Spitting Into the Wind

I was disgusted today to read that a musical comedy is opening in Melbourne tomorrow night entitled Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat Minor. In April 2006, miner Larry Knight was killed in a rockfall at the mine on Anzac Day 2006, while Brant Webb and Todd Russell were trapped for 14 days. Another victim of the tragedy was Richard Carleton, 60 Minutes reporter, who died of a heart attack outside the mine while covering the cave-in.

The play is advertised on the fringe festival internet site as being about "two men, one cave and the Foo Fighters".

Following outrage from the family and friends of the man killed in the disaster, the playwright later today changed the name of the play to Beaconsfield: The Musical.