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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Kin : A Play by Sidetrack Theatre
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A mixture of comedy, music and pathos, Kin explores cultural differences, and more particularly identity among the displaced. It tells the story of young people of different ethnic backgrounds growing up in present-day Australia and was developed by Sidetrack Theatre to dramatise multi-cultural issues within the Australian community.

Notes

  • Kin was devised through collaboration between members of Sidetrack Theatre, and in particular Stefo Nantsou (q.v.), Silvio Ofria and Adam Hatzimanolis.

  • A special education kit was developed by the Office of Multicultural Affairs with assistance from the News South Wales Department of Education in 1988 (prior to the play's publication the following year). It comprises the playscript, reviews of performances, educational activities, information on multiculturalism and immigration in Australia, a video recording of the production, sound cassettes of songs from the play and an interview with the dramaturg, Tom Burvill.

Production Details

  • 1987 : Performance Space, Redfern, Sydney. 13 Sept. - Prod. Sidetrack Theatre ; Dir. Dallas Lewis and Gail Kelly ; Design Dwayne Campbell and Jody Williams ; Dramaturg Tom Burvill ; Stage Mngr. Alan Gannaway ; Lighting Dallas Lewis. - Cast: Gabriella Cabral, Adam Hatzmanolis, Tom Lycoss, Jai McHenry, Stefo Nantsou, Silvo Ofria, Anne-Marie Wiles.

    The production toured New South Wales and Queensland highschools in 1987. It was also given a return season by Sidetrack Theatre in January 1988 (directed by Gail Kelly).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1987
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Australian Government Publishing Service , 1989 .
      Extent: 84p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Performance photographs by Chooi Tan.
      • 'Credit for this play is due to the Sydney-based Sidetrack community theatre company and its members, who evolved from their personal experiences this imaginative production ...' (Foreword, p iii).
      ISBN: 064409852X
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Works about this Work

Sidetrack's 'Kin' : Intervening in Multiculturalism Thomas Burvill , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , [Double Issue] no. 12-13 1988; (p. 59-71)
Sidetrack's 'Kin' : Intervening in Multiculturalism Thomas Burvill , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , [Double Issue] no. 12-13 1988; (p. 59-71)
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