Event | 
					 The Fat Boy 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| Umbrella Event | 
					
					Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2003 | 
				
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					4 April 2003 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					9 April 2003 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					26 April 2003 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					The Fat Boy is a rather odd play, but then it is intended to be just that.  Its subject is the outsider, and in the hapless Trevor - fat, gay, lonely and working class -  Ayres has summed up everything that constitutes a loser in today's beauty and charm-obsessed society. | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Reviewer's Opinion | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Black Comedy
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Social Issues
						 
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Article:  Anne Crawford, The Age, 4 April 2003, 0
 
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				       Book:  Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
 
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				       Programme:  The Fat Boy, Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 4 April 2003
 
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				       Review:  Bill Perrett, Agenda, 13 April 2003, 8
 
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				       Review:  Catherine Lambert, The Sunday Herald Sun, 13 April 2003, 99
 
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				       Review:  Helen Thomson, The Age, 12 April 2003, 19
 
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				       Review:  Kate Herbert, The Herald Sun, 18 April 2003, 70
 
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				       Review:  Martin Ball, The Australian, 17 April 2003
 
				             
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						| Works | 
						
						
							
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Australia
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Australia
				
				
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Report | 
									
									Playbox Theatre Company Evaluation Report, 2003 | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Book | 
									
									John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					24170 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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