Presumed Guilty

Overview

Wednesday is a great night for a play. If it were up to me, Wednesday would be Play Night and every Wednesday I‘d ride my bike into the city to see a play. Then I would ride home thinking about just how great that play was and I’d have a really nice sleep because of it. After work the next day I’d be wide-awake and ready for Thursday night, which I already call Drunk Thursdays.
This week on Play Night you better be goddamn excited because at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts (which we all know of, because we’re very cultured) there’s a play on to start your ritual. Presumed Guilty is the story of Ellen Thompson, who in 1887 at Boggo Road Gaol, became the first woman in QLD history to be hanged. Apparently she was in a bit of a Schappelle Corby in terms of solid evidence supporting the murder of her husband.
The playwright Margaret Dakin made sure her play shows all sides of the story, just like a good story should. Everyone likes a fence sitter, but which side will you be on? Cycle your way to Brunswick Street from Play Night, aka Wednesday 22 June and make a date of it.