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Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company presents: Miss, It Appears We’ve Hit Some Turbulence Podcast - ‘Miss It Appears…’ is a weaving of an original play, music and songs from women inside an Australian maximum security prison alongside commentary from five women who have lived experience of incarceration. The play follows the journey of Matilda a young Maori woman who ‘crash lands’ into prison. Produced with the assistance of The Australia Council for the Arts, Victorian Department of Justice ...
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Our characters get to sing and dance and celebrate – forgetting for a while that they are locked up. Matilda gets relief and release from the letter she has been waiting for: ‘Look at me, I am a daughter, look me in the eye I’m just like you…’By barnyreed
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The characters find an outlet for their boredom and solidarity in planning the Harmony Day event. Phoenix reveals her story, echoed by others, underlining that many women who experience violence end up in prison.By barnyreed
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Matilda is being shown around the compound, introduced to the colourful characters and the waiting game of being in Jail: ‘Everything you do takes time, when you’re doin’ time…’By barnyreed
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After years of searching for her identity, young Matilda crash lands into prison. On the muster line she learns she is now just a number and will be referred to as Miss: ‘My name is Miss-Understood, I could have been anything, I really could…’By barnyreed
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