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22.01.2022 Photo by Phyllis Photography.

19.01.2022 http://www.onthetown.net.au/immersive-finance-an-interview/

14.01.2022 THEATRE SPACE available over next three months. Blood Moon Theatre 24 Bayswater Road Kings Cross. Due to a cancellation we have availability over the next three... months, as well as later in 2018. Sun 17 June to Sat 1 Sept (11 weeks) Sun 30 Sept to Sat 6 October (1 week) Sun 28 Oct to Sun 24 Nov (4 weeks) Blood Moon Theatre has hosted over forty productions since it opened over two years ago. Most of the significant reviewers have attended, as has our local MP Alex Greenwich and Lord Mayor Clover Moore. VIVID Sydney and Sydney Fringe have both played in Blood Moon Theatre in 2017 and the Fringe will be back in 2018. The venue seats 50 and is not curated, we just want capable people putting on good shows. The 2018 hire fee is $880 pw from Sun to Sat, covering seven afternoons 2pm-5pm and five evenings 5pm-10pm. One weeks deposit is payable upon signing. The bar at the back can be open with 48 hours notice. Photos of previous shows here https://www.facebook.com/bloodmoontheatre/ Web site is here http://www.bloodmoontheatre.com/about-us/ Call me with questions and to arrange an inspection. Stephen Carnell Resident Producer - Blood Moon Theatre 0418 255 440

14.01.2022 Another great review! http://cityhubsydney.com.au//review-deadhouse-tales-of-sy/

13.01.2022 The Louisa Collins Story: A Poison Crown by Gina Schien.

12.01.2022 SIMMONDS & NEWCOMBE: THE DEADLY RUN. Simmo's tale Kevin John Simmonds (1935-1966), gaol escapee, was born on 22 August 1935 in Sydney, son of Australian-born pa...rents John Simmonds, labourer, and his 16-year-old wife Sheila Mary, née Finn. After years of travelling the State looking for work, Jack settled with the family at Griffith in 1941. He used his horse and cart to carry produce from the surrounding farms to the railway station. Kevin attended Griffith Public School, where he was nicknamed 'Simmo'. At the age of 14 Simmonds was sent to Boys' Town, Engadine, for stealing. While there, he learned many dishonest tricks. At 18 he was sentenced to two years at Mount Penang Training School, Gosford, for stealing, and breaking and entering. Boyish looking, with a courteous manner and a passion for fitness and fast cars, he quit home soon after his twenty-first birthday and left a trail of safe-crackings, robberies and car thefts through two States. In May 1957 he was sentenced in Sydney to three years imprisonment. He was released in February 1959, but was in court again in the following August, answering three charges of armed robbery, seventeen of breaking and entering, and thirty-five of car stealing. He was sentenced to fifteen years in Long Bay gaol. On 9 October 1959 Simmonds escaped with a fellow inmate, Leslie Alan Newcombe, from the inner section of the gaol, a feat few had performed. Next day they killed a warder at Emu Plains Prison Farm and took his gun. After two weeks hiding in Sydney, Newcombe was recaptured. The chase for Simmo became frenzied, involving nearly 500 policemen, armed with guns, bulletproof vests and fast cars. They also had an aeroplane and a helicopter on call. Two men found Simmonds in Kuring-gai Chase on 5 November. He was digging a hole in which to hide a caravan that he planned to steal and use as a home. Apologizing for tying them up, he drove off in their utility truck. Twelve hours later he crashed through a road block near Wyong. Barefoot, and wearing only shorts and singlet, he was pursued through rugged, leech- and snake-infested country by shifts of police. Tracker dogs were flown in, but continual rain washed away the scent. Simmonds's ability to keep at bay hundreds of police earned him some public sympathy. The police were lampooned for failing to apprehend him. He spent more than five weeks on the run. Detective Sergeant Ray Kelly, with seven carloads of police and tracker dogs, finally captured him at Mulbring early on 15 November. Townsfolk applauded him at Kurri Kurri police station and crowds greeted him at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, where he was charged with murder. In March 1960 a jury found Simmonds and Newcombe guilty of manslaughter. Justice J. H. McClemens plainly disagreed with the verdict, and sentenced them to penal servitude for life. Two months later Simmonds's appeal against the severity of his sentence was rejected by the Full Court. The six years Simmo spent in the section for 'intractables' at Grafton gaol reduced him to a shuffling, vacant-eyed mumbler who burned his arms with cigarettes. He was found hanged in his cell on the morning of 4 November 1966 and was buried with Catholic rites in South Grafton cemetery. Select Bibliography L. Newcombe, Inside Out (Syd, 1979) J. Simmonds with A. Gollan, For Simmo (Syd, 1980) Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 1957, 10 Oct-17 Nov 1959, 16, 19 Mar, 18 May 1960, 5 Nov 1966. Photo by Phyllis Photography 2019.

09.01.2022 Buy a $10 raffle ticket and support Gina Schien's new play.

08.01.2022 Photo by Hayden Brotchie.

07.01.2022 An immersive theatre experience from the pen of Gina Schien, writer of The Punter's Siren. Plays in the crypt under St James church. Only 4 days to go! https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/deadhouse-tales-of-sydney-m

04.01.2022 Help us pay the cast and crew as we put this show on the boards in April-May 2018.

04.01.2022 Season 2 of DEADHOUSE Tales of Sydney Morgue is coming. The Louisa Collins Story will reprise in a brand new and truly amazing venue. Louisa opens on Thursday 2...4th October and runs for 3 weeks. Then our brand new tale, Simmonds & Newcombe: The Deadly Run opens Thursday 21st November and runs for 2 weeks. More info soon. Bookings will open in around 10 days. See more

01.01.2022 DEADHOUSE Tales of Sydney Morgue Season 2 is alive! These immersive dark tales of true Australian crimes are awakening in the Crypt Under St James' Church, 173 Kings Street Sydney, on Wednesday 23 October only to be buried again Saturday 30 November. Over the first three weeks we're reprising the very popular tale of Louisa Collins: A Poison Crown by Gina Schien. Set in 1888-89 it is the story of a woman accused of murder, tried four times with all male juries, found guilty a...nd hanged in Darlinghurst Gaol in 1889. But was she guilty? After a week's rest we open with a brand new tale of the escape of Simmonds & Newcombe: The Deadly Run by Liviu Monsted. This was the biggest police hunt of escapees in NSW history. A drama loaded with comedy and violence. But do they survive? True crime immersive theatre lovingly and thoughtfully stitched together by a team of 15 actors, plus 15 creatives and crew. Louisa features Jacqui Robson who starred in The Punters Siren. 2018 Season 1 sold out quickly, so book soon via link below.