Note: Concept by Patrick McCarthy; devised by Brendan Barnett, Matthew Epps, Kevin Kiernan-Molloy and James Tresise.
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Liberate Yourself from My Vice-Like Grip!!!
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'In the bowels of a ship, drifting across an endless ocean that has submerged the world, four men pass the time before they waste away, thinking of better days. Their claustrophobic world is one of violence and passion, guilt and nostalgia. With nothing to hang onto but memories from when they ruled the planet, they survive on false realities and dreamt-up utopias. They were once the elite of society – white, rich, educated, straight, Christian, men – not subjected to discrimination by anyone. Especially after they exterminated them all...'

Source: Mutation Theatre website, http://mutationtheatre.blogspot.com.au/

Sighted: 21/05/2012

Production Details

  • Produced by Mutation Theatre as part of the 2012 Next Wave Festival, Mutation Theatre, Melbourne, 17-27 May 2012. Director: Patrick McCarthy.

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Works about this Work

Apocalyptic Nightmare Becomes a Bad Dream for the Audience Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 2012; (p. 13)

— Review of Liberate Yourself from My Vice-Like Grip!!! Mutation Theatre , 2012 single work drama
Four Men in a Boat: Talking Masculinity at World's End Tim Richards , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 May 2012; (p. 22)
Apocalyptic Nightmare Becomes a Bad Dream for the Audience Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 2012; (p. 13)

— Review of Liberate Yourself from My Vice-Like Grip!!! Mutation Theatre , 2012 single work drama
Four Men in a Boat: Talking Masculinity at World's End Tim Richards , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 May 2012; (p. 22)
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