- Playwright
- Tammy Anderson
- Director
- John Bolton
- Phone
- (03) 9685 5111
- Bookings
- Box Office
AddressThe Beckett, CUB Malthouse, Sturt Street, Southbank
"her own story: the shattering of the next generation of the Stolen"
WORLD PREMIERE
Tammy Anderson played Anne in the original production of Stolen. With disarming and often shocking honesty she tells of a childhood only a great spirit could survive. She sings her song of overcoming horrendous obstacles and performs a multitude of roles as she charts a life through 16 houses in her first 15 years.
Her father, now gripped by alcohol, gives her a love that reaches beyond his prison walls. Her mother gives her music and a lesson in endurance. But what can a child understand of the abusive men who enter their lives to leave them with little but nightmares?
With enormous skill, passion and large-hearted optimism, Tammy shares her hopes, her fears and her joy with all that dare to listen.
A testimony to theatre's power to bridge time and terror - and to heal the past.
This is compulsory viewing for all who care about the truth and who wish to no longer turn their backs on what is a very real peril threatening our children.
Â…Tammy's writing is strong and relevant to the stories of many Tasmanian Aboriginal peopleÂ…(it) will prove a catalyst for Aboriginal writers to take up the calling.' Jim Everitt
"One night my dad came home and he got a screwdriver and he undid the back of our TV and he pulled out these big blocks of Cadbury chocolate. He was real magic, my DadÂ…"
WORLD PREMIERE
Tammy Anderson played Anne in the original production of Stolen. With disarming and often shocking honesty she tells of a childhood only a great spirit could survive. She sings her song of overcoming horrendous obstacles and performs a multitude of roles as she charts a life through 16 houses in her first 15 years.
Her father, now gripped by alcohol, gives her a love that reaches beyond his prison walls. Her mother gives her music and a lesson in endurance. But what can a child understand of the abusive men who enter their lives to leave them with little but nightmares?
With enormous skill, passion and large-hearted optimism, Tammy shares her hopes, her fears and her joy with all that dare to listen.
A testimony to theatre's power to bridge time and terror - and to heal the past.
This is compulsory viewing for all who care about the truth and who wish to no longer turn their backs on what is a very real peril threatening our children.
Â…Tammy's writing is strong and relevant to the stories of many Tasmanian Aboriginal peopleÂ…(it) will prove a catalyst for Aboriginal writers to take up the calling.' Jim Everitt
"One night my dad came home and he got a screwdriver and he undid the back of our TV and he pulled out these big blocks of Cadbury chocolate. He was real magic, my DadÂ…"
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Venue
Credits
Direction
- John Bolton
Creative
- Playwright:Tammy Anderson