Overexposed: Portrait of a Family

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Event Overexposed: Portrait of a Family
Venue The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW
Umbrella Event Carnivale
First Date 11 October 2000
Opening Date 11 October 2000
Last Date 15 October 2000
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description An adapted version of Nelson Rodrigues' 1945 play Album de Familia. Billed as "a night of unpleasant delights, the family slide-night from hell".

From Performance Space database:
"Adapted from the renowned (and often censored) Brazilian playwright, Overexposed pulls back the sheet on the secret compulsions that lurk beneath the facade of the modern family, diving into the matrix of primitive and unconscious relationships. Following strongly in the tradition of Rodrigues? ?theatre of the distasteful?, Overexposed was conceived as a night of unpleasant delights... a family slide-night from
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Performance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Carlos Gomes Designer
Carlos Gomes Director Direction/Design
Angela Bauer Performer
Justin Dutch Performer
Jeanine Garrier Performer
Nick Meenahan Performer
Conrad Page Performer
Amanda Risk Performer
Kym Vercoe Performer
Nelson Rodrigues Playwright
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper SMH Metro October 13 -- 19, 2000
Performance Space Database
Event Identifier 30039
Dataset AusStage