Event | 
					 Double Dinkum 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					13 February 1985 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					16 February 1985 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					Presented by Yaffa & Richard. 
 The performers draw on their wide range of theatrical, vocal and musical techniques to present a humorous and original show based on the theme of the Australian language. 
 Idioms and colloquialisms such as "wet enough to bog a duck" and "all over the place like a mad man's custard" provide the raw material for theatre entertainment crammed with visual and aural paradoxes and bubbling with life. The results are often absurd; they have the audience "chuckling with recognition .. a remarkable performing style ... and a rich visual discipline" (Canberra Times). "h | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Flyer/Poster | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Experimental
						
							
						 
						
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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									| Performance Space Database | 
									
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					143612 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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