Deceptive Threads
Karen Berger Source: Karen Berger
Returning for a second Melbourne season, this award-winning play tells the extraordinary true stories of performer David Josephs grandfathers - one a Tivoli singer turned ASIO spymaster who vetted unwanted arrivals, the other an early Lebanese immigrant who had to lie about his birthplace to gain Australian naturalisation.Untangling the threads linking his family connection to Australias past and its present dilemma over asylum seekers, Joseph explores important issues of belonging, history, genealogy and national identity. Using a seamless combination of sophisticated multimedia, masterful stagecraft and rhythmically charged storytelling, this beautiful production theatrically illuminates the personal in the political. Dates // 09 NOV - 20 NOV 2016Time // Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm // Sunday 5pmfortyfivedownstairs.com or bookings 03 9662 9966
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