 Event |
Guts
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| Venue |
Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC |
| Umbrella Event |
Greening of Swanston Street |
| First Date |
February 1985 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
GUTS was inspired by U.K. illustrator, Michael Foreman's, picture book for children, War and Peas* (1974) brought to Handspan by its Director, Andrew Hansen. The play, by John Rogers, was an adaptation of the story told in the book about food, hunger, greed and courage. The starving Prince Wafer met the overfed King Phlabula in a battle of wills played out with cutlery, crockery and oversize, all white, food items. The plays climax introduced a coloured and decorated three-tier cake to solve their arguments. |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Puppetry
Visual Theatre
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
|
| Production Nationality |
Australia
|
| Further Information |
Greening of Swanston Street part of Victoria's 150th Centenary Celebrations. Grass was laid down over the street and attracted about 200,000 people, it looked and felt great and most importantly it made the city smell like earthy grass.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
www.handspantheatre.com.au |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
126407 |
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