MIRANDA OTTO, WILL MCDONALD AND SHERRY-LEE WATSON CELEBRATE A SPECIAL EVENT SCREENING OF THE STAN ORIGINAL SERIES
​THOU SHALT NOT STEAL ​
​IN ALICE SPRINGS AHEAD OF THE PREMIERE ON OCTOBER 17, ONLY ON STAN.

October 11, 2024 – Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, tonight celebrated a special event screening of the Stan Original Series Thou Shalt Not Steal at Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs ahead of the premiere on October 17, only on Stan.

Miranda Otto, Will McDonald and Alice Springs local Sherry-Lee Watson excited the community by attending the event alongside director and co-creator Dylan River (Mystery Road: Origin, Robbie Hood) and co-creator and EP Tanith Glynn-Maloney (Stan Original Film Windcatcher, Finding Jedda, Robbie Hood), who are also Alice springs locals. Ludo Studio’s Sam Moor, Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson and Lauren Brown were in attendance, with Ludo having produced the series with Since 1788 productions.

Presented by Screen Territory’s “NT on Screen” banner as a highlight of the inaugural MASIFF (Mparntwe/Alice Springs International Film Festival), and supported by Tourism NT, the event screened all eight episodes of the unreleased series on the big screen alongside the community where it commenced production. 

Addressing the audience, Dylan River said: "This series is very much made for Alice Springs… I feel like our sense of humour, the stories we tell, are made for our family and friends in this town."

Thou Shalt Not Steal follows Robyn (Watson), a young Aboriginal delinquent searching for the truth behind a mysterious family secret, who escapes from detention and reluctantly teams up with awkward teenager Gidge (McDonald). Together they flee her small central desert community on a perilous journey across the outback, finding answers and learning some hard life lessons along the way. Hot on their heels are Maxine (Otto), a sex trafficker whose taxi Robyn stole, and Gidge’s domineering father Robert (Taylor), a fraudulent preacher.

The series is produced by multi-Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Ludo Studio with Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson (Bluey, Robbie Hood), and Sophie Miller (The Family Law) as executive producers, alongside Ludo Studio producer Sam Moor (Bluey) with Since 1788 Productions. Cailah Scobie and Donna Chang executive produce for Stan. Thou Shalt Not Steal received major production investment from Screen Australia with support from the South Australian Film Corporation, Screen Territory and by Screen Queensland’s Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) Incentive. DCD Rights is the international distributor.

The Stan Original Series Thou Shalt Not Steal premieres October 17, all episodes at once, only on Stan.

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