 Event |
Double Dinkum
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| Venue |
The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW |
| First Date |
13 February 1985 |
| Last Date |
16 February 1985 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Presented by Yaffa & Richard.
The performers draw on their wide range of theatrical, vocal and musical techniques to present a humorous and original show based on the theme of the Australian language.
Idioms and colloquialisms such as "wet enough to bog a duck" and "all over the place like a mad man's custard" provide the raw material for theatre entertainment crammed with visual and aural paradoxes and bubbling with life. The results are often absurd; they have the audience "chuckling with recognition .. a remarkable performing style ... and a rich visual discipline" (Canberra Times). "h |
| Description Source |
Flyer/Poster |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Experimental
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Event Identifier |
143612 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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