Simmonds & Newcombe: Deadhouse 3

Schedule

Thu Sep 29 2022 at 06:30 pm to Sat Oct 15 2022 at 09:00 pm

Location

173 King St | Sydney, NS

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Sydney 1959: two convicts escape Long Bay gaol and trigger the biggest police hunt in Sydney history.
About this Event

Simmonds & Newcombe: The Deadly Run

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Simmonds & Newcombe plays twice a night 6.30pm and 8pm Thursday to Saturday 29 September to 15 October 2022.

The Story In 1959, two convicts, Kevin Simmonds and Les Newcombe, undertook an audacious escape from Sydney's notorious Long Bay Penitentiary, which led to the biggest police hunt in NSW history.

Their deadly run involved around 500 policemen, armed with guns, bulletproof vests and fast cars. Escaping from the central section of the gaol through a ventilation duct in the roof of the Pr*son chapel, they spent their first night of freedom huddled in a freshly dug grave in Botany Cemetery.

Over the ensuing weeks these two mates sought to hide under the Sydney Showground grandstand, break into Emu Plains Pr*son Farm to steal a revolver and hide in a car buried in the bush. You'll learn their fate and what happened with that bloodied cricket stump.

Adult Themes Depictions of violence and death together with semi-nudity. PG recommended for patrons 12+. Those aged 12 to 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Access This venue is flat and is accessed from the western courtyard off King Street, between Elizabeth and Macquarie Streets. We will meet there, then move down the tunnel and into side rooms. Disabled access is possible and there are disabled toilets. Email us to check if you're uncertain of your ability to move easily through this venue.

Your Guide Reveals The Shocking Truth

For many centuries in the northern hemisphere morgues were called Deadhouses because bodies could not be buried in the winter when the ground was frozen, so the dead were stored in Deadhouses until the thaw. Prior to 1972 our Deadhouse was the Sydney Morgue and Coroner’s Court located in lower George Street. Our tales are derived from the thousands of cases that passed through that grim place.

Immerse Yourself In The Crypt

Join us and immerse yourself in some classic Australian tales of true crime as you’re guided through scenes that unfold before you in the crypt under St James' Church, the two hundred year old sandstone structure designed by early Sydney's renown convict architect, Francis Greenway. This is a burial ground.

CAST

1. Kevin Simmonds – Chris Miller

2. Les Newcombe – Jordan Gallegos

3. Detective Merchant – Kyla Ward

4. Grace Eyre – Wendi Lanham

5. Fran/ Mia – Lucy Hadfield

6. Graces Father / Detective Kelly – Leofric Kingsford-Smith

7. Sister Regence/Graces mother/Woman – Suzanne James

8. Colin, Cop 2/Ambulance Officer – Chris Daw

9. Cop 1/Judge/Pr*son Guard/ Mr Askin– Bill Jordan

10. Darcy Dugan / Watchman/David - Steve Maresca


CREATIVES & CREW

1. Executive Producer: Stephen Carnell

2. Producer: Michael Dengler

3. Writer: Liviu Monsted

4. Director: Liviu Monsted

5. Marketing: Stephen Carnell

6. Production Design: Irma Calabrese

7. Props & Set: Lew McDonnell

8. Lighting & Sound Designer: Mehran Mortezaei

9. Costume Designer: Andrea Tan

10. Hair & Make Up: TBA

11. Head Stage Manager: Zachary Selmes

12. ASM: Aaron Smith + TBA

13, Photography - Phyllis Wong @ Phyllis Photography

14. Graphic Design - Julia Park @ creativepark

Like true crime? Listen to The Trials of Louisa Collins podcast

You may have seen this play in DEADHOUSE season 2, now we've made a podcast. Google louisa collins podbay or copy and post https://podbay.fm/p/deadhouse-the-trials-of-louisa-collins-1888

See ABC TV coverage of SDEADHOUSE season 2 below


https://vimeo.com/439452533
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Where is it happening?

173 King St, 173 King Street, Sydney, Australia

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Tickets

AUD 75.00 to AUD 85.00

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