Arms and the Man

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Event Arms and the Man
Venue Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
First Date 14 September 2015
Last Date 31 October 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Stuck in a Bulgarian backwater, Raina Petkoff has been reading too many romance novels. She wants adventure, she wants love, she wants to get the hell out of town. So, when a charming Swiss soldier on the hop from the battlefield clambers into her bedroom, what'™s a clever, practical-minded girl to do? Offer him sanctuary, feed him chocolate and fall in love. It'™s only natural. George Bernard Shaw'™s classic play takes its title from the opening line of Virgil'™s Aeneid. Like Aeneas, Shaw'™s Swiss officer is a man wandering away from defeat, but with his trademark verbal dexterity and wit, Sha
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Brandon Burke Actor
Mitchell Butel Actor
Charles Cousins Actor
Andrea Demetriades Actor
Deborah Kennedy Actor
Jason Kos Actor
Olivia Rose Actor
William Zappa Actor
Paige Rattray Assistant Director
Sarah Smith Assistant Stage Manager
Julie Lynch Costume Designer
Richard Cottrell Director
David Tongs Head Mechanist
Damien Cooper Lighting Designer
Lauren A Proietti Make-up Specialist
George Bernard Shaw Playwright
Kate Chapman Production Manager
Michael Scott-Mitchell Set Designer
Jeremy Silver Sound Designer
Tanya Leach Stage Manager
Charmian Gradwell Voice Coach
Rosalie Lester Wardrobe Supervisor/Coordinator/Head
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Sydney Opera House What's On Brochure Aug/Sept 2015
Web https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2015/arms-and-the-man
Programme Private collection
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110554