La Traviata

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Event La Traviata
Venue Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
First Date 27 August 2015
Last Date 20 September 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Melbourne theatre stars Sisters Grimm are everything nice, polite Australians fear: a pair of ‘loud, opinionated homosexualists’ (their words) who hold nothing sacred and whose moral compass is so far out it’s bang on. Declan Greene and Ash Flanders plunder the canon with one eye on mischief and the other on a necessary argument. Once the serial numbers are scratched off, their stolen goods are smelted into smart, anarchic comedies that question the world we live in.

Verdi’s famed Romantic opera La Traviata is the story of Violetta, a lovelorn courtesan who is doomed to choose either a lif
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Opera
Subjects Homosexuality
Political
Romance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ash Flanders Actor
Betty Grumble Actor
Steve Toulmin Composer
Marg Howell Designer
Declan Greene Director
Anne-Louise Sarks Dramaturg/e
Matthew Marshall Lighting Designer
Ash Flanders Playwright
Declan Greene Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://belvoir.com.au/productions/la-traviata/
Event Identifier 110357
Dataset AusStage