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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Archimedes War
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'Fifteen-year-old Arki can’t shake the dead bodies of the players he’s killed in his online combat games on his PS4. His mother takes him to a psychiatrist who thinks he has PTSD. In her quest to help her son, she turns to those involved in real world war afflictions including a Major from the Australian Army and refugees from Afghanistan.'

Source: Theatre People (https://www.theatrepeople.com.au/darebin-arts-speakeasy-archimedes-war/).

Production Details

  • Originaly scheduled for production at Darebin Speakeasy in 2020.

    Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Rescheduled for production at Darebin Speakeasy in first June and then August 2021: both productions postponed.

    Rescheduled for performance at Northcote Town Gall, Northcote, from 23 November - 2 December 2021.

    Director: Susie Dee.

    Cast: Daniela Farinacci, Jim Russell, Sahil Saluja, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, and Eva Seymour.

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