My Family and Other Animals

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Event My Family and Other Animals
Venue Genesian Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 16 September 2022
Opening Date 17 September 2022
Last Date 22 October 2022
Dates Estimated No
Status Community
World Premiere No
Description It's 1935, and an eccentric English family - four children, their widowed mother, and Roger the dog - arrives on the sun-soaked shores of Corfu to start a new life.

For eleven-year-old Gerry Durrell, the extraordinary landscape provides the perfect playground. Its exotic fauna inspires a life-long fascination with the animal kingdom - and his much-loved memoir My Family and Other Animals recently shown as The Durrells on TV.

Janys Chambers' acclaimed stage adaptation was first seen at York Theatre Royal, and invites other theatre companies to make ingenious and inventive decisions, brin
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Mary Abraham Actor Ensemble
Cris Bocchi Actor Lugaretzia Magpie 1
Gordon Carroll Actor Larry (Lawrence) Durrell
Andrew Cougle Actor George Kralevsky Kosti Local Youth
Cindy de Wet Actor Louisa Durrell
Susan Duchateau Actor Magpie 2 Ensemble
Brigitte Everett Actor Hotel Manager Sophia
Marica Fumanti Actor Ensemble
Peter Gizariotis Actor Yani Dr Androuchelli Dimitri
Theo Hatzistergos Actor Spiro Hakiaopulos
Emilia Kriketos Actor Agathi Jonquil Mrs Kralevsky
Jordan McCabe Actor Roger (the Dog)
Dominique Nesbitt Actor Gerry (Gerald) Durrell
Cynthia Ning Actor Customs Officer Durant
Liam O'Carroll Actor Michael Peter Waiter Local Youth
Deanna Ruseska Actor Margo (Margaret) Durrell
Joash Stuivenberg Actor Leslie Durrell
Guapa Te Actor Understudy Ensemble
Pratap Thakuri Actor Rose Beetle Man Alecko Waite
Javad Ziaolhagh Actor Tarkan
Janys Chambers Adaptor
Mary Abraham Assistant Stage Manager
Susan Duchateau Assistant Stage Manager
Gerald Durrell Author
Elizabeth Munro Costume Co-ordinator
Mark Nagle Costume Co-ordinator
Elizabeth Munro Director
Mark Nagle Director
Tom Massey Graphic Designer
Michael Schell Lighting Designer
Mark Berriman Lighting Operator/Technician
Grace Bondoc Lighting Operator/Technician
Cian Byrne Lighting Operator/Technician
Emmanuel Said Lighting Operator/Technician
Tom Massey Marketing/Box office/Sales
Elizabeth Munro Production Manager
Mark Nagle Production Manager
Nicola Fox Puppet Designer
Ella Monti Puppet Designer
Mitchell Latham Set Designer
Marica Fumanti Stage Manager
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://www.genesiantheatre.com.au/index.php?mode=view&s=2022&i=5
Event Identifier 170567
Dataset AusStage