Honour Bound single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Honour Bound
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'Since September 11, 2001, Australia's engagement in the 'war on terror' has raised important questions about the balance between the pursuit of our national security and our human rights. 'Honour Bound' is an intensely passionate and confronting new work that explores these issues through an extraordinary combination of dance, film, theatre and aerial performances. This world premiere brings together some of Australia's most exciting creative talent. It's a culturally and artistically ambitious work that focuses on the experiences of Terry Hicks and his son David - held in Guantanamo Bay for four years without trial. It integrates Terry's personal testimony as a father, and draws on letters, internal Pentagon papers and the accounts of former detainees. Set within an eight-metre square cage, the performance and projections take place on the walls, ceiling and floor. A daring and provocative work, 'Honour Bound' is about some of the most important issues we face as a society today: law and order, hatred and love, humanity and human beings pushed to the very edge of their limits.'

Source: Sydney Opera House website, http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com
Sighted: 24/07/2006

Production Details

  • World premiere produced at the Sydney Opera House 28 July to 3 September 2006. Season directed by Nigel Jamieson.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Staging David Hicks Russell Fewster , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , December no. 65 2014; (p. 12-36)
' Thanks to a bold piece of commissioning ... director Nigel Jamieson has been able to realise a powerfully immersive account of the agonies of unlawful incarceration and its impact on others ... Honour Bound is no apologia for David Hicks' actions but a viscerally intelligent argument for justice.' (Publication summary)
Work about Hicks a Ruanway Success at Dance Awards Valerie Lawson , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 June 2008; (p. 13)
Valerie Lawson reports that Nigel Jamieson's 'Honour Bound' is the winner of two awards at the 2008 Australian Dance Awards.
Award for Honour Bound Creator Robin Usher , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 January 2007; (p. 23)
The Post-Dramatic Stage John McCallum , 2007 single work essay
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 January 2007; (p. 12)
Where All the World is a Cage Jo Litson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 July 2006; (p. 16)

— Review of Honour Bound Nigel Jamieson , 2006 single work drama
No Terror, but Hick's Jail Tale Triggers Passionate Response John McCallum , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 August 2006; (p. 13)

— Review of Honour Bound Nigel Jamieson , 2006 single work drama
Urgent Insights Into Guantanamo Bay Jill Sykes , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 August 2006; (p. 11)

— Review of Honour Bound Nigel Jamieson , 2006 single work drama
Where All the World is a Cage Jo Litson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 July 2006; (p. 16)

— Review of Honour Bound Nigel Jamieson , 2006 single work drama
La Cage Aux Follies Anne Susskind , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 July vol. 124 no. 6530 2006; (p. 66-67)
Hicks Begins Sydney-Malthouse Partnership Robin Usher , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 July 2006; (p. 17)
Hicks' Cuban Plight Becomes Psychosis in an Eight-Metre Cube Penelope Debelle , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 20 May 2006; (p. 12)
Guantanamo's Sorry Cycle Jeremy Eccles , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 July 2006; (p. 19)
Interogation Dances Caroline Baum , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 16 2006; (p. 60-63)

Awards

2007 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia Best Visual or Physical Theatre
2007 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia Best New Australian Work Nominated for the Sydney Opera House and Malthouse Theatre production.
2006 winner Sydney Theatre Awards Best New Australian Work For the 2006 Sydney Opera House and Malthouse Theatre production.
2006 winner Sydney Theatre Awards Best Mainstage Production For the 2006 Sydney Opera House and Malthouse Theatre production.
Last amended 17 Jun 2008 14:01:17
Subjects:
  • Guantanamo Bay,
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    Cuba,
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    Caribbean, Americas,
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    Australia,
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  • 2002-2006
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