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'A play inspired by Nancy Wake aka The White Mouse.
'War hero, survivor, spy…Nancy Wake doesn’t want another layer of gold paint added to the legend of The White Mouse. Was the price she paid for survival too high?
'In a hallucinatory review of her life, Nancy’s story unfolds with humour and pathos. The Second World War changed her for ever but this time no one is messing with her story and she tells it with trademark roguishness – with a little help from her comrades in France, including a mysterious German spy and cabaret singer who sings Marlene Dietrich’s most beloved songs.'
Source: Australian Plays Transform.
Production Details
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Presented at Gasworks Arts Park (7-9 March 2019); The Bowery Theatre, St Albans (15 March 2019); Burrinja Cultural Centre (16 March 2019); Shirley Burke, Parkdale (4 April 2019); and Knox Community Arts Centre (6 April 2019).
Director: Sara Grenfell.
Designer: Christina Logan Bell.
Lighting Designer: Shane Grant.
Sound Designer: Ryan Smedley.
Cast: Margo Knight (older Nancy Wake), Emma Annand (younger Nancy Wake), Ezra Bis (Henry Fiocca / young man in bar), Billy Sloane (Denden / Nazi), and Tori McCann (Sabine / Carer).
