 Event |
Sleeplessness
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| Venue |
The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Carnivale |
| First Date |
1 October 2003 |
| Opening Date |
1 October 2003 |
| Last Date |
12 October 2003 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
This work for Carinvale tells the story of a migrant Hungarian woman who lived in Australia as a German man.
From Performance Space database:
"Sleeplessness was a solo show by Karen Therese. It was about displacement, war, love, childhood, pulse, shock, Sleeplessness... the remarkable history of a Hungarian woman, Lenke Palffy, who migrated to Australia in 1951 and died in 1984 with the assumed identity of a German male. ?Karen Therese?s script is plain and simply delivered, but it is rich in detail and place; the evocation of Sydney from the migrant perspective is grim, the sense of mom |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
SMH Metro September 26 - October 2, 2003 |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
30684 |
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