Corner of 4 am and Cuba

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The Wheelbarrow Group presents
Corner of 4 am and Cuba
Directed by Ronald Trifero Nelson

12 – 21 APRIL 2007
BATS Theatre, 8.00pm
Bookings: 04 802 4175 or book[at]bats.co.nz

In less than eight minutes a life was taken.

With his purple hair, green fingernails and daring playfulness schoolboy Jeff added his own colour to the Cuba Street milieu. Early on the morning of the 8th of May 1999, he was found beaten and close to death in a nearby side street. He died the next day. The boot prints of his two killers remained on his scalp. Jeff was 14 years old.

Some say he died because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Some say he died because he was on drugs.

Some say he died because he was gay.

The Wheelbarrow Group is devising this shocking part of our local history to explore three things.

One: The effect this boy's violent murder had on the vibrant Cuba community. Is hate and intolerance of the nonconforming members of our society still a thing of the past?

Two: The facts, fictions, hearsays and myths that were presented by the media and 'friends'. The damage these poisonous rumours caused - who holds social responsibility?

Three: It took eight minutes for Jeff to disappear from the nearby
Shell Station until he was found - what happened in those eight minutes?

Corner of 4am and Cuba promises to be a moving, thought provoking and theatrically innovative evening out.

Warning: Violent content may offend

Performed by: Jean Copland, Romy Hooper, Stuart Pedley, Melissa Philips, Jonny Potts, Luis Portillo, Jaki Trolove and Andrew Waterson

ENDS

www.thewheelbarrowgroup.co.nz
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