Catharsis...The Comedy

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Event Catharsis...The Comedy
Venue La Mama, Carlton, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Comedy Festival
First Date 1 April 1992
Opening Date 1 April 1992
Last Date 19 April 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere Yes
Description Catharsis is a terrific name for a comedy, especially a comedy that through catharsis becomes a tragedy...the lives of four newlyweds cross in series of classical sitcom gags in a hotel on the night of their honeymoons. Crossed wires, Panadol, and love-making woes are interrupted by a puppeteer who turns out to be Jack, the playwright, a somewhat neurotic and overbearing man who regularly stops the play to talk to his psychi-artist about the improbability of the characters and the impossibility of the plot.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Relationships
Writers
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Pauline Coutts Actor
Pip Mushin Actor
Jane Norris Actor
Greg Parker Actor
David Tredinnick Actor
Marshall Worthington Actor
Elizabeth Marsh Designer
Marc Raszewski Designer
Anna Schlusser Director
Ben Chessell Lighting Designer
Roderick Saunders Playwright
Amy Valent Sound Designer
Teresa Kiernan Stage Manager
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record April, 1992
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 11 February 2012
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 15721