Seven Kilometres North-East – Version 1.0

Overview

Can a city with a fiercely dark past be repackaged and sold for tourist consumption? This is the question posed in Seven Kilometres North-East.

Created and performed by Kym Vercoe, Seven Kilometres North-East first played in 2010 and met with much acclaim. It's a story both political and personal: an attempt to reconcile an idyllic experience of Bosnia with a country’s brutal past. What begins in a spa hotel in Višegrad leads to an exploration of Bosnia’s history, and a play that combines live song with stunning video visuals.

Seven Kilometres North-East is a real highlight from the always interesting Version 1.0 — the same group behind documentary theatre works such as The Table of Knowledge, Beautiful One Day and The Vehicle Failed to Stop. A recent winner at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and with nifty video projection by Sean Bacon, this is an emotionally captivating performance exploring a deeply relevant dilemma.