Shimada

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Event Shimada
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 22 April 1987
Opening Date 25 April 1987
Last Date 23 May 1987
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Japanese/Australian relations. Explores what happens when the Beaumont Bicycle Company, a small-town Australian outfit with a shrinking market, receives a lucrative investment offer from a Japanese businessman who wants to retool the factory to manufacture motorized dirt bikes. The company's proprietor, the widowed Sharyn Beaumont, is inclined to sell out, but her hard-drinking sales manager, Eric Dawson, strenuously objects.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Bicycles
Business
Intercultural
Japan
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Alansu Actor
Elspeth Ballantyne Actor
Alan Fletcher Actor
Frank Gallacher Actor
Kevin Harrington Actor
Marion Heathfield Actor
Kim Trengove Actor
Andrew Moon Assistant Stage Manager
Shaun Gurton Designer
Simon Phillips Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Jill Shearer Playwright
Linda Cernigoi Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Theatre Record April 1987
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Data Reviewed By Jenny Fewster (JennyFewster) on 30 November 2012
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 161