{"id":1232,"date":"2019-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/inspiring-musical-about-anzacs-launching-state-theatre\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T00:00:00","slug":"inspiring-musical-about-anzacs-launching-state-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/inspiring-musical-about-anzacs-launching-state-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inspiring Musical About The ANZACs Is Launching At The State Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 Weeks in Spring<\/em>, an inspiring musical that powerfully tells the story of the birth of the ANZAC legend, is coming to Sydney\u2019s State Theatre on 13th \u2013 17th August.<\/p>\n

The musical takes the most iconic Australian story, with all its heroism and humour, and retells it for a modern audience of all generations.<\/p>\n

Performed by thirty-five Australian actors and ten musicians, it is set during the first three weeks of the Gallipoli campaign in April 1915. The musical explores the themes of mateship, courage and sacrifice, unlikely heroes, love and loss, following the soldiers \u2013 and the loved ones they left behind<\/p>\n

The plot is centred on the story of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, better known as \u2018Simpson and his donkey\u201d; from the time he arrived in Turkey to the time he died. Simpson became famous as a stretcher-bearer, as he braved \u201cthe hottest shrapnel\u201d and used a donkey to transport wounded men from Shrapnel Gully to Anzac Cove.<\/p>\n\n