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'Patrick, a young motor mechanic, escapes to an English seaside village to lick his wounds after a relationship break-up. However, he soon discovers that his demons have followed him, and he will end up doing a very, very bad thing. This is How traces the journey of a man through Britain's criminal justice system in the late 1960s. It's a waking nightmare where fantasy and reality co-exist.' (Melbourne Theatre Company website)
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Commissioned by the Melbourne Theatre Company with the support of the Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust
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First produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company as part of the Cybec Readings, a series of public play readings at the Lawler Studio, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria, 3 September, 2010. Directed by Aidan Fennessy
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This Is How tells the story of Patrick Oxtoby, an outsider longing to fit in. When his fiancé Sarah breaks off their engagement, Patrick leaves home and moves to a boarding house in a seaside village a few hours away. In spite of his hopes for a new and better life, Patrick struggles to make friends or make the right impression. He can't shake the feeling that his new acquaintances are conspiring against him, further fracturing his fragile personality and prompting him to take a course of action that alters the course of his life. (Publisher's blurb)
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