The Choir

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Event The Choir
Venue Universal Theatre, North Fitzroy, VIC
First Date 19 March 1981
Last Date 21 April 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "The Choir" is about a group of adolescent orphaned boys in a female-dominated institution. Physically mutilated and emotionally crippled, the boys yearn for love, and for a truth which is denied them. They compete for the attention of the only whole member of the choir, Andrew (Jim Holt), who becomes as authoritarian and paternalistic as his superiors, until the castrated boys take revenge.

The play was first workshopped at the Australian National Playwrights Conference in 1980.
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
David Atkins Actor Colin
Simon Burke Actor Garry
Tyler Coppin Actor Michael
Jim Holt Actor Andrew
Peter Kowitz Actor Paul
Tony Sheldon Actor David
David Slingsby Actor Peter
Eamon D'Arcy Designer
Neil Armfield Director
Peter Smith Lighting Designer
Errol Bray Playwright
Libby Higgin Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981
Australian Drama Project (UQ) CHOIREB
Event Identifier 6255