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'John was once the frontman in one of the world's biggest bands, Riflemind.
Now John and his wife Lynn are safe from the world in their walled country house. Money and anonymity, however, won't protect them from themselves or their past. Fame and its attendant luxuries are addictive.
Addictions almost ruined both their lives. Well away from that life they are now safe. Unhappy, silent, fragile, but safe.
Until the pressure of a comeback tour bears down upon John. And the band simply can not work without him. Crunch time. A weekend of music-making is planned at John and Lynn's estate. As soon as the band turns up - plus their associated spouses, lovers and hangers-on - it's a rock'n'roll circus.
Riflemind captures, with delicacy, precision and a beguiling black humour, a series of relationships languishing in the backwaters of co-dependent love, greed and need. Despite, or because of, their apparent affluence, social privilege, preposterous egos, septic past and rock-god lifestyle, each of them struggles to find redemption.
Over this weekend they will open old wounds, lose their way, play great music and, perhaps, stumble into a more certain future.'
Source: STC website, http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/
Sighted: 25/01/2007
Production Details
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First produced by the Sydney Theatre Company at Wharf 1, 11 October - 18 November 2007. Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Upton Bares His Pain
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 March 2010; (p. 16) -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 53 2008; (p. 228-230)
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
Blanchett's Touch Fails to Save West End Play
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 October 2008; (p. 3) -
Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll Was Never So Dull
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily Telegraph , 19 September 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
A Dull Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Reunion
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent , 19 September 2008;
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Financial Times , 22 September 2008; (p. 21)
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian , 20 September 2008; (p. 2008)
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
A Reunion That Never Quite Rocks or Rolls
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times , 19 September 2008; (p. 38)
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
A Dull Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Reunion
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent , 19 September 2008;
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll Was Never So Dull
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily Telegraph , 19 September 2008; (p. 31)
— Review of Riflemind 2007 single work drama -
Have Script, Will Travel
2007
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 September 2007; (p. 18-19) -
Producer to Put Aussie Plays on the World Stage
2008
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 2008; (p. 3) Matthew Westwood reports that British theatre producer Howard Panter is considering taking Australian plays, including 'Riflemind' to stages in London and New York. -
UK Pans Upton 'Dross'
2008
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— Appears in: The Age , 20 September 2008; (p. 21) -
London Critics Savage Upton's Play
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 September 2008; (p. 3) -
'Mr Blanchett' Feels West End Lash
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 September 2008; (p. 5)