Event |
Needles and Opium
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Venue |
Everest Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW |
Umbrella Event |
Sydney Festival & Carnivale 1994 |
First Date |
4 January 1994 |
Opening Date |
4 January 1994 |
Last Date |
15 January 1994 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Robert Lepage plays a Canadian called Vinci alone in a Paris hotel room "marinating in the dirt of the existensialists"...Lepage illustrates Vinci's dreams about gay poet and film maker Jean Cocteau and legendary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. The connection between the characters is their addictions. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Multimedia
Performance Art
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Subjects |
Humanity
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Review:  Bob Evans, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 January 1994
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Review:  Pamela Payne, Sun Herald, 9 January 1994
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Review:  Pamela Payne, Sydney Star Observer, 14 January 1994
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Review:  Rosemary Neill, The Australian, 6 January 1994
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Review:  Stewart Hawkins, Daily Telegraph-Mirror, 5 January 1994
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Canada
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Production Nationality |
Canada
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
January, 1994 |
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Event Identifier
| 20643 |
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