They Saw a Thylacine

Justine Campbell, Sarah Hamilton

• Éditeur: Currency Press
• Année: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781760620899
• Sujet: Literature
• Sous-sujet: Drama

Out of the darkness, Justine Campbell and Sarah Hamilton conjure the ghost of one of Australia's lost beauties, the thylacine. With all the suspense of a campfire story, these feisty, funny women weave a lyrical tale of adversity and extinction. For this thylacine tracker and this zoo keeper's daughter, it's a quest not just to protect a threatened creature, but themselves. Rebellious and gutsy, these women face life and fight to survive.

Justine Campbell is a director, writer and actor and is co-artistic director and co-producer of HUMAN ANIMAL EXCHANGE. In 2016, their co-production with Malthouse Theatre of the award-winning They Saw a Thylacine toured throughout Australia. Justine’s work as a writer includes Back from the Dead Red (Melbourne Fringe), The Dust and Us (La Mama) and Untold which was co-written with Sarah Hamilton for MTC as part of Cybec Electric. In 2015 Justine was a participant in MTC’s Women Directors Program as well as Theatre Works’ Directors Lab. A member of the Green Room Awards independent theatre panel, Justine’s awards include: Stand Out Performer Awards NZ Fringe (2014), Green Room Award Best Female Performer in an Independent Production (2010) and Equity ACT Green Room Award for Professional Performer (2007).

Sarah Hamilton is a Melbourne-based performer and writer and is co-artistic director of HUMAN ANIMAL EXCHANGE. Sarah’s work as a writer/performer includes A Donkey and a Parrot (Melbourne, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals), The Dust and Us (La Mama) and They Saw a Thylacine. Thylacine premiered at Melbourne Fringe in 2013 where it was awarded Best Performance, as well as the Tiki Tour Ready award. The play toured to NZ and Adelaide Fringe Festivals and was nominated for three Green Room Awards: Best Writing, Best Female Performers and Best Production. After a collaboration with Malthouse Theatre in 2015, They Saw a Thylacine will tour nationally through Performing Lines in 2016. Sarah and her co-collaborator Justine Campbell recently wrote Untold, which was developed as part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Cybec Electric play reading series.

They Saw a Thylacine was first produced with Melbourne Fringe Festival at North Melbourne Town Hall, on 20 Septem...