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'A Social Service / should help people, shouldn’t it?
'Featuring Nicola Gunn and David Woods, this smart performance sticks its nose into the gap between rich and poor, and smells something funny. Prepare yourself for an in-your-face look at systems that claim to help the needy, but only help themselves.
'In a send-up of greed, status and the machinations of power, Gunn and Woods take a satirical look at the state of the public housing system, and the developers and bureaucrats who control its future. Questioning who these safety nets are really there to benefit, A Social Service digs at a reality more concerned with replicating itself than improving the situation. When the people at the top have no understanding of ordinary worries, needs or wants, maybe their help is the kind / we’d be better off without.' (Production summary)
Production Details
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Performed at the Malthouse Beckett Theatre, Southbank Melbourne : 11 - 29 August 2015
Original concept by Nicola Gunn.
Created & performed by Nicola Gunn & David Woods.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Housing Project
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 August 2015; (p. 12)
— Review of A Social Service 2015 single work drama -
Stepping on Shaky Ground
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 August 2015; (p. 14)
— Review of A Social Service 2015 single work drama 'A new play sees art and capitalism collide with the gritty realities of life on a public housing estate.'
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Stepping on Shaky Ground
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 August 2015; (p. 14)
— Review of A Social Service 2015 single work drama 'A new play sees art and capitalism collide with the gritty realities of life on a public housing estate.' -
Housing Project
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 August 2015; (p. 12)
— Review of A Social Service 2015 single work drama