It's January 1834. The Frederick, the last ship built at the convict settlement of Sarah Island, is about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur. Ten convict shipwrights have other ideas. They steal the ship and in a most amazing escape and an extraordinary voyage they reach Chile in South America. They were captured and tried but through real clever defence by one of the fugitives they get acquitted. The Ship That Never Was is a live professional theatre production, performing in Strahan since 1993 and telling the tale of the Great Escape. The play tells the dramatic and hilarious true story of the Great Escape from Sarah Island! Delightful family entertainment where two professional actors and a cleverly used audience tell the tale of the ship that never was. Miguel with two other boys played the role of bilge pump operators and Erica became famous for a day playing the captain’s parrot