Irish Annals of Aotearoa
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Irish Annals of Aotearoa | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Waikato University, Academy Playhouse, Hillcrest, Hamilton, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Professional Training Schools/Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Based on the novel by Michael O'Leary….While Simon O'Connor's stage adaptation has brought more structure and coherence to O'Leary's stream of consciousness story, he has maintained non-naturalistic modes by using song, chant and a poetic, blarney-riddled yarn-spinning style. Billed as 'a psycle drama' (the patriarch Padraic is reputed to have made the first bicycle in Aotearoa and bicycles are used to great effect throughout) the play revels in wordplay - for example, 'I'm Malone;' 'Well aren't we all?'… | |||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Adaptation Surrealism |
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| Subjects |
Bicultural
Bicycles Māori |
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| Text Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Production Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||
| Data Set | Theatre Aotearoa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 206119 | |||||||||||||||||||
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