Summer of the Aliens

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Event Summer of the Aliens
Venue Harbour Theatre, Shellharbour, NSW
First Date 15 October 1999
Last Date 30 October 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description It is 1962 and the world is worried about the Cuban missile crisis, except for Lewis, a youth on the cusp on manhood in a Melbourne housing commission suburb. He is preoccupied by flying saucers, much to the disgust of his friend Brian who can only think of losing his virginity. Lewis finds a natural soulmate in local tom-boy, Dulcie, who has her own confusions about approaching womanhood. And then out of nowhere Lewis' errant father returns to stay, as if he had never gone. The play is a vivid and amusing evocation of a family and a neighbourhood whose increasingly strange behaviour Lewis i
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Luke Rogers Assistant Director
Janet Shaw Director
Louis Nowra Playwright
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Theatre in Illawarra website/database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 75780