Wake in Fright

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Event Wake in Fright
Venue Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, QLD
Umbrella Event Festival of Australian Student Theatre
First Date 17 September 2010
Opening Date 17 September 2010
Last Date 18 September 2010
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Eager to escape his one-room outback school for the summer holidays, young city teacher, John Grant, heads towards Sydney. Passing through the rough mining town of Bundanyabba, Grant becomes hopelessly stranded, losing his entire wages in a game of two-up and over the subsequent five days sinks into a cycle of drunkenness, hangovers, fumbling sexual encounters and increasing self-loathing. Trapped in a hellish limbo, the once ordinary world of rural Australia becomes the setting for his grotesque and surreal nightmare.

Wake in Fright explores the very real distrust that exists between cit
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Australia
Masculinity
Rural areas
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Matthew Bolger-Hobson Actor
Stephen Foster Actor
George Lingard Actor
Kurt Mottershead Actor
Beth Myring Actor
Jacob Pruden Actor
Matt Sharawara Actor
Laura Wheelwright Actor
David Wright Actor
Bob Pavlich Adaptor
Kenneth Cook Author
Bob Pavlich Director
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Festival programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 87715