Event |
Stop Calling Me Vernon
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| Venue |
Paramount Theatre, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 1998 |
| First Date |
10 March 1998 |
| Opening Date |
10 March 1998 |
| Last Date |
15 March 1998 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Stop Calling Me Vernon charts a day in the life of a brilliantly inept double-act. Last of the vaudevillians, Austin and Porter fall out of bed and into their hackneyed routines for what could be the last time. A string of hilariously failed sketches is followed by an heroic attempt at high drama and finally topped with the duo's own anarchic classic 'Waiter on Elastic.' Intensely funny and surprisingly moving, Stop Calling Me Vernon is comic theatre in The Right Size's own inimitable collision of styles. Beckett meets the Golden Age of Variety - surreal, anarchic and brilliantly executed. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Vaudeville
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
England
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 1998 programme |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
156965 |
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