White Baptist Abba Fan

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Event White Baptist Abba Fan
Venue Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Festival 1998
First Date 20 October 1998
Opening Date 20 October 1998
Last Date 24 October 1998
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description 'Mum, how come you adopted me?'
'Your mother didn't want you. She put you in a cardboard box and left you in a field.'
Long before she became a gay Koori opera singer, Deborah Cheetham was a white Baptist Abba fan.
Born to an Aboriginal mother, she was taken away at three weeks and raised in a religious, white, middle class home.
Hilarious, ironic and deeply moving, White Baptist Abba Fan follows Cheetham's remarkable journey of discovery in the face of enormous personal challenges, toward identity and fulfilment. Accompanied by the Short Black Quartet, her voice soars, shaping an emotio
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Autobiographical
Subjects Sexuality
Stolen Generation
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Cathy Downes Director
Deborah Cheetham Performer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Melbourne Festival 1998 guide
Event Identifier 100724
Dataset AusStage