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The Sapphires " review by Lyn Gardner

Barbican, LondonTony Briggs is an indigenous Australian playwright, and it is his mum Laurel's sense of adventure that is celebrated in this genuine, heartfelt but unconvincing compilation musical.In 1968, only a year after Aboriginal people were granted full citizen rights, Laurel and her sister travelled to Vietnam to sing to the troops. Those soldiers included a considerable Australian contingent, sent to aid the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29PM on March 7, 2011

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