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RAMEZ TABIT
Nationality: Australian
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Ramez Tabit is a VCA graduate who has performed for the stage, film and television. His plays include Empty Shells (funded by the Australia Council), But You Don't Look Middle Eastern? (Commissioned by the Australian Arabic Council for the International Year of Tolerance) and Mervin M Mervin (La Mama). Currently Ramez is completing a Victorian Arts commission The Muslim Sinner. He is a Committee Management member and Artistic Advisory Group member on the board of Melbourne Workers Theatre.
Research: http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/10007
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But You Don't Look Middle Eastern? Empty Shells I Was A Migrant Once Kan Yama Kan (Once Upon a Time) Mervin M Mervin Muslim Sinner, TheBut You Don't Look Middle Eastern?
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Commissioned by the Australian Arabic Council for the International Year of Tolerance
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Top of PageEmpty Shells
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Empty Shells tells the story of four young boys coming to grips with their town and their relationships becoming a battleground overnight. It is a complicated story steeped in ancient history and a hundred political positions. It is a story of war and departure, of migration to a new country to save the only thing that is left -- the children. Variable cast.
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Universal Two, Fitzroy, VIC 22 May 1997
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Forward Theatre
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Full-Length 70 mins Play/Drama
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/11776
Top of PageI Was A Migrant Once
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A comic take on the experience of migration into Australia
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devised by Kat Bonair, Tricia Bowen, Angela Costi and Ramez Tabit
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Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Brunswick , VIC 14 Oct 1996
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The Cultured Connections Ensemble. Melbourne Fringe Festival 1966
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comedy
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Male: 1 Female: 3 Other: -
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/102231
Top of PageKan Yama Kan (Once Upon a Time)
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Newly arrived boat people from Central Asia and the Middle East speak out about their histories, dreams, joys and fears. Kan Yama Kan means Once Upon a Time in Arabic, the start of all good stories.
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written by Carmel Davies, Jo McIntyre, Ramez Tabit and Arnold Zable
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Trades Hall New Ballroom, Carlton South , VIC 18 Jul 2002
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Fitzroy Learning Network
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community
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/19641
Top of PageMervin M Mervin
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Top of PageMuslim Sinner, The
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When Abdou, a Muslim farmer from the Middle East, meets Julia and Michael, a married couple who are both pentecostal Christian pastors, their lives are changed forever. Both Abdou and Julia's long held beliefs and values are challenged by the complexity of their relationship as they struggle to make their love possible in the face of vast cultural and religious differences.
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written by Ramez Tabit and Johann McIntyre
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Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, VIC 16 Mar 2007
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La Mama
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Play/Drama
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: Variable cast - 4 main roles, 2M, 2F
Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/74566
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