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DESTINATION ZIMBABWE?
Destination Zimbabwe is currently in production and will be performed as part of The Melbourne Fringe Festival, October 1 -4 2008 at St Martins Youth Centre.
Destination Zimbabwe comes as a follow on to the well received Discrit Zimbabwe. Two Zimbabwean students find themselves in between two countries on a bridging visa. Zimbabwe is their likely destination after years of study in Australia. When the ashes have settled from the economic fire fueled by 12.5million percent inflation, social fire fanned by HIV/AIDS and 90% unemployment, where will they be?
SHOWS:
Wed Oct 1st, Thus Oct 2nd, Fri Oct 3rd and Sat Oct 4th @ 7:30
pm(60min)
VENUE:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre Irene Mitchell Studio
44 St Martins Lane
South Yarra
TICKET DETAILS:
Tickets are available online at... http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/season/2008/show/415/
Full Price: $20.00
Concession: $15.00
seniors: $10.00
DISCRIT ZIMBABWE
BOOKINGS: EMAIL US VIA OUR CONTACTS PAGE OR P: 03 9378 9559
DIRECTIONS FOR GUILD THEATRE: Enter Melbourne University Parkville Campus via Swanston St. Look for the "Union Building." The Guild Theatre is on the 1st floor of the Union Building.
REVIEWS: DISCRIT ZIMBABWE LAMAMA THEATRE
Discrit
The pain and suffering of this dispossession is the subject of Simon Tengende's Discrit Zimbabwe. "Discrit" is a compound acronym meaning "dispassionately critical", implying that, like Virgil's straddling of political allegiance, Tengende aims to offer an objective commentary on the competing claims of rival groups”MB
http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts-reviews/discrit-zimbabwe/2008/06/17/1213468403942.html
Australian Stage Online review By Jack Teiwes
“It is always compelling when two characters each passionately insist that the other is lying, and you as the audience have to attempt to make up your own mind on the matter.”
http://www.australianstage.com.au/reviews/melbourne/discrit-zimbabwe--la-mama-1561.html
A Zimbabwean Tragedy takes centre stage, The Age by Robin Usher
"Everyone in the country is a victim," Tengende says. "The only winners are those who are pulling the strings. The chaos allows their agenda to go unchecked." Simon Tengende
Dispassionately Critical of
“ One thing that stands out….” Vincent O’Donnell
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~artsaliv/cues/Cue2008-23.rtf
Plays reveals Mugabe’s evil, Bnews,
“The country is officially recognised as a failed state and the blame rests squarely in the lap of homophobic leader, Robert G Mugabe”
