By Mary Rachel Brown. Apocalypse Theatre and Griffin Independent. SBW Stables Theatre (NSW). July 1 – 25, 2015.
When Four Corners broadcast footage of widespread dirty deeds in the Greyhound racing industry, the producers of this play must have been as pleased as a puppy when its master returns home after a long trip.
Here was life imitating art, just a month or so before its run ‘around the track’ in Sydney.
Some good old fashioned research helped shape this play. The Dapto Chaser was deeply influenced by Mary Rachel Brown’s time speaking to people involved in the Dapto Dogs near Wollongong (south of Sydney ) .