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'A tree-changing couple try to make an old building a home. A pack of Cub Scouts on summer camp are terrorised by a ghostly matron. A returned soldier seeks aid for his sick son. An unjust trial sentences two Nyoongar men to death.
'Set in and around a single old abandoned hospital, York moves through time to uncover the buried histories we have built over. Traversing four different eras, this daring new work sheds light on how our stories are told – and who tells them.
'Inspired by 200 years of real accounts, York is a collaboration by Ian Michael and Chris Isaacs.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Production Details
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Originally set to be produced by the Black Swan Theatre Company of Western Australia in collaboration with WA Youth Theatre Company, Heath Ledger Theatre, 15 August - 6 September 2020.
Director: Clare Watson.
Sound Designer/Composer: Dr Clint Bracknell.
Lighting Designer: Lucy Birkinshaw.
Cast: Alan Little, Alison van Reeken, Ben Mortley, Jo Morris, and Shareena Clanton.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Produced by Black Swan Theatre Company, 10 July - 1 August 2021, at the Heath Ledger Theatre.
Director: Clare Watson.
Sound Designer/Composer: Dr Clint Bracknell.
Lighting Designer: Lucy Birkinshaw.
Dramaturg: Polly Low.
Cast: Alan Little, Alison van Reeken, Ben Mortley, Jo Morris, and Shareena Clanton.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Haunting History Play to Premiere at New First Nations Festival
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2021;
— Review of York 2020 single work drama'There’s a special feeling on Boorloo boodja (Perth country) in the lead up to Black Swan State Theatre Company’s inaugural Maali Festival of First Nations culture.'
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Theatre Review : York, Black Swan State Theatre Company, WA
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2021;
— Review of York 2020 single work drama'An innovative, dualistic technique that sees the past bleed into the present in this story about massacre on Country.'
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Spotlight : Ian Michael
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26 June 2021; (p. 3)'IAN MICHAEL , 32, is an actor, writer and director. He flunked every acting school audition. What does it matter now?'
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Theatre Review : York, Black Swan State Theatre Company, WA
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2021;
— Review of York 2020 single work drama'An innovative, dualistic technique that sees the past bleed into the present in this story about massacre on Country.'
-
Haunting History Play to Premiere at New First Nations Festival
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2021;
— Review of York 2020 single work drama'There’s a special feeling on Boorloo boodja (Perth country) in the lead up to Black Swan State Theatre Company’s inaugural Maali Festival of First Nations culture.'
-
Spotlight : Ian Michael
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26 June 2021; (p. 3)'IAN MICHAEL , 32, is an actor, writer and director. He flunked every acting school audition. What does it matter now?'
