Outcast lives laid bare

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Outcast lives laid bare
Robin Usher
January 31, 2012

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/theatre/outcast-lives-laid-bare-20120130-1qpjc.html

A transsexual and ->-bleeped-<- cast will deliver powerful theatre at the Adelaide Festival.

THE Adelaide Festival show, Gardenia, sets out to explore a paradox - how to display universal emotions using the true-life stories of misfits and outcasts. ''We wanted to create a tsunami of conflicting emotions that everyone could recognise,'' says the show's joint director, Frank Van Laecke.

''It doesn't matter if the stories come from ->-bleeped-<-s - we wanted the audience to go home feeling recharged.''