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Family Stories

by Biljana Srbljanovic

Whistler in the Dark Theatre

2010@ The Factory Theatre

 

  • Hubbie Award Best Performance (Jen O'Connor)

If it gets really touch and go, we can always throw the dog on the grill.

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In Family Stories, four children are playing house in the wreckage of a bombed-out playground; reflected in the funhouse mirror of their game is a thrilling and devastating allegory of a post-war society. A brilliant marriage of slapstick and tragedy, the play examines the fear that results from living in a society without free media or civil liberties.

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First performed in Belgrade in 1997, Family Stories uses the games of four children to explore issues of censorship, war, oppression and rebellion.

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