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Event

Calamity

Venue

Southbank Theatre, The Lawler, Southbank, VIC

Umbrella Event

Neon Festival of Independent Theatre 2015

First Date

28 May 2015

Last Date

7 June 2015

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Yes

Description

The gun-slinging, foul-mouthed cowgirl Calamity Jane has become a legend of the American Wild West. A spinster, a notorious liar and a violent drunk, she lived and dressed like a man in a protofeminist era – yet in her death, unwittingly became a pin-up girl.

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Organisations

Zoey Louise Moonbeam Dawson Shakespeare Company, Production Company
Neon Festival of Independent Theatre, Presenting Company
Melbourne Theatre Company, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Letitia Brennan-Steers	Assistant Director
Romanie Harper	Designer
Zoey Dawson	Director
Romanie Harper	Director
Emma Valente	Lighting Designer
Debra Iris Batton	Performer
Zoey Dawson	Performer
Ivy Miller	Performer
Jo Porter	Producer
James Paul	Sound Designer
Zoey Dawson	Writer

Resources

Review: Andrew Fuhrmann, Calamity review, Daily Review, 31 May 2015

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Data Source

Source	Description
Web	https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/production-archive/2015-2019/2015-neon-festival-of-independent-theatre/calamity/

Event Identifier

214025

Dataset

AusStage