The Daylight Atheist
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The Daylight Atheist | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| First Date | 12 May 2004 | |||||||||||||
| Last Date | 22 May 2004 | |||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||
| Status | Professional | |||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||
| Part of a Tour | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Description | Danny Moffat, an Ulsterman, emigrates to New Zealand following the Second World War with his wife ('Dingbat') and his first born ('Egghead'). Danny's drinking isolates him frm his family and he retreats to his bedroom fortress.Amid the debris he conjures up the characters and narrative of his past, in a twilight quest for resolution and redemption. | |||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Subjects |
Alcohol
Fathers Irish Migration Sons |
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| Text Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Production Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Further Information | Otago & Southland. Tapanui 12 May; Gore 13 May; Invercargill 14 - 15 May at Centrestage; Arrowtown 18 May; Wanaka 19 May; Alexandra 20 May; Ranfurly 21 May; Kurow 22 May. | |||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||
| Data Set | Theatre Aotearoa | |||||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 187082 | |||||||||||||
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