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Author: Enter your full name here EMail: r.n,kalsie@gmail.com ICWP Member?: No Nearest Large City: Melbourne Country: Australia Play Title: The Day I Left Home - Melbourne Talam Runtime: 61-90 minutes Synopsis: POORNA: I could have taken the earlier train if I had walked faster. But I was enjoying the music … and you have to time it right. If you follow the beat of the city, your life never goes off-key. Three young people see each other across a crowded Flagstaff station. They just missed the train. Now they wait. And think. They think about home (Punjab/Delhi/Hyderabad). And about how they just can’t seem to get Melbourne’s rhythm right. And of all the impossible things they must do to stay. And, their time is running out. Male: 2 Female: 1 Max. Cast: 7 Min. Cast: 3 Media: Stage Genre: Drama Theme: A story of displacement, loss and finding identity in a foreign land Web Page: http://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/cybec-electric/the-day-i-left-home-melbourne-talam/#unit-production-info First Name: Rashma N. Last Name: Kalsie Notes: The script is flexible for set design - the director can go for a bare stage or a realistic set of station and trains or something abstract. Cast can be from 3 to as many as you like. The play has been part of Melbourne Theater Company's NEON Festival and Cybec Electric.