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Shrimp is the true story of Dom, a disabled Vietnamese war orphan who was airlifted out of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war in 1975 and raised on a sheep station in Mt.Gambier. This theatre production explores Domâ€™s journey as he returns to Vietnam thirty years later, in search of his family and himself. Through direct audience address, and a multiplicity of scenes and characters, Dom describes the contradictions in his cultural upbringing: Being Vietnamese on the outside and an Aussie sheep shearer on the inside. Shrimp is a play, a painting, that has something rare in our time. A golden heart. It captures even the most cynical of minds through itâ€™s humour and breathes life into a subject that would, for the most part, lay dormant in the suburban interiors of our Australian landscape. We are proud to find that the audiences saw what we did and this, itâ€™s second season will be produced by La Mama, Melbourne Workers Theatre and Regional Arts Vic. The writer Dominic Golding took up acting as a self development tool to work on his voice and movement technique at the Centre of Performing Arts in Adelaide. He went on to further study in Directing and Drama theory at Flinders University. In his BA Honours he was awarded the R.A. Simpson International Travelling Scholarship to write a play script based on his experiences during his fi rst trip to Vietnam and growing up in rural Australia. His unique style of writing creates colour, humour and atmosphere through poetic prose.

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My Interests

La Mama, in association with Melbourne Workers Theatre, Regional Arts Victoria, The Shrimp Company and the VCE syllabus present SHRIMP... Writer: Dominic Golding, Director: Peta Hanrahan, Stage Manager: Kellijayne Lynch... All School Tickets: $22 (includes show, forum, published script and programme notes )Matinees: Weds May 30 @ 11am / June 6 @ 1pm Thurs May 24 @ 1pm / May 31 @ 1pm / June 7 @ 1pmWed/Sun @ 6.30pm Thu/Fri/Sat @ 8pmTickets: $20 full / $10 conc. Book Online Now:No email bookings on weekendsOr phone: 03 9347 6142At the Carlton Courthouse349 Drummond St. Carlton...CHECK out our Victoria Regional tour photos.................

Music:

Wally Gunn's Wok Band; on bowls, goblets and chopsticks.

Movies:

"It was Hollywood's war, my reality"

Television:

ABC Frontline News, TV saved my life.

Books:

'Shrimp'- available through Currency Press.

My Blog

"The Age" review by Martin Ball

ShrimpMartin Ball, ReviewerJune 7, 2007The great strength of this play is its ability to generate empathy for the central character.The autobiographical search for self-identity is a classic theme in ...
Posted by shrimp on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:58:00 PST

REVIEW: Melbourne Stage Online

..> Shrimp | La Mama ..> ..> Written by Phoebe Hartley ...
Posted by shrimp on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:15:00 PST

History of Shrimp

The Shrimp Company formed in 2005 for the first production of Shrimp for Big West, a community arts festival in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Melbourne Workers Theatre were the first to see the ...
Posted by shrimp on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:44:00 PST

Dominic Golding, Writer/Performer Notes:

Dominic took up acting as a self development tool to work on his voice and movement technique at the Centre of Performing Arts (CPA) in Adelaide. During a time of institutional cooperation between C...
Posted by shrimp on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:43:00 PST

Director's Notes:

Peta Hanrahan, Director;Peta's main focus in theatre is style, form and the actor's journey, that is, studying theatre as a fine art form through its humanity and technique. She has concentrated on...
Posted by shrimp on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:40:00 PST

Cast Bio's

Wes Snelling, Performer, Since graduating with a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Deakin University in 1999, Wes Snelling has been working locally and internationally as a singer, actor, presenter,...
Posted by shrimp on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:38:00 PST