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Production Details
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First produced by HotHouse Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company at Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company, 27 July - 3 September 2006. Director: Maeliosa Stafford
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Postcard from the Edge : Tom Holloway's beyond the Neck and the Limits of Verbatim
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 72 2018; (p. 100-125)'When the New South Wales Board of Studies put Tom Holloway’s Beyond the Neck (2007) on the list of prescribed texts for the Year 12 Verbatim Theatre elective, they seemed to be wilfully ignoring the playwright’s statement that the play is not verbatim. On the one hand, the lack of vernacular speech and characters that correspond to real-life people would seem to confirm Holloway’s argument. Conversely, the play’s reliance on interviews, community consultation, bottom-up history and mode of diegetic theatricality would seem to support the Board of Studies’ decision. This article argues that this difference of opinion is due, in part, to a difference of definition: whereas Holloway conceives of verbatim as a genre, the Board of Studies sees it as a practice. To contemplate verbatim as a practice opens the way for new research across theatre, performance, dance, television and film.' (Publication abstract)
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True-Life Script Lets Actors Play with Fire
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 September 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Embers 2006 single work drama -
Real Fire in the Story-Telling
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 2006; (p. 13)
— Review of Embers 2006 single work drama
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Real Fire in the Story-Telling
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 August 2006; (p. 13)
— Review of Embers 2006 single work drama -
True-Life Script Lets Actors Play with Fire
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 September 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Embers 2006 single work drama -
Postcard from the Edge : Tom Holloway's beyond the Neck and the Limits of Verbatim
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 72 2018; (p. 100-125)'When the New South Wales Board of Studies put Tom Holloway’s Beyond the Neck (2007) on the list of prescribed texts for the Year 12 Verbatim Theatre elective, they seemed to be wilfully ignoring the playwright’s statement that the play is not verbatim. On the one hand, the lack of vernacular speech and characters that correspond to real-life people would seem to confirm Holloway’s argument. Conversely, the play’s reliance on interviews, community consultation, bottom-up history and mode of diegetic theatricality would seem to support the Board of Studies’ decision. This article argues that this difference of opinion is due, in part, to a difference of definition: whereas Holloway conceives of verbatim as a genre, the Board of Studies sees it as a practice. To contemplate verbatim as a practice opens the way for new research across theatre, performance, dance, television and film.' (Publication abstract)
Awards
- 2007 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Community Theatre
- 2007 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Drama Script (Stage)
- 2007 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- Victoria,
- 2003