No Going Back

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Event No Going Back
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 16 July 1992
Opening Date July 1992
Last Date 15 August 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description The play explores the mysterious intersection between physical place and personal identity, a deeper relationship than that artificially constructed by nationality. The Australian born children of the Latvians, Ruth and particularly Armand, struggle to find a landscape to match their internal maps of selfhood.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Environment
Europeans
Family
Migrants
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Adams Actor
Philip Charles Actor
Simon Chilvers Actor
Tom Considine Actor
Bradley Croft Actor
Paul English Actor
Nina Landis Actor
Maggie Millar Actor
Deidre Rubenstein Actor
Joan Sydney Actor
Victoria Knight Assistant Stage Manager
Tassos Ioannides Composer
Tony Tripp Designer
Roger Hodgman Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Richard Johnstone Lighting Operator/Technician
Janis Balodis Playwright
Ian Cookesley Production Manager
Kerry Saxby Sound Designer
Andrew Barker Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information In this second part of what will be a trilogy of migrant experience, Janis Balodis brings his group of Latvian characters up to 1979, 30 years after their arrival in Australia described in his 1985 play Too Young For Ghosts.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record July, 1992
Cast List MTC Records
Book John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 16668