A Dickins' Christmas

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Event A Dickins' Christmas
Venue Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
First Date 27 November 1992
Opening Date 30 November 1992
Last Date 19 December 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description "Meet Jack Gruel, artistic director of a theatre company in Melbourne in the 1950s. This Scrooge of the stage is the torch bearer of Australia's cultural cringe. Meanwhile, Gruel's humble assistant and resident playwright Roy Thomastown is trying to pen the first Australian play."
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Australian National Identity
Christmas
Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Faye Bendrups Actor Emily / Musician
George Butrumlis Actor Parrot / Musician
Michael Carman Actor Fred / Tile Grout
Jim Daly Actor Rpy Thomastown / Sir Tyrone Porridge / Barman
Neill Gladwin Actor Euripides / Young Jack / Second Thing
Kim Gyngell Actor Jack Gruel
Helen Thomson Actor Miss Zoe / First Thing
Robert Taylor Administrator
Mikkel Mynster Assistant Stage Manager
Michele Forbes Choreographer
Katherine Spence Costume Co-ordinator
Blair Broadhurst Costume Cutter
John Beckett Designer
William Gluth Director
Jill Smith General Manager
Faye Bendrups Musical Director
Barry Dickins Playwright
Linda Aitken Production Manager
Marie Orchard Scenic Artist
Dan Persse Set and/or Property Maker
Brian Reynolds Set and/or Property Maker
Ivan Smith Romero Set and/or Property Maker
Ross Murray Stage Manager
Colin Orchard Technical Director Workshop Supervisor
Stuart McKenzie Technician
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Australian and New Zealand Theatre Record records this play as A Dicken's Christmas on more than one occasion and also consistently refers to Barry Dickins as Barry Dickens.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record December 1992
Programme
Book John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Brochure
Press Release
Data Reviewed By Robert Taylor (RobertTaylor) on 17 September 2021
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 18092