 Event |
Bill Massey's Tourists
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| Venue |
The Opera House, Oamaru, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
Waitaki Arts Festival |
| First Date |
26 September 2017 |
| Last Date |
26 September 2017 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Unknown |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Bolwell plays her adolescent self trying to get her grandfather Arthur to talk about his life in World War One. After much pestering, he succumbs. What follows is a gripping, painful and sometimes hilarious tale of a young Kiwi soldier from the Otago Mounted Rifles (the young soldiers called themselves the then Prime Minister Bill Massey's 'tourists'). With his mate Cyril, he survives the terrible tragedy of Passchendaele. The play is enlivened with dance sequences set to amusing and original WW1 soldiers' ditties and First World War poems. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Solo
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Further Information |
Inaugural festival held in 2017. Lake Hawea, Arrowtown, Bannockburn, Roxburgh, Owaka, all in September.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
201552 |
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