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Bare Witness single work   drama   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Bare Witness
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'Set in the Balkans, East Timor and Iraq, against the complex terrain of contemporary photojournalism, "Bare Witness" scrutinises the way we view our humanity - through the fragmenting lens of the media. Searching for the pieces of herself lost to years in the field, a young Australian woman is at a point when thrusting the camera between herself and her subjects ceases to protect her. Photographs, memories and dreams collide in a physical multi-media performance that follows a pack of complicated, flawed characters who share the unbreakable bond of war journalists.'

Source fortyfivedownstairs website, www.fortyfivedownstairs.com (Sighted 13/09/2010)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is set in East Timor, and Iraq.

Production Details

  • First produced by fortyfivedownstairs and La Mama at fortyfivedownstairs theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, 10 - 26 September, 2010. Directed by Nadja Kostich.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Direct Address as Action and Effect in Bare Witness and Beyond the Neck Noel Maloney , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 62 2013; (p. 163-178, 223)
War in a New Light Philip O'Brien , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 November 2012; (p. 4)

— Review of Bare Witness Mari Lourey , 2005 single work drama
The Shocking Truth Lyn Mills , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2012; (p. 5)
Unheard Sufferings for Art Ron Cerabona , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 October 2012; (p. 9)
Untitled John Bailey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 September 2010; (p. 19)

— Review of Bare Witness Mari Lourey , 2005 single work drama
A Question of Truth, and a Camera's Lies Martin Ball , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 September 2010; (p. 14)

— Review of Bare Witness Mari Lourey , 2005 single work drama
Untitled John Bailey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 September 2010; (p. 19)

— Review of Bare Witness Mari Lourey , 2005 single work drama
War in a New Light Philip O'Brien , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 November 2012; (p. 4)

— Review of Bare Witness Mari Lourey , 2005 single work drama
Unheard Sufferings for Art Ron Cerabona , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 October 2012; (p. 9)
The Shocking Truth Lyn Mills , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2012; (p. 5)
Direct Address as Action and Effect in Bare Witness and Beyond the Neck Noel Maloney , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 62 2013; (p. 163-178, 223)
Last amended 6 Mar 2013 13:21:08
Settings:
  • Balkans, Europe,
  • c
    Timor-Leste,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    Iraq,
    c
    Middle East, Asia,
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