A Very Jewish Christmas Carol

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Event A Very Jewish Christmas Carol
Venue Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, Southbank, VIC
First Date 14 November 2023
Last Date 16 December 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description he origin story of this work begins here: Christmas 2019. Co-writer Phillip Kavanagh and I were both resident writers of Melbourne Theatre Company’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program, and I found myself tasked for the first time with making Christmas lunch for my husband’s family. In the writers’ room, Phil and I were bouncing around ideas of what I would serve and how I would decorate in the same way we might have bandied around ideas for a play. One thing led to another, and in an almost Dickensian way, one morning Phil awoke from a dream and said, ‘A Christmas Carol, but make it Jewish’. And so
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Theatre
Bi-lingual
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Miriam Glaser Actor Ely
Natalie Gamsu Actor and Singer Fran / Lilith/ Ensemble
Emma Jevons Actor and Singer Sarah / Ensemble
Evelyn Krape Actor and Singer Bubi / Golem / Ensemble
Jude Perl Actor and Singer Rivka / Ensemble
Louise Siversen Actor and Singer Carol / Rein-Dybbuk / Ensemble
Michael Whalley Actor and Singer Ben / Ensemble
Brittany Stock Assistant Stage Manager
Cassandra Fumi Associate Director
Charles Dickens Author
Jude Perl Composer Additional
Jonathon Oxlade Consultant Design Concept Contributor
Dann Barber Costume Designer
Meg Richardson Deputy Stage Manager
Krystyna Duszniak Dialect Coach Polish Translation & Language Coach
Matt Furlani Dialect Coach Voice & Text Coach
Sarah Giles Director
Sarah Giles Dramaturg/e
Jennifer Medway Dramaturg/e
Lyndall Grant Fight Director
Cessalee Stovall Intimacy Coordinator
Richard Vabre Lighting Designer
Jude Perl Musical Director
Jo Duck Photographer Marketing Campaign
Pia Johnson Photographer Production
Charlie Kinross Photographer Rehearsal
Elise Hearst Playwright
Phillip Kavanagh Playwright
Louisa Fitzgerald Secondment Costume Design Intern (VCA)
Ishan Vivekanantham Secondment Set Design Intern (VCA)
Kathryn Yates Secondment Directing Intern (VCA)
Jacob Battista Set Designer
Jed Palmer Sound Designer
Whitney McNamara Stage Manager
Rebecca Margolis Translator Yiddish
Freydi Mrocki Translator Yiddish Language Coach & Song
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme https://www.mtc.com.au/discover-more/backstage/a-very-jewish-christmas-carol-programme/
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 172174