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'Claire is in her old age, but you’d never know it. She sees herself differently from her children, who have grown up mean and full of bile. The children descend upon the family home like carrion dogs to deal with the matter of their ageing mother once and for all. They have come to tear Claire and her world to pieces and feast upon the remains of her life and home. But Claire has prepared a surprise party for them of Gothic proportions.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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In 2002 La Boite Theatre commissioned Norman Price to write Urban Dingoes (2004).
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Author's note: There are two issues that continue to attract me. Breaking up the family home, and the unavoidable destiny of growing old. For me, these issues continue to reveal our capacity for the destruction of others....(p.3). Norman Price August 2004.
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Dedication: For Margaret Barr and Hector MacLean.
Production Details
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Urban Dingoes was first performed by the La Boite Theatre Company, in association with the Energex Brisbane Festival and opened at the Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, on 10 September 2004.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Hard to Like
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 22 - 28 September no. 509 2004; (p. 35)
— Review of Urban Dingoes : A Performance Text 2002 single work drama -
Family Grief Play Is Sadly Lacking
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Urban Dingoes : A Performance Text 2002 single work drama -
All in the Mind
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2004; (p. 15)
— Review of Urban Dingoes : A Performance Text 2002 single work drama -
Festival of Might
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 25 - 31 August no. 505 2004; (p. 6-8) -
Treasure in the Conflict
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 January 2003; (p. 15)
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All in the Mind
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2004; (p. 15)
— Review of Urban Dingoes : A Performance Text 2002 single work drama -
Family Grief Play Is Sadly Lacking
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 September 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Urban Dingoes : A Performance Text 2002 single work drama -
Hard to Like
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 22 - 28 September no. 509 2004; (p. 35)
— Review of Urban Dingoes : A Performance Text 2002 single work drama -
Treasure in the Conflict
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 January 2003; (p. 15) -
Festival of Might
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 25 - 31 August no. 505 2004; (p. 6-8)
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