Muckrake

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Event Muckrake
Venue La Mama, Carlton, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne International Comedy Festival 1989
First Date 6 April 1989
Last Date 15 April 1989
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere Yes
Description "Skips from one arrant absurdity to the next with effortless invention" in a late night comedy festival show about newspaper stories and private detectives.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Farce
Satire
Short Play
Subjects Crime
Detectives
Newspapers
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Frank Bren Actor Slimey Harry
Robyn Gibbes Actor Gretel Du Watt
Kenneth MacLeod Actor "Chip" Monk
Pauline Webb Actor Voice / Various roles
Michael Easton Composer
Frank Bren Director
Kenneth MacLeod Director
Frank Bren Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information One of a series of plays by Frank Bren about his celebrated comic strip bumbling detective character Jim Bonapart.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Flyer La Mama season
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record April 1989
Programme
Event Identifier 1752
Dataset AusStage