Stories of Love & Hate Revisited is part lecture, part performance.

Director Roslyn Oades revisits the making of Stories of Love & Hate, a unique headphone-verbatim performance based on a two-year interview process with people directly affected by the infamous December 2005 Cronulla Riots. Produced by Urban Theatre Projects (NSW) in 2008 and touring again in 2011, Stories of Love & Hate considers the idea of hate as a consequence of feeling the things we love are under threat. The result is a collection of inter-connected personal stories told with affection, integrity and humour.

This presentation explores how and why theatre-makers represent real Australian stories. Roslyn will be joined by three of the original cast members, Mohammed Ahmed, Roderick Byrnes and Katia Molino, who will perform several excerpts from the show. Stories of Love and Hate is an informative, inspiring night for anyone interested in theatre, culture or politics; and an alternative way to mark Australia/Survival Day without the flag waving.

There is also an opportunity to attend a headphone-verbatim theatre workshop with Roslyn Oades.

Rosyln will host this one-day workshop, utilising an unusual verbatim technique she refers to as headphone-verbatim or audio-scripting, featuring the faithful reproduction of speech patterns. Actors literally adopt the actual words, breaths and speech mannerism of another human being with the aim of preserving the vocal print of a recorded interview. Headphone-verbatim also offers theatre-makers a paperless form of writing, constructing a performance script entirely via a process of sound editing.

A unique, rare opportunity, designed for performers and devisors, this practical workshop will offer participants the opportunity to explore and experiment with the possibilities of this exciting form on the floor including performing a pre-prepared audio-script.

Both Stories of Love and Hate and Roslyn Oades's workshop take place on January 27 and 28 at the Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre (cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide). Stories runs for 90mins, kicking off at 7:30pm, and will set you back a measly $10.

Workshops run from 10am – 5pm both days, but are the same each day, so you need only attend one (unless you're super-duper keen and have nothing better to do with your time and hard earned cash, in which case...have fun!). They'll set you back $80 if you're an Adult, $60 for Concession, which includes entry into the Stories of Love & Hate Revisited evening presentation. Bookings are essential as there can only be 15 participants per day.

To book, email Vital Statistix; to find out more, visit the Urban Theatre website.