Mrs Robinson: A Soap Opera

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Event Mrs Robinson: A Soap Opera
Venue La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne International Comedy Festival
First Date 14 April 2020
Opening Date 15 April 2020
Last Date 19 April 2020
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Despite the drought it was a very fluid summer...

Following a sell-out season at The Butterfly Club, steamy Soap Cabaret (created by Melbourne underground cabaret icon Ella Filar) hits the boards of the iconic La Mama.

After a stint with the KGB, Mrs.Robinson swaps her Kalashnikov for a Camera Obscura. Feeling the heat she lifts her skirt, zooms her fisheye lens onto her own dysfunctional family trapped in subliminal excesses of romantic addiction and shoots four characters’ in an act of bearing their essentials. The result is a series of bizarre and ludicrously comic underdeveloped and
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Cabaret
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ella Filar Creator
Ella Filar Musician: Keyboardist
Roni Linser Musician: Percussionist Jembe
Martin Zakharov Musician: Saxophonist
Sally Banks Musician: Violinist
Ruth Katerelos Performer
Bruce Langdon Performer
Chris Molyneux Performer
Casey Nicholls-Bull Performer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information This season was postponed due to Covid19.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme La Mama
Web La Mama
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 153073