Mavis Goes to Timor

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Event Mavis Goes to Timor
Venue Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Umbrella Event Perth International Arts Festival 2002
First Date 7 February 2002
Last Date 12 March 2002
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description The true story of 86 year old haberdasher Mavis Taylor. In 1999 horrified by the images of devastation, this mother of nine surprises friends and family by leaving Australia for East Timor to set up a women's sewing co-operative. Mavis tackles the deprivation, red tape and her own doubts that she is up to the job and successfully establishes seventeen sewing centres.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Visual Theatre
Biographical
Subjects War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kavisha Mazzella Composer
Mand Markey Costume Designer
Angela Chaplin Creator
Kavisha Mazzella Creator
Katherine Thomson Creator
Angela Chaplin Director
Mark Howett Lighting Designer
Kavisha Mazzella Performer
Michael Betts Set Designer
Nancy Jones Video Director
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Event Identifier 16506