor’s homesickness. In Love, a big-hearted boy tries to save the most precious things in his town from a huge storm. In The Snow, a ‘tiny child’ tackles mean birds and deep darkness to find a way through the mountain of snow that has cut off his village. In This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing, three sisters traverse the globe to find their true selves. And in the dystopian world of Where Words Once Were, our hero learns the damage words can do, along with their power to heal.'

    (Source: publisher's blurb)

         Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2020
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Awards

2017 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Theatre for Young People
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