Hotel Sorrento

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Event Hotel Sorrento
Venue Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
First Date 27 July 1990
Opening Date 26 July 1990
Last Date 18 August 1990
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Three sisters come together after ten years: Hilary who lives in Sorrento with her father and her sixteen-year-old son; Pippa visiting from New York where she works in advertising; and Meg, who rturns home from England with her English husband after her new novel, 'Melancholy', is shortlisted for the Booker prize. Unspoken aspects of their shared past, jolted by the autobiographical flavour of Meg's book, haunts the reunion.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Australian National Identity
Family
Writers
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elspeth Ballantyne Actor Hilary
Julia Blake Actor Marge
Robin Cuming Actor Wal
Peter Curtin Actor Dick
Caroline Gillmer Actor Meg
David Latham Actor Edwin
Tamblyn Lord Actor Troy
Genevieve Picot Actor Pippa
Stuart Greenbaum Composer
Jennie Tate Costume Designer
Aubrey Mellor Director
David Berthold Director, Assistant
Hilary Glow Dramaturg/e
Jill Smith General Manager
John Comeadow Lighting Designer
Hannie Rayson Playwright
Robert Taylor Production Manager
Jennie Tate Set Designer
Stuart McKenzie Sound Operator / Engineer
Ross Murray Stage Manager
Jamie Ivarsen Stage Manager, Assistant
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record July 1990
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Programme
Data Reviewed By RobertTaylor on 17 August 2022
Event Identifier 12334