The Forty Lounge Cafe

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Event The Forty Lounge Cafe
Venue Beckett Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
Umbrella Event The Antipodes Festival
First Date 15 March 1990
Opening Date 16 March 1990
Last Date 7 April 1990
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Oscillating between Greece and Australia, the play reflects a personal odyssey of change and reconciliation. Lyssiotis writes of the experiences of her mother when she came to Australia to marry a Greek Australian living in the Wimmera wheat growing district. Together they set up and ran a forty lounge cafe in Horsham.
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Greeks
Migrants
Multicultural
Rural communities
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Carmelina di Guglielmo Actor Stavroula / Sonia / Irini
Evdokia Katahanas Actor Eleni / Toula / Marika
Rosie Lalevich Actor Sylvia / Mrs Wick / Aspasia
Mary Sitarenos Actor Elefteria
Tyrone Landau Composer
Richard Jeziorny Costume Designer
Robert Draffin Director
Robert Draffin Dramaturg/e
Mary Sitarenos Dramaturg/e
Jill Smith General Manager
David Schultz Lighting Designer
Tyrone Landau Musical Director
Ron Elazary Musician
Tes Lyssiotis Playwright
Robert Taylor Production Manager
Richard Jeziorny Set Designer
Stuart McKenzie Sound Operator/Engineer
Ross Murray Stage Manager
Sally Marsden Visual Artist Sculptor
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Opening production of the new Beckett Theatre (named after designer John Beckett) in the converted heritage Malthouse building in Southbank. Work continued on the main theatre (the Merlyn).
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record March 1990
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Programme
Press Release
Event Identifier 2146
Dataset AusStage