The Popular Mechanicals

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Event The Popular Mechanicals
Venue Space Theatre, Adelaide, SA
First Date 6 November 2015
Last Date 28 November 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Shakespeare's greatest clowns - the rude mechanicals from A Midsummer Night's Deam - take centre-stage in this wild reimagining of what might have happened off-stage during the Bard's most loved comedy. Perhaps the most famous group of amateur thespians of all time, the cast of the play-within-a-play Pyramus and Thisbe, bumble their way through rehearsals, misadventures and sheer idiocy in an hysterically funny mix of verse, song and dance.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lori Bell Actor
Julie Forsyth Actor
Charles Mayer Actor
Amber McMahon Actor
Tim Overton Actor
Rory Walker Actor
Alison Growden Assistant Stage Manager
Gabrielle Nankivell Choreographer
Jonathon Oxlade Designer
Sarah Giles Director
Vince Louch Head Mechanist
Mark Pennington Lighting Designer
Dave Green Lighting Operator/Technician
Paul Capsis Narrator
Geoffrey Rush Original Director
Keith Robinson Playwright
William Shakespeare Playwright
Tony Taylor Playwright
David Heinrich Sound Designer
Mick Jackson Sound Operator/Engineer
Melanie Selwood Stage Manager
Jana de Biasi Wig Stylist
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 108593