Vladimir Mayakovsky, A Tragedy

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Event Vladimir Mayakovsky, A Tragedy
Venue La Mama, Carlton, VIC
Umbrella Event Spoleto Fringe Festival
First Date 1 October 1987
Last Date 10 October 1987
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Initially 1-4 October. Season extended 8-10 October.
Description Source Production Company
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Film
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Scott Carr Actor Man with one arm / Newsboy / Old Man with one shorn cat
Kevin Cook Actor Man with one eye and one leg
Max Costigan Actor Man without a head
Jane Foley Actor Man with long drawn-out face / Woman with a tear
Tony Foley Actor Old Man with scrawny black cats / Newsboy
Michael Hansford Actor Conventional young man
Astrid Judge Actor Woman with a great big tear
Ben Kilmartin Actor Man with two kisses
Kike Martinez Actor Man with one ear / Newsboy
Lesley Rowe Actor Woman with a tiny tear / Child Kiss
Robin Sinclair Actor Mayakovsky
Johanna Barnett Costume Co-ordinator
Dianne McIntosh Costume Co-ordinator
Greg Ceff Director Metteur-en-scene
Mark Osborn Filmmaker
Jan Edwards Lighting Designer
Julie Sinnott Photographer
Vladimir Mayakovsky Playwright
Velimir Khlebnikov Poet
Lesley Rowe Production Coordinator
Greg Ceff Speaker Poems - Gau, Gau, Gau / Bo-be-o-bee sang the mouth...
Astrid Judge Speaker Poem - Thunderstorm in the month of Au
Lesley Rowe Speaker Poem - Incantation by laughter
Resources
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information This play was produced as a film-theatre hybrid, with the central character of the play (actor Robin Sinclair) also appearing in the filmed sequences, which were directed by Mark Osborn.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence from Greg Ceff
Event Identifier 147627
Dataset AusStage