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In their own words

Event Name In their own words
Start Date Apr 23, 2015 7:00 pm
End Date Apr 25, 2015 5:00 pm
Duration 1 day and 22 hours
Description

In their own words is a unique educational project: taking the Glenorchy War memorial as the starting point and using the techniques of Verbatim Theater as well as community theater, students conduct research using the names on the memorial looking for details about the people behind the names – their stories, their families, what their lives were like before leaving Tasmania, their journeys, their responses to where they ultimately found themselves.

In short, painting a picture of the human side of people who lived in our community, thus providing connections, understanding and empathy between the up and coming generation and one from 100 years ago, who were not much older than our current students when events overtook them.

Perhaps you or your relatives, neighbours or friends may know someone connected to the people named on the memorial and may have photos, letters or stories which could be valuable for our students in devising and performing the production.