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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/
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SUMMARY:The Fighter: Paul Warren
DESCRIPTION:One month after he arrived in Afghanistan as a soldier in the ADF\, an IED exploded\, tearing off his right leg. The same explosion instantly killed his mate\, Private Ben Ranaudo.\n \nPrivate Paul Warren’s life was saved by the quick work of his battalion\, who got him a helicopter within 16 minutes for surgery. \nPaul was flown to Germany and then back to Australia\, where he received treatment for his injuries in Brisbane. Although he had only known his partner\, Dearne\, for four months before his deployment\, she moved to Brisbane to assist his recovery. \nThere were many dark times as Paul struggled with the shattering effects of PTSD\, and guilt and grief over the death of his mate Benny. At his lowest ebb\, Paul thought about taking his own life\, as so many other soldiers in similar circumstances continue to do. \nRecovery was a slow and at times desperately painful process\, but the discipline and toughness he’d learned from his martial arts background and the fierce love of Dearne helped him mend. \nPaul‚Äôs book covers his journey with PTSD and a return home to a new life\, and how he‚Äôs rebuilt his life\, and health ‚Äì and even got back to phenomenal fitness levels and participated in the 2014 Invictus Games in London. His story is one of courage\, determination and love that will move all who read it. \nPaul now works for Mates4Mates in Townsville\, an organisation dedicated to helping injured soldiers. He‚Äôs a true fighter in all senses of the word\, from martial arts\, to war\, to recovery. \n  \n  \nEntry Fee $5 for MHHV Members and $10 others – includes a drink and snacks
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/the-fighter-paul-warren/
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