Living Rooms

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Event Living Rooms
Venue Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, VIC
First Date 17 July 1986
Opening Date 17 July 1986
Last Date September 1986
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description The building in which this play is staged has gone from Victorian Mansion to Boarding House to Cultural Centre. The story is an invention based on impressions of the life of a grand mansion in St Kilda from the Boer War to the Bicentennial. Its bricks and mortar enshrine our history and the lives of its inhabitants pass like shadows, wondering if' there's such a thing as real progress after all, or whether life is just a case of "you can't always get what you want." It's not so much the place you're in, but the time you're in it.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Historical
Situation Theatre
Subjects Boer War
Development
Relationships
Suburban Communities
Vietnam War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kevin Cotter Actor
Paul Davies Actor
Cliff Ellen Actor
Carolyn Howard Actor
Leonie Hurry Actor
Peter Sommerfeld Actor
Rosie Tonkin Actor
Janice Drewe Assistant Designer
Susan Weis Assistant Designer
Janice Drewe Assistant Stage Manager
Susan Weis Assistant Stage Manager
Peter Aland Designer
Paul Davies Director "The Gallery"
Carolyn Howard Director "The Drawing Room"
Caz Howard Director
Andrea Lemon Director Consultant
Paul Davies Playwright
Peter Aland Stage Manager
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Three short plays were played simultaneously three times each night in each of three rooms, to an audience divided into three which followed the plays in different order - before meeting up in the grand hallway at the end, when the 'house' had the final say. Site specific show.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence with Paul Davies
Web http://www.theatreworks.org.au/archive/event/?id=16
Programme
Data Reviewed By Sean Weatherly (SeanWeatherly) on 11 August 2015
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 96158