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THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

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Hardened from a life filled with bullies, dead-beat boyfriends and no sense of hope, Chloe uses her sexuality as her armour and her weapon.

Chris’s sexuality is utterly under-used. Always on the wrong side of cool, he’s living a very different version of hell.

But when ‘Odd Boy’ Chris meets ‘Chloe from the Underworld’, an intense connection is formed. Suddenly, a different life seems possible.

Winner of the 2012 Griffin Award, This is Where We Live is a love story that conjures Orpheus leading his Eurydice out from the underworld of small town hell, painted by Vivienne Walshe’s unique poetic language in this vivid, dark and inventive new Australian play.

"The text flows like a river, rippling on the surface and sometimes cold and treacherous beneath - at once inviting and wild."
- Tom Healey, AustralianPlays.org Literary Manager and Red Door Curator

(This play is sold in our eCombo format, which provides a bundle of file types in a single download, so you can read your script on your favourite e-reader device or print from PDF. Download more information)

Tom Healey in Conversation with playwright Vivienne Walsh about This is Where We Live:

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Length in minutes: 0
Cast: 2 total
Roles: 1 female identifying, 1 male identifying
Themes: women, gender
Cast age groups: 18+
Audience age: young adult, adult
Publisher: Australian Script Centre

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

REVIEW: LONELY AND IN LOVE: THE AGONIES OF ADOLESCENT ANGST

JOHN MCCALLUM, THE AUSTRALIAN, 24 JUNE 2013

"The intense, lyrical script by Vivienne Walshe allows them to speak the subtext, even the stage directions, in a way that opens up to us the hearts of these two lonely characters. Nobody who knows or remembers the agonies of adolescence could fail to be moved by it."

MEDIA RELEASE: THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

GRIFFIN INDEPENDENT, 15 MAY 2013

Media Release for June/July 2013 production of 'This is Where We Live' by Vivienne Walsh. Griffin Independent, 2013. Directed by Francesca Smith, Griffin Theatre (Kings Cross).

REVIEW: THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

DEE JEFFERSON, TIMEOUT SYDNEY, 14 MAY 2013

"A story well told, with characters well-observed and scenes that blossom in your mindâ€™s eye, This Is Where We Live also benefits from being a portal into a strange but intriguing universe."

REVIEW: THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

FRANK HATHERLEY, STAGEWHISPERS, JUNE 2013

"A 75-minute two-hander, marvellously acted and intriguingly directed, This Is Where We Live makes demands on its audience."

REVIEW: MODERN-DAY ORPHEUS SUSPENDED BETWEEN PAGE AND STAGE

JASON BLAKE, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 24 JUNE 2013

"Torch invests a singerâ€™s skills into Walsheâ€™s sinuous lines and beat-poetic rhythms. Vocally and physically, her Chloe radiates brassy warmth."

INTERVIEW: VIVIENNE WALSHE ON THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

TIMEOUT SYDNEY, 21 MAY 2013

"The Griffin Award-winner opens up about her darkly poetic play"

STUDY GUIDE: THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

ROBYN BROOKES, 2015

Study Guide for Vivienne Walsh's "This is Where We Live".

AUDIO: THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE

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The State Theatre Company and Hothouse Theatre present This Is Where We Live written by Vivienne Walsh. Itâ€™s a look at the dark side of regional Australia through the lives of two teenagers played by Adelaideâ€™s Matilda Bailey and James Smith.

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