A new play by Rob Pensalfini. Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. Directed by Rebecca Murphy. Geoffrey Rush Drama Studio, University of Queensland. November 8-18, 2017.
You’re in the grip of a compelling piece of Queensland theatre from the moment the bars start rattling under your feet, behind the curtain at your shoulder, and somewhere else - distant but determined.
Bogga, a new piece of theatre from Rob Pensalfini and historian Chris Dawson, is both drama and documentary.
It works because it doesn’t judge. It takes a series of indepth oral histories from prisoners and officers and with a cast of five turns their recollections into the story of Boggo Road Gaol in Dutton Park.