King of Country

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Event King of Country
Venue Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
First Date 24 July 1992
Opening Date 25 July 1992
Last Date 15 August 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Horace, Chook and Vikki, the three generations of Fowlers, have Country and Western music in their blood. But for each of them their music and their country have different meanings. Chook is lost, stranded in suburbia between the big country myths of his father, the wily old Horace, and the get-up-and-go of his daughter Vikki. It takes a family trip to the Tamworth Music Festival and a chance meeting with a long lost lover to get Chook fired up again. It takes Vikki's boyfriend Hank to remind us of the treasure we have in our own Australian Country and Western music.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Subjects Australian National Identity
Country and western music
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Carrie Barr Actor Vikki Fowler
George Butrumlis Actor The Blue Dogs Band
Jo Campbell Actor Pearl
Cliff Ellen Actor Horace Fowler
Paul Gadsby Actor The Blue Dogs Band
Gerry Hale Actor The Blue Dogs Band
Wayne Pygram Actor Hank Henerson
John Wood Actor Chook Fowler
Robert Taylor Administrator
Dale Jones-Evans Designer
John Ellis Director
Jill Smith General Manager
John Drummond Montgomery Lighting Designer
Tim Gooding Music and Lyrics
Gerry Hale Musical Arranger
Gerry Hale Musical Director
Tim Gooding Playwright
Linda Aitken Production Manager
Stuart McKenzie Sound Operator / Engineer
Alex Duncan Stage Manager
Bryan Smith Stage Manager, Assistant
Peter Harvey-Wright Voice Over Artist Tamworth Radio Announcer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Flyer Theatre Programme Collection. State Library of Victoria
Press Release
Brochure
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record July, 1992
Data Reviewed By Robert Taylor (RobertTaylor) on 17 September 2021
Event Identifier 16672