Peter Finlay and Joanne Davis as Frank and Trish in “Foxholes of the Mind”.
WITH the recent announcement of a Royal Commission into veterans’ suicide, the message of a play coming to the
Courtyard Studio this week seems apposite.
“Foxholes of the Mind”, by Bernard Clancy, premiered at La Mama theatre in Melbourne back in 2010 to packed houses and toured regional Victoria in 2016.
Now it’s on tour in an initiative funded by the Australian government Department of Social Services and was setting up in the Courtyard Studio today (May 11)
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With elements of tragedy, a complex plot and black humour, the play holds a message of hope and strength which the playwright believes can assist veterans and family members to step forward and seek help as it looks into the lives of Vietnam veteran Frank and his wife Trish, 30 years after the war.
Arts editor
HELEN MUSA has another week’s worth of “Arts in the City”. Here it is…
NEW play “Foxholes of the Mind” looks into the lives of Vietnam veteran Frank, suffering from PTSD, and his wife Trish, 30 years after the war. It’s written by Bernard Clancy, author of the Vietnam war novel “Best We Forget” and directed by Wolf Heidecker, producing on behalf of the Geelong sub-branch of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association. At Courtyard Studio, May 12-14. Book at canberratheatrecentre.com.au
THE Art Gallery of NSW celebrates 100 years of Australia’s portrait award with a new major exhibition, “Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize”. The show will unearth the stories behind more than 100 carefully selected artworks. The good news is that it’s coming to the National Portrait Gallery, spring/summer 2023-24.
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the voting rights act. the senate takes an historic stand on immigration reform. when the moment comes to cast a vote, i will be casting it in memory of my mother. the president steps up on climate change. we need to act. this is crazy. the eyes of the nation are on a texas state filibuster on abortion.[applause] as we head toward the independence day celebration, we witnessed a remarkable week in the supreme court. by a 5-4 vote, the justices overturned a key provision of the voting rights act and handed a victory to the proponents of where to marriage. begin. let s start with gay marriage. the united states supreme court held there was no purpose for depriving gay and lesbian couples of the right to marry the person they love. marriage. that is something god created. that is something god will define. the supreme court, though they may think so, have not yet arisen to the level of god. or as former arkansas governor and residential candidate mike huckabe