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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Beyond the Neck
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'Profoundly affected by the events at Port Arthur in 1996, Tom Holloway (who was 17 at the time) was moved to write this play. Based on in-depth interviews and years of research, the story is set ten years later and celebrates the power of community and recovery.'

Source: Is Theatre website, http://www.istheatre.com
Sighted: 05/09/2007

Production Details

  • In 2007 'Beyond the Neck' was one of ten plays chosen for the Royal Court Theatre's International Young Playwright's Festival, London. It was then produced at the Peacock Theatre, Hobart, 12-15 September 2007 and at the Earl Arts Centre, Launceston, 18-21 September 2007. Director: Ian Sinclair.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Beyond the Neck: A Quartet on Loss and Violence
First known date: 2007
    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Playlab , 2008 .
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      Extent: 96p.
      ISBN: 9780908156924

Works about this Work

Postcard from the Edge : Tom Holloway's beyond the Neck and the Limits of Verbatim Caroline Wake , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 72 2018; (p. 100-125)

'When the New South Wales Board of Studies put Tom Holloway’s Beyond the Neck (2007) on the list of prescribed texts for the Year 12 Verbatim Theatre elective, they seemed to be wilfully ignoring the playwright’s statement that the play is not verbatim. On the one hand, the lack of vernacular speech and characters that correspond to real-life people would seem to confirm Holloway’s argument. Conversely, the play’s reliance on interviews, community consultation, bottom-up history and mode of diegetic theatricality would seem to support the Board of Studies’ decision. This article argues that this difference of opinion is due, in part, to a difference of definition: whereas Holloway conceives of verbatim as a genre, the Board of Studies sees it as a practice. To contemplate verbatim as a practice opens the way for new research across theatre, performance, dance, television and film.'  (Publication abstract)

Island Gothic Sharon Verghis , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 8-9)
Direct Address as Action and Effect in Bare Witness and Beyond the Neck Noel Maloney , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 62 2013; (p. 163-178, 223)
Tragedies of Port Arthur Rendered in Stark Relief Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 March 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of Beyond the Neck Tom Holloway , 2007 single work drama
Public Tragedy Revisited in Challenging Exploration of Private Grief Chris Boyd , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 March 2012; (p. 16)

— Review of Beyond the Neck Tom Holloway , 2007 single work drama
Suspense Echoes after the Light Fades Jason Blake , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 May 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of Beyond the Neck Tom Holloway , 2007 single work drama
[Review] Beyond the Neck Susanne Kennedy , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Lowdown , October/November vol. 29 no. 5 2007; (p. 33)

— Review of Beyond the Neck Tom Holloway , 2007 single work drama
Public Tragedy Revisited in Challenging Exploration of Private Grief Chris Boyd , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 March 2012; (p. 16)

— Review of Beyond the Neck Tom Holloway , 2007 single work drama
Tragedies of Port Arthur Rendered in Stark Relief Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 March 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of Beyond the Neck Tom Holloway , 2007 single work drama
Tom Holloway Susanne Kennedy , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , October/November vol. 29 no. 5 2007; (p. 30)
The Real Thing Rosemary Neill , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 January 2010; (p. 4-5)
Rosemary Neill canvasses a range of documentary and verbatim theatre productions. She discusses some international productions, but focuses mainly on Australian plays, particularly 'The Fence'.
Beyond the Bloodshed Andrew Stephens , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3 March 2012; (p. 16)
Island Gothic Sharon Verghis , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 April 2013; (p. 8-9)
Direct Address as Action and Effect in Bare Witness and Beyond the Neck Noel Maloney , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 62 2013; (p. 163-178, 223)

Awards

2009 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards Best New Australian Work Nominated for the 2009 Bambina Borracha Productions in association with B Sharp production.
2009 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards Best Independent Production Nominated for the 2009 Bambina Borracha Productions in association with B Sharp production.
2008 winner AWGIE Awards Stage Award
Last amended 29 Aug 2022 15:30:25
Subjects:
  • Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1996
Settings:
  • Tasmania,
  • 2006
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