Spitting Chips

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Event Spitting Chips
Venue Victorian Country Tour, VIC
First Date June 1991
Last Date 7 July 1991
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The play is about anger; Spud's mother has died, and Spud's pain and confusion is manifesting as anger and generally antisocial behaviour.
A teenage girl (Spud) dealing with the problems of growing up, coping with her mother's death and of relating to her father.
Originally written as a TIE production.
"...it is only when she meets May, an old woman confined to a wheelchair, that Spud is helped to face her anger and resolve her ever-simmering conflict with her father" (Ann Nugent, on a 1994 production of the play).
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Youth Theatre
Theatre in Education
Subjects Grief
Physical Disability
Self-examination
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jules Hutchison Actor
Irene Jarzabek Actor
David Pidd Actor
Steven Smith Actor
Peter Long Costume Designer
Peter Long Designer
Andrea Lemon Director
Peta Murray Playwright
Resources
Works
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Arena Theatre's 100th Production. Touring Secondary School in Victoria until 7th July, 1991.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record May 1991
Event Identifier 14048
Dataset AusStage