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Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney, ANZ >>>

2005

Fools' Playground

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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

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An earlier version of Strange Fruit re-ignited a debate on censorship when it was awarded the 2002 Mick Young Play Award for an emerging playwright. The award trustees dissociated themselves from the prize and cancelled the 2003 award, because of 'pornographic elements, bad language and drug references'.

Fools' Playground plans to present a full production of Strange Fruit in 2006. During In The Raw the play will undergo script development assisted by audience feedback and intensive rehearsals, with weekly readings of the work-in-progress. Audiences are invited to attend the readings to offer their comments and actively participate in the development of this new and unusual dark comedy. 'What's the point in freedom, when you feel this shit?' Something's rotten in paradise. And the waft of dope smoke might not be enough to mask the smell. Set in a hippy utopia, Strange Fruit explores the lives of Venus and Mouse, a couple of wild children of the 70's dropout generation, as they wrestle with their sexuality and lack of boundaries. During an afternoon by the river the girls play a series of dangerous games that are brought to a head with the intrusion of Grippa, a seductive dope grower, who tests their loyalties and forces them both to finally decide what to believe in.