Jailed Australian inspires Darwin Festival drama

After learning about the plight of Jock Palfreeman, Samantha Young was inspired to write a play about his imprisonment.
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After learning about the plight of Jock Palfreeman, Samantha Young was inspired to write a play about his  imprisonment.

When Schapelle Corby was arrested in Bali in October 2004 for the importation of 4.2 kg of marijuana, the degree of interest in her subsequent trial and prison sentence meant that she became one of a handful of Australians known to all – like Kylie – by her first name only.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts