The Bones Love Gringo

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Event The Bones Love Gringo
Venue fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 20 February 2008
Last Date 2 March 2008
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This was a very clever farce on the Western world?s idealization of the other, as represented by Cuba, communism and the salsa. All the things we think we are not, we think they are. We can?t dance but we think they can dance, we can?t kiss but we think they can kiss, we don?t know how to live but we think they know how to live. What we?re missing is of course that there is no us an them. We?re all just us, we have similar problems and desires affected by our situation. We have our fantasies about them as equally they have their fantasies about us, rich Americans with their furniture stores i
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Agitprop
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jono Burns Actor
Tom Davies Actor
Marg Howell Designer
Sarah McCusker Director
Tom MacLachlan Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 91683