The Frogs

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Event The Frogs
Venue Union Hall, Adelaide, SA
First Date 1987
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description "With music composed, parodied and pinched by Karim Soetratma and Michael Spargo.
Aristophanes (c445-383 BC), the supreme master of Old Comedy, caught the eye of the Footlights talent scout at the Athens Festival of 405 BC when he won first prize with 'The Frogs'. With his recommendations ('shows promise') found on a scroll at the bottom of the Footlights ofice, Footlights now proudly presents it in the original Greek with Australian accents.
Bigger than Cats
Les Miserable than Les Miserables".
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kate Cawley Actor Chorus
Louisa Condous Actor Set construction
Bunny Debelle Actor Chorus
John Eastman Actor Singer
Mary-Anne Haddad Actor Set construction, Make-up artist
Rachel Healy Actor Chorus
Steve Jackson Actor Singer
Mia Kossiavelos Actor Set Construction, Make-up artist
Therese Manson Actor Chorus
Timothy McKeough Actor
Shaun Micallef Actor
Henry Silvester Actor
Karim Soetratma Actor Chorus
Michael Spargo Actor Chorus
Damien Storer Actor Chorus
Chris Symes Actor Singer, Chorus
Alex Ward Actor
Jenny Zerk Actor Chorus
Alex Boyle Designer Costume Designer
Baden Smith Designer
Stephen Horan Director
Lauran R Huefner Musician
Vivienne Taberner Musician
Phil Crowe Photographer
Tim Heffernan Producer Actor, Set construction
Joseph Carney Set and/or Property Maker Properties Master
Alex Champion Set and/or Property Maker Properties Master
Rob Greenslade Set and/or Property Maker Lighting Designer, Properties Master
Marissa Han Set and/or Property Maker
Tim Kildea Set and/or Property Maker
Tom Russell Set and/or Property Maker Lighting Designer
Caroline Smith Set and/or Property Maker Front of House
Zachariah Tableleg Set and/or Property Maker
Ewart Shaw Set Designer Costume Designer
Gavin Wood Technical Director Set & Property Maker, Lighting Designer
Jane Adcock Various Front of House
Luke Anderson Various
Matthew Hawkins Various Front of House
Antra Hood Various Front of House
Tim McGrath Various Front of House
David Meegan Various Publicity, Sound Designer
Michelle Meegan Various Publicity, Sound Designer
Ilke Priebe Various Publicity
Liz Sexton Various Assistant to Director, Set & Property Maker
Stephen Thomas Various Front of House
Rosie White Various Publicity
Resources
Text Nationality Greece
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme University of Adelaide Special Collections
Event Identifier 81335