Bleedin' Butterflies

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Event Bleedin' Butterflies
Venue NIDA Parade Theatre 1 (1982-1999), Kensington, NSW
Umbrella Event Three in Rep
First Date 10 May 1984
Opening Date 10 May 1984
Last Date 20 May 1984
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description The play is set during the Great Depression in a tent camp outside Perth. It is a compassionate account of the compromises forced on working class women when the chips are down and simultaneously a vitriolic attack on the hypocrisies of sexual and sexist morality, religious cant and the humbug of politics.
Character Jimmy Lamb is described as being 'retarded'.
Transferred to Duntroon for 1 performance.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Australian National Identity
Intellectual Disability
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Maureen Green Actor Christine Smith
Nicholas Opolski Actor Jimmy Lamb
Mark Owen-Taylor Actor Jack Broadbent
Morna Seres Actor May Sewell
Steve Shaw Actor Leo Sewell
Wendy Tynan Actor Nina Lamb
Sally Colless Assistant Stage Manager
Elizabeth Allen Deputy Stage Manager
Bruce Auld Designer
Tony Barclay Director
Karen Flaherty Lighting Designer
Natina Eggleton Lighting Operator/Technician
Roma Conway Musical Director
Doreen Clarke Playwright
Robert Taylor Production Manager
Sarah Masters Properties Master/Mistress
Armando Licul Set and/or Property Maker
Donna Broadbridge Sound Operator/Engineer
Anna Borghesi Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Sourced from programme for 'Holiday Makers', Parade Theatre, 1984. Presented in repertoire with 'Welcome the Bright World'and 'This Old Man Comes Rolling Home'.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Advertisement Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Programme
Correspondence
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 23746