Bruce Myles and Michael Gurr on 'Something To Declare'

Bruce Myles and Michael Gurr
are director and writer of the original
'Something To Declare'
production at Playbox

what could I do?
the government was humiliating us
the opposition embarrassing us
the media by turn shallow timid cynical
I couldn't believe it nobody seemed too bothered
and there they were - atkinson garner greentree phelan rubinstein and the others
doing something

I remember a famous address by a footy coach at half time of a grand final -
"At least do something" he bellowed at his players
"Don't think. Don't hope. Do."
so that's it; simple as that.

Bruce Myles



Working with Actors For Refugees this year was a great cure for despair. I had heard "But what can I do?" so many times that defeatism had almost got me. But the cure for despair was pretty simple after all. Together, we built a show called Something To Declare.

I compiled actual testimony from asylum seekers - some in prison and some living on Ruddock's cruel Temporary Protection Visa. Alice Garner brought the music in and various casts have performed it since then.

Never let anyone tell you there's nothing you can do. Let empathy and spare time become weapons against this crummy system. Indignation plus persistence equals change. Something To Declare needs four actors and a muso or two. It's available. You can find AfR on the web.

Michael Gurr