Event |
Ying Tong : A Walk With the Goons
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Venue |
Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW |
Umbrella Event |
Sydney Theatre Company 2007 |
First Date |
10 April 2007 |
Opening Date |
16 April 2007 |
Last Date |
19 May 2007 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
A Goon Show is underway but Spike Milligan is losing his lines. He falls down. He wakes up. Spike's been institutionalised. Undeterred, he writes anyway, under his hospital bed sheets, typing incessantly. But no civilised member of society can write like this: Catholic and Jewish leprechauns keep interrupting. And why do they look awfully like his fellow Goons, Peter Sellars, and Harry Secombe?
The problem is Spike can't write anymore. It's 1959 but it's war, you see - Spike's marbles have been stolen by Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne. Eccles, Bluebottle and Neddie launch an offensive inside S |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  Elena Lonergan, Currents, March 2007, 0
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Article:  Jonathan Biggins, Good Weekend, 6 April 2007, 43
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Article:  Joyce Morgan, Spectrum, 14 April 2007, 18
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Article:  Victoria Laurie, Review, 17 March 2007, 3
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Review:  Deborah Jones, The Australian, 19 April 2007, 36
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Review:  Lenny Ann Low, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 April 2007, 11
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
England
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
School booking on 9 May.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Brochure |
PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia |
Brochure |
Sydney Opera House Events Mar/Apr 2007 |
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Event Identifier
| 70516 |
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