Taxi - archival recording

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Title Taxi - archival recording
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Abstract/Description Cabaret about a Turkish taxi driver and his travails in “the lucky country”. Uses song and simple dramatic scenes to discuss the migrant experience in Australia. Archival footage cuts between two different venues (one of which may be Debney Park Community Centre 01:19 45 – writers Vicki Reynolds and Patricia Cornelius join the performers onstage for curtain call. 01:20:42 Senol Mat makes a short speech in Turkish 01:21:20 Encore performance of a Turkish song 01:25:49 Audience gets up to dance 01:30:02 A thankyou to MWT from one of the community, with some interesting champagne cork-popping
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  • Taxi, Newmarket Hotel, St Kilda, VIC, 27 April 1990
  • Taxi, Trades Hall, Carlton South, VIC, 1990
  • Taxi, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, VIC, 1990
  • Taxi, Debney's Park Community Centre, Flemington, VIC, 1990
  • Taxi, Tote Hotel, Collingwood, VIC, 1990
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Date Created 1990
Catalogue ID Melbourne Workers Theatre Digital Archive - HD2
Holding Institution Deakin University, Library
Language English
Medium Digital
Extent 01:33:42
Format .mov file (6.37GB); .wmv file (757MB)
Citation Melbourne Workers Theatre, Taxi - archival recording, Deakin University, Library, 1990
Data Set AusStage
Resource Identifier 51467