It All Begins with Love (A5 reproduction)

Title: It All Begins with Love (A5 reproduction)
Author: Ainsworth, Rod
Price: $18.95

\"Ive never seen anything like this. Congratulations\" - Senior Constable Queensland Police Service, 2014

THEMES: Domestic Violence, Community, Love

CHARACTER AGES: One old, four varied.

LENGTH: 1 Hour
CAST SIZE: 5 - 6 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Senior Years, Adult

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BOOK BINDING: This is an A5, laser printed, bound with cloth tape reproduction of the DIGITAL PUBLICATION (also available).
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It All Begins WIth Love presents an abstract space that enables five women to tell their personal stories as victims of domestic violence. The world is connected by an older woman whose story of witnessing violence as a child has affected her for her entire life. This verbatim play presents the real accounts of women subjected to violence in their homes by the one they thought they loved most. It is a short, powerful play that is relevant for communities and schools alike. The purpose of the play is to create open and honest conversations about violence against women in our society.

Production History: It All Begins with Love was premiered at the Moncrieff Entertainment Centre Bundaberg, Queensland on 21 November 2015 as part of Creative Regions anti-domestic violence campaign.

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Creative Regions began working with the Domestic Violence (DV) Forum members in Bundaberg in 2011 through the Regional Stages Project (funded by Australia Council, Arts Queensland and Bundaberg Regional Council) to investigate ways that the performing arts could be used as an intervention strategy around DV issues in the region.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Creative Regions and four service providers to create a piece of verbatim theatre responding to interviews with DV victims and perpetrators. 12 participants were interviewed in partnership with Ross Peddlesden as interviewer and Rod Ainsworth as producer/ playwright.

A work in progress was read at the Bundaberg White Ribbon Day function in 2012 with 120 people present. The short (35 minute) play called IT ALL BEGINS WITH LOVE was completed in early 2013 and was read at a public Domestic and Family Violence Awareness Month function on 21 May 2013 with over 60 present.

Additional funding was received through the Australia Councils Community Partnerships Board to produce the work. The production occurred on Friday, 21 November 2014 with 15 community sponsors and a range of service providers getting behind this whole-of-community campaign against domestic and family violence.

Includes educators notes.

Publisher: Playlab Press
Publication date: 01/06/2015
Format: A5 reproduction
ISBN: 9781925338027
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping