The Mouth Show

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Event The Mouth Show
Venue Victorian Country Tour, VIC
First Date October 1979
Last Date December 1979
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The setting for its cartoonesque script was an enormous Mouth which opened as the play began, to reveal an actor – the dentist – cleaning its teeth. Stepping out of the mouth, the dentist left, and seizing her chance, Sugar, the tongue-temptress, inveigled her way in. Following her lead, Plaque and Germs crept between the teeth to hold a 'mouth warming', 'rot and roll party'. Fortunately, the play’s young audiences came to the rescue. They saved the Teeth by sending in a giant carrot, in which resided Crunch, the Natural Goodness Superhero, and a big toothbrush housing Bristle, the Fluoride C
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Children's Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ken Evans Devisor
Helen Rickards Devisor
Maeve Vella Devisor
Paul Grabowsky Musical Arranger
David Argue Performer Crunch
Kaaren Collins Performer Sugar
Carmelina di Guglielmo Performer Bristle
Peter Dyer Performer Dentist
Ken Evans Performer Dentist
Stephen Kearney Performer Dentist
June Laurie Performer Bristle
Sandra Leasingham Performer Sugar
Philip Lethlean Performer Dentist/Crunch
Simon Matthews Performer Crunch
Roy McNeill Performer Bristle
Avril McQueen Performer Sugar
Helen Rickards Performer Sugar/Bristle
Tony Rickards Performer Dentist
John Rogers Performer Crunch
Maeve Vella Performer Crunch
Christine Woodcock Performer Sugar
Ken Evans Set and/or Property Maker
Helen Rickards Set and/or Property Maker
Maeve Vella Set and/or Property Maker
Christine Woodcock Set and/or Property Maker
Christine Woodcock Writer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information SECOND CAST: Melbourne metropolitan schools, communities and hospitals
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web www.handspantheatre.com.au
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 126343