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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000
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SUMMARY:Mud and Blood - WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop - Special Performance
DESCRIPTION:Mud and Blood\, Meg McNena’s compelling 80-minute\, six-actor play\, is about distinguished Australian general\, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott\, who led the Essendon Rifles and took most of them to WWI. \n \nThe tenacity of Australian men and women is shown in battle and at home. Timing in 2018 with Anzac and Armistice centenaries adds impact. Set 1914-1921\, it shows how Pompey Elliott and a soldier’s mother deal with his vow to look after ‘his boys’ in war as if they were his own. This vow\, driving the play’s drama\, was made at a farewell to troops a century ago at Essendon Town Hall\, now the Clocktower Centre\, where Mud and Blood will be centre-stage on Fri 31 August. Women’s efforts and struggles are also pivotal . Please share in your networks and newsletter this opportunity to see a story about local heroes by a Moonee Ponds writer. \nA brilliant cast and skilled production team is powerfully directed by Alice Bishop\, who has been nominated for a Green Room Award for best director. Writer and producer\, Meg McNena\, has an Amnesty International Award and others for writing; this is her sixth play staged. Darren Mort\, a lawyer like Pompey\,plays his complex character masterfully. Humour and songs intone the era. \nMud and Blood‚Äôs Melbourne premiere is at the Clocktower Centre\, Moonee Ponds at 12 noon on Friday 31 August with a Q&A and talk by Ross McMullin\, awarded historian\, biographer and author of two books on Pompey Elliott (included in the matinee price) and opening night is 8pm 31 August. \nElliott trained youth in the Essendon Rifles militia; three units of his 7th Battalion came from the Northern suburbs and one from the Western suburbs; they trained at Broadmeadows and went with him to Gallipoli\, Lone Pine\, Fromelles and trenches of The Somme\, where Elliott turned the outcome of WWI in the Allies favour. Pompey inspires as husband\, father\, brother\, friend\, leader\, veteran and senator – the soldier before and after war; the stalwart wife keeps the family going; the cost for Pompey in making this heartfelt but impossible promise and returning to unveil honour boards and memorials. \nWe want to share this significant history of world-changing times for the newly declared nation of Australia and to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder. \nHere is the vox pop from our successful preview in Charlton\, where Pompey was born. \nClick here for more information
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/mud-and-blood-wwi-play-by-meg-mcnena-directed-by-alice-bishop-special-performance/
LOCATION:Victoria
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SUMMARY:Heroes Before Gallipoli
DESCRIPTION:2014 will mark the centenary of the capture of the German wireless station at Bita Paka in Rabaul on 11 September 1914 by the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF)\, commanded by Colonel William Holmes DSO.\nWar between Britain and Germany was declared on 4 August and a few days later a telegram was sent by the British Secretary of State for Colonies to the Australian Governor-General\, asking that German wireless stations be seized at Yap (in the Caroline Islands)\, at Nauru(in the south west Pacific Ocean) and at Rabaul (in Papua New Guinea). New Zealand forces were asked to seize the German wireless station at Samoa. \nAn expeditionary force of 1\,500 men was raised\, known as the ANMEF\, comprising a 1\,023 man army battalion\, two machine gun sections\, a signals section and an Army Medical Corps detachment. Naval Reservists came from Queensland\, New South Wales\, Victoria and South Australia; the soldiers came from New South Wales. \nThis important but little known part of the First World War (1914-18) will be explored by the Shrine’s David Howell. David\, best known for his attention to the Kokoda Track Campaign\, has been involved with battlefield tours & treks in Papua New Guinea for over ten years. David will be joined by his fellow trek leader Reg Yates who has been exploring the battlefields of PNG for nearly 30 years and recently uncovered the original foundations of German wireless station at Rabaul. \nJoin David & Reg as they explore the story of our heroes before Gallipoli. \nPresenter: David Howell \nDate: Wednesday 2 April\, 12.30pm start \nCost: FREE\, gold coin donation welcome
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/heroes-before-gallipoli/
LOCATION:Victoria
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