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‘Stories from the Wayside’- The Opening Show

The Wayside Chapel will be celebrating the move into its newly redeveloped building with a profound reality theatre show, Stories from the Wayside.

Running from the 19^th- 28^th of August, the show has been written verbatim based on interviews with 8 ‘Waysiders’: visitors, volunteers and staff. The actors reproduce their subjects’ voices with blowtorch accuracy – nothing is altered or changed – so that the audience receives a direct download from the minds and hearts of the subjects.

The show is being directed by Dean Carey, Creative Director and founder of Actor’s Centre Australia, who is working with a talented group of Actors Centre graduates to give these rarely heard stories a voice.

“I love the immediacy of this style of theatre and the way it captures the heartbeat and truth within communities. I don’t know of a theatrical format that can instantly personalise an issue or give voice to a community or culture like Reality Theatre. Hearing someone’s voice and their words channeled through someone else allows the audience to immerse themselves with a sense of deep curiosity. This openness to inquiry connects audience and character in a unique and compelling way,” Dean said.

Wayside CEO, Rev Graham Long said that we rarely hear the human stories of the people living and working around the streets of Kings Cross; rather, we usually hear only of people in the context of social problems.

“Our stories have no element of setting forth social problems that need a solution but rather we will show you stories that will inspire you and confront you with irresistible humanity. You'll come away with a renewed optimism and new sense of the solidarity of all people. You'll come away with an acute sense that there is no "us and them" but "just us", Rev Long said.

Tickets for the event can be purchased from The Wayside Chapel website -   www.thewaysidechapel.com

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