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'X-Ray is about the detention of David Hicks, one of the alleged illegal combatants held in Cuba since the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan.

'The Hicks character tells of growing up in Adelaide, the appeal of and his study of Islam, and how he came to find himself bearing arms in Afghanistan.

'Hicks is portrayed as a larrikin character who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, and who has been poorly treated by the Australian government, the only one of forty-one nations whose citizens are detained which has not protested at their detention, which is itself not in accord with The Geneva Convention of 1949.'

Source: ABC Radio National website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2006/1748789.htm
Sighted: 20/11/2006

Production Details

First produced as a workshop production by the second year acting students of Adelaide Institute of TAFE Arts at the Roma Mitchell Arts Centre. Directed by Russell Fewster.
Subsequently produced at The Acting Studio -3 rd Floor AIT Arts -39 Light Square, Adelaide by Mongrel Productions in association with AIT Arts for the 2004 Fringe on 28 February 2004. Directed by Geoff Crowhurst.
Also broadcast on ABC Radio's 'Airplay' on 28 November 2004 and again on 19 November 2006.
The play's text is constantly updated to accommodate changing circumstances surrounding Hicks' imprisonment.