Event |
The Cherry Pickers
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Venue |
Wharf 2 Theatre, Sydney, NSW |
First Date |
14 February 2001 |
Opening Date |
1 February 2001 |
Last Date |
11 March 2001 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Regarded as the first written Aboriginal play, The Cherry Pickers was not performed until 1994 because the playwright, Kevin Gilbert, insisted it have an all-indigenous cast. Part of the STC's Blueprints season. |
Description Source |
Personal Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Indigenous Australia
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  Jeremy Eccles, [The Cherry Pickers], The Canberra Times, 5 March 2001
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Performance Recording:  The Cherry Pickers, Sydney Theatre Company, February 2001
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Photograph:  Photograph of Sydney Theatre Company's production of Kevin Gilbert's The Cherry Pickers, 2001, Australasian Drama Studies, April 2001
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Review:  Keith Gallasch, Opening up a classic, RealTime Arts, 42, April 2001, 29
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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 |
Newspaper |
SMH Metro - 09/02/2001 |
Programme |
John McCallum Collection |
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Event Identifier
| 7256 |
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