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The Shark Arm Case

When

Every day, 6:30pm to 7:30pm Thursday 14 August to Saturday 16 August Thursday 21 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Friday 22 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Saturday 23 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Thursday 28 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Friday 29 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Saturday 30 August from 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Cost

Starting from: $91.31

Anzac Day, 1935. A shark in the Coogee Aquarium vomits up a human arm bearing a distinctive tattoo. Investigators identify the arm as belonging to Jim Smith, a small-time crook turned police informant, who has been missing for three weeks.

It would seem to be an open-and-shut case of a tragic shark attack, but investigators find that the arm had been severed by an axe. Suspicion falls on several suspects.

Join us for an immersive theatre experience that takes a deep dive into Sydney’s criminal underworld, with smuggling, insurance fraud, corruption… and murder.

A Deadhouse and Museums of History NSW co-production.

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