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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 On Shifting Sandshoes
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'The play is about a diverse group of friends who go camping together every Christmas/New Year on Stradbroke Island. However, this year, the Bicentennial year, things go riotously out of kilter : it begins to rain and doesn't let up for days! The creek rises and cuts them off from civilisation ... the holiday now becomes a struggle for survival!

Friendships are strained, belongings are soggy, food becomes scarce. Relationships are stripped to the bone! The vigorous games of 'Bastard Ball' are replaced by the dividing up of the last sardine and the spelling out of S.O.S on the beach in XXXX empties!

The play is about migration within Australia—the annual Christmas trek. It's about playing games and having fun. It's about relationships that extend beyond family, and about the strain on those bonds when the food runs out!' Source: www.theatreworks.org.au/ (Sighted 08/10/2010).

Production Details

  • Produced by TheatreWorks, St. Kilda opened 16 November 1988 Director: Mark Shirrefs.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1988
      .
      Extent: 91 leavesp.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Cover title.
      • Typescript (photocopy).
      Series: The Hanger Collection of Australian Playscripts series - publisher

      A collection in the Fryer Library at The University of Queensland of manuscript film and play scripts.

      Holdings

      Held at: University of Queensland University of Queensland Library Fryer Library
      Local Id: H0417

Works about this Work

Black and White in Australian Drama : Melbourne 1988 Geoffrey Milne , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 9 no. 1 1990; (p. 33-43)
Untitled Paula de Burgh , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Melbourne Report , December 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Amanda Clarke , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Beat Magazine , 23 November 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Chris Boyd , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Melbourne Times , 23 November 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Stephen Radic , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Herald , 21 November 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Stephen Radic , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Herald , 21 November 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Chris Boyd , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Melbourne Times , 23 November 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Amanda Clarke , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Beat Magazine , 23 November 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Untitled Paula de Burgh , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Melbourne Report , December 1988;

— Review of On Shifting Sandshoes Paul Davies , 1988 single work drama
Black and White in Australian Drama : Melbourne 1988 Geoffrey Milne , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , May vol. 9 no. 1 1990; (p. 33-43)
Last amended 8 Oct 2010 15:03:25
Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • Minjerribah, Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,
  • Coast,
  • North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,
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