Drawing on a Mother's Experience

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Event Drawing on a Mother's Experience
Venue Illott Concert Chamber, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
Umbrella Event New Zealand International Arts Festival 1994
First Date 17 March 1994
Opening Date 17 March 1994
Last Date 19 March 1994
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Drawing on a Mother's Experience AND Kitchen Show (Double Bill)

Arts categories crumble when Bobby Baker is in town. She trained as a painter but her work is not of the 'oil on canvas' kind. Indeed, if you wanted to use such terms to describe her action painting in Drawing on a Mother's Experience it would be 'Cold roast beef, skimmed milk, frozen fish pie, Guinness, yoghurt, blackcurrants, chutney, tea, black treacle, eggs, sugar, brandy and strong white flour on a white cotton double sheet.' It could be better to call her a performance artist, but this hardly sums up her touching, pointe
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Monodrama
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bobby Baker Writer
Bobby Baker
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme AT: MS Papers 9250-58
Event Identifier 154975
Dataset AusStage