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Dispatch single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Dispatch
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'A fascinating visual and theatrical poem, "Dispatch" follows puppet character "Sorrel", a young girl who journeys alone in a leaky boat, arriving at "the Middle place", a nowhere-land island in the middle of an ocean.' Source: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/ (Sighted 28/01/2010).

Notes

  • Puppet play.

Production Details

  • Performed by Barking Spider Visual Theatre at fortyfive downstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 2-7 February 2010. Director:Penelope Bartlau.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

An Other-Worldly Island Life Tim Richards , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 February 2010; (p. 19)

— Review of Dispatch Penelope Bartlau , 2007 single work drama
An Other-Worldly Island Life Tim Richards , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 February 2010; (p. 19)

— Review of Dispatch Penelope Bartlau , 2007 single work drama

Awards

2007 joint winner R. E. Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award $4,000 for further development.
Last amended 28 Jan 2010 10:25:01
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