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'"Take Up Thy Bed & Walk" is a subversive performance about women, disability & fiction. Unlike views about women, society's understanding of disability has not changed greatly since Victorian classic fiction for girls were first being penned.
'Spanning this literature, popular music & the personal stories of the performers themselves, "Take Up Thy Bed & Walk" explores the layers of untruths about disability still so present in popular culture today. "Take Up Thy Bed & Walk" is a disability-led project that ground breaks a uniquely accessible audience experience through a creative approach that incorporates Auslan, audio description & other access features into the core aesthetic of the work.'
Source: http://vitalstatistixtheatrecompany. (Sighted 28/09/2012).
Production Details
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Premiere at the Waterside, 11 Nile St Port Adelaide, by Vitalstastix, h October to 10th November, 2012. Director: Ingrid Voorendt.
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Works about this Work
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The Disabled Have Roles To Play
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 October 2012; (p. 14)
— Review of Take Up Thy Bed and Walk 2012 single work drama
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The Disabled Have Roles To Play
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 October 2012; (p. 14)
— Review of Take Up Thy Bed and Walk 2012 single work drama