No Sugar

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Event No Sugar
Venue Fitzroy Town Hall, Fitzroy, VIC
First Date 6 June 1986
Last Date 22 June 1986
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "Revised and remounted Jack Davis play about an indigenous family in the Depression, which premiered for the Festival of Perth in 1985. This production was toured by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, which commissioned Davis to write the play and Andrew Ross to direct it."
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Family
Indigenous
Subjects Community
Family
Indigenous Australia
Racism
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
James Beattie Actor A. O. Neville & JP
Charmaine Cole Actor Topsy
Jedda Cole Actor Mary
Dorothy Collard Actor Gran
Jack Davis Actor Billie Kimberley
Ernie Dingo Actor Jimmy
Ben Gabriel Actor Sergeant & Neal
Morton Hansen Actor Sam
Shane McNamara Actor Frank & Constable
Lynette Narkle Actor Milly
Lynley Narkle Actor Sissy
Annie O'Shannessey Actor Secretary & Missionary
John Pell Actor Joe
Kelton Pell Actor David
Richard Walley Actor Bluey & Musician
Doreen Warburton Actor Matron Neal
Richard Walley Choreographer
Richard Walley Composer
Steve Nolan Designer
Andrew Ross Director
John Rayment Lighting Designer
Jack Davis Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Toured to the Expo 86 World Theatre Festival, Vancouver, Canada and National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Casey, Maryrose. Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1997. St Lucia: UQP. 2004. pp. 146-161
Programme Melbourne season, Fitzroy Town Hall, 1986
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 73847