Event |
Last Chance Gas
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Venue |
La Mama, Carlton, VIC |
First Date |
28 April 1994 |
Opening Date |
28 April 1994 |
Last Date |
15 May 1994 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional Cooperative |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
Set in an Australia of the future, a kind of desolate cluttered Mad Max landscape where technology, language and human relationships have broken down. The use of language in this play - almost a new Australian dialect - is extraordinary. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Language
Remote areas
Science-fiction
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
La Mama season |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
April 1994 |
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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Data Reviewed By
| Jenny Fewster (JennyFewster) on 7 December 2012 |
Event Identifier
| 23953 |
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