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'In alpine Victoria, on Gunaikurnai country, a flock of sheep are found with their throats torn open. A woman, a farmer’s daughter, is on the hunt—looking for feral dogs. Rifle at her side, she camps down, thinking she’s alone.
'But she’s not.
'From deep between the eucalypts, a dingo watches her. Heart beating through skin. Bristling with hunger and grief. Waiting for the slightest show of weakness. From Picnic at Hanging Rock to Wake in Fright, the greatest works of Australian Gothic tease a uniquely antipodean horror from the anxiety of living on stolen country.
'In a work of startling poetry, tenderness, and violence, Andrea James (Sunshine Super Girl) and AWGIE-winner Catherine Ryan ratchet this anxiety to epic proportions, in a bloody confrontation between two elemental forces, played out on contested territory.'
Source: Griffin Theatre Company.
Production Details
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Produced by Griffin Theatre Company, 30 April - 5 June 2021.
Director: Declan Greene.
Associate Director: Danielle Micich.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australia’s Settler and First Nations Histories Meet in the Wild of the Bush in Dogged
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 7 May 2021;
— Review of Dogged 2021 single work drama'Dingo (Sandy Greenwood, a Gumbaynggirr, Dunghutti and Bundjalung actor) stands facing the audience, dressed in a muddied tracksuit with a dingo-like mask. Her opening speech signals concern; a longing for her lost pups.' (Introduction)
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Australia’s Settler and First Nations Histories Meet in the Wild of the Bush in Dogged
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 7 May 2021;
— Review of Dogged 2021 single work drama'Dingo (Sandy Greenwood, a Gumbaynggirr, Dunghutti and Bundjalung actor) stands facing the audience, dressed in a muddied tracksuit with a dingo-like mask. Her opening speech signals concern; a longing for her lost pups.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2022 highly commended Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Louis Esson Prize for Drama
- Victorian Alps, North East Victoria, Victoria,