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The Pit, Barbican, London, EUR >>>

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Bite 200 Heads Up

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

Short Play

One Act

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written by Scott Rankin and Leah Purcell

Semi-autobiographical story of Leah Purcell - or her alter ego Steff - which traces the events of her life growing up in a Queensland mission town. The youngest of 7 children and daughter of a white father and black mother, Steff’s life is teeming with lively characters. There is her Nanna, crippled with arthritis, who teaches her the stories and language of her ancestors. There is her mother, who lives it up each pension day. Above all, there is her Grandfather’s pony, Steff’s vehicle for temporary escape that characterises Steff’s life, from her Nanna’s prediction that she’ll fly away like a Blue Crane – Bungabura – her aboriginal name, to the many tragedies she manages to avoid. Despite poverty, violence, lack of education and opportunity, Steff’s spirit is nurtured through her ingenuity and resourcefulness (in the midst of her family’s unspoken love). Box The Pony contains devastating humour, piercing insight, raw energy and emotion as it tackles many of the pressing issues of our times.