CHECKLIST FOR AN ARMED ROBBER

In 2002 , a young man rehearses for his first armed robbery on a bookstore in Newcastle. On the other side of the world, Chechen rebels hold seige of the Moscow Theatre, demanding liberation. One is a local, small time theft and the other an international political crisis, but both are born of a similar futility and powerlessness to be heard.

Moving back and forth between Moscow and Newcastle, these real events are the basis for this exploration on what drives such acts of terror and the impact they hold on the victims - the perspective from both ends of the gun.

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Awards

2006 VIC Premier’s Literary Awards - Louis Esson Prize (shortlist) 2006 Griffin Award (shortlist) 2006 ANPC/New Dramatists Award (shortlist) 2005 AWGIEs - Best Radio Adaptation