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DUTCH COURAGE is a graphic tale of personal identity, belief in the betterment of the world, persecution of minorities and the cement of friendship, loyalty and the redeeming of the human spirit.  As Nazi Germany besets Europe a small group of resistance fighters in Amsterdam do their darndest to change the course of the planet.  They play many dangerous games as the mercurial rules of survival morph before them.  They were not Jews, socialists or communists.  Not philosophers, politicians, musicians or actors.  They were homosexual.

 

DUTCH COURAGE began its life in 1990 as a war cabaret, using songs from World War II along with writer Barry Lowe’s script.  In 1995, while both working on David Campbell’s cabaret “Nowadays”, Barry and composer / lyricist, Sean Peter met, and began the first of four collaborations with DUTCH COURAGE.

 

DUTCH COURAGE was picked up by Adelaide’s Not So Straight Theatre Company and received its world premiere in South Australia in 1997. 

DUTCH COURAGE was selected for showcase in OzMade Musicals 2004

DUTCH COURAGE was presented by the Magnormos Music Theatre Program in 2004.
DUTCH COURAGE will have its US debut in New York City in 2008.