Close to the Bone

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Event Close to the Bone
Venue Eora Centre, Chippendale, NSW
First Date 24 September 1991
Opening Date 24 September 1991
Last Date 28 September 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere Yes
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A musical which uses the search for one's identity and one's acceptance of it as its main motif and theme.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Musical
Group-devised
Subjects Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Katreena Clarke Actor
Jo-Ann Close Actor
Leo Coe Actor
Pearl Davern Actor
Sue Foules Actor
Paula Maling Actor
Pauline McLeod Actor
Brendan Read Actor
Karen Vaughan Actor
Elizabeth Goie Wymarra Actor
Pamela Young Actor
Lillian Crombie Choreographer
Nick Larken Choreographer
Lydia Miller Designer
David Kennedy Director
Lydia Miller Director
Rhoda Roberts Director
Mark Howett Lighting Designer
Karen Vaughan Music and Lyrics Librettist
Scott Saunders Musical Director
Ned Manning Writer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Graduating year student performance. Toured New South Wales country centres and Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record September 1991
Book Casey, Maryrose. Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1997. St Lucia: UQP. 2004. pp 232-233
Event Identifier 15440
Dataset AusStage