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Sidetrack Performance Group's
Seven Pirates
How
Greeks first discovered Australia In the summer of 1827, British authorities arrested seven young Greek sailors off the coast of Crete and charged them with piracy.
At their trial on Malta - before a jury of English, Maltese, Sicilian, French and Spanish - the Greeks admitted they had waylaid a British ship. They claimed they were engaged in a patriotic act, since the ship and its cargo of tin plates were bound for the Ottoman held Port of Alexandria.Convicted - three men receive the death sentence while the remaining four are given life sentences.
With the aid of their Maltese lawyer they appeal to King George IV for clemency. Within a year all seven find themselves on a boat bound for... Botany Bay.
Sidetrack's compelling new show mixes high seas action, comedy and edge of the seat courtroom drama to reconstruct one of the most bizarre stories from the golden age of piracy.
Written and directed by: Don Mamouney
With: Adam Hatzimanolis, Alex Blias, Ben Adam, Ben Wood, Chris Pickard, Jason Stojanovski, Russell Smith.
Video: Assad Abdi
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date: Tue 11th - Sun 22nd April time: Tue - Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm venue: Riverside Theatre address: Church Street, Parramatta cost: $30/$20 (Tues $15 All Tix) contact: 02 8839 3399 language: English Online Bookings: riversideparramatta.com.au |
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