A Bit of Black, a Bit of Red and a Bit of White

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Event A Bit of Black, a Bit of Red and a Bit of White
Venue BHP Steelworks, Mayfield North, NSW
Umbrella Event Molten Arts Project, Newcastle, 1999
First Date 7 June 1999
Opening Date 7 June 1999
Last Date 25 July 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Developed from material collected and edited by P. P. Cranney from Broken Hill Proprietary employee interviews in the period of time leading up to the closure of the Broken Hill Proprietary steelworks in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Description Source Personal Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Documentary Drama
Verbatim Theatre
Subjects Working Life
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Barry Shepherd Actor
Kate Sweeney Actor
Matt Wright Actor
Steven Wilson Director
P P Cranney Writer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information A result of the Molten Arts Project. Over two months, three actors performed a number of extracts from employee interviews and writings as a twenty-minute presentation in lunchrooms, on the workplace floor and in meeting rooms across the Broken Hill Proprietary Newcastle steelworks. In a direct presentational style the actors performed short pieces reflecting on such topics as an employee's first
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence Records held by the Workers Cultural Action Committee
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 61450