Event | Decadence | ||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC | ||||||||||||||||
Umbrella Event | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
First Date | 31 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Opening Date | 31 March 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 23 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | ||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | ||||||||||||||||
Description | "Decadence contains a familiar mixture of performative excess and political ferocity, as Berkoff savagely satirises the British Upper Class and Working Class aspirants to it" - all in rhyming couplets. | ||||||||||||||||
Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | ||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Satire Verse Drama |
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Subjects |
British people
Class Issues |
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Text Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Further Information | One of the reviews printed in Australian and New Zealand Theatre Record April 1993 issue, is not listed here as there are no publication/date/author details. Production billed as 'Australian Premiere' | ||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||
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Data Reviewed By | Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 3 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
Event Identifier | 29563 | ||||||||||||||||
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