Event |
Competitive Tenderness
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Venue |
Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC |
First Date |
18 November 1996 |
Opening Date |
20 November 1996 |
Last Date |
14 December 1996 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
Dawn Snow has a fierce reputation - she reformed the prison system in Uganda. Now, with local government reform high on the political agenda, she is called upon to perform a similar task withing the City of Greater Bourke. Competitive Tenderness is a farce about the absurdities of local government and comes straight out of the school of Feydeau, Philip King and Dario Fo - with a bit of Punch and Judy. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Farce
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Subjects |
Political
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Book:  Denise Varney, Laura Ginters, Maryrose Casey, Rachel Fensham, The Dolls' Revolution: Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination, Australian Scholarly, Melbourne, Victoria, 2005
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Review:  Bryce Hallett, Competitive tenderness, Dealer's choice, The Australian, 29 November 1996, 11
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Review:  Dina Ross, The Herald Sun, 25 November 1996
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Review:  Helen Thomson, The Age, 25 November 1996
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Review:  John Preston, Financial Review, 29 November 1996
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Review:  Stephen Rhys, The Sunday Herald Sun, 24 November 1996
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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 |
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
Brochure |
Playbox Season 1996 |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
Volume X Number 11 November 1996 |
Programme |
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Data Reviewed By
| Robert Taylor (RobertTaylor) on 12 September 2021 |
Event Identifier
| 30216 |
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