The Choir

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Event The Choir
Venue Nimrod Upstairs, Surry Hills, NSW
Umbrella Event Festival of Sydney 1981
First Date 21 January 1981
Opening Date 21 January 1981
Last Date 15 March 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description The orphanage boys' choir has won the interstate competition three years in a row. Miss Lawson (never seen) wants to win it again. She has the boy sopranos castrated so that their voices will remain high, pure and beautiful. The choir boys get an easy life with seven to a dormitory and they also are passionate in wanting to win. Andrew is the Head Boy in the dormitory of this story. The others idolise him except for Michael who will not speak and sits at his desk cutting out heads from photos in magazines. Underneath the story lies an uneasy and distorted sexuality with Andrew as love-god.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Children's Theatre
Subjects Relationships
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
David Atkins Actor Colin
Simon Burke Actor Garry
Tyler Coppin Actor Michael
Jim Holt Actor Andrew
Peter Kowitz Actor Paul
Tony Sheldon Actor David
David Slingsby Actor Peter
Eamon D'Arcy Designer
Neil Armfield Director
Peter Smith Lighting Designer
Errol Bray Playwright
Libby Higgin Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information First workshopped Australian National Playwrights' Conference, 1980.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) CHOIREB
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 6254