Event | 
					 After Dinner 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				La Mama, Carlton, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					20 April 1988 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					20 April 1988 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					8 May 1988 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional Cooperative | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					A black comedy about the singles scene, set in a restaurant among a group of gregarious but vulnerable women and a pair of stand-offish and vulnerable men ... and what happens when their separate tables merge ... | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Reviewer's Opinion | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Comedy
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Relationships
						 
						
						
							Restaurants
						 
						
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					| Contributors | 
					
					
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Article:  Campbell Thomson, [After Dinner], Melbourne Times, 27 April 1988
 
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				       Article:  Russell Walsh, [After Dinner], The Herald, 25 April 1988
 
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				       Review:  Humphrey Bower, After Dinner, New Theatre Australia, July/August, 6, July 1988, 23
 
				             
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						| Works | 
						
						
							
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Australia
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Australia
				
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					First season of many. The Melody Lords (parody of a glam rock group) were the band, in the alias of Tom Gillick and the Heartbreaks
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record | 
									
									April 1988 | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Programme | 
									
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					| Data Reviewed By
					
					
						 | Tom Gutteridge (TomGutteridge) on 20 October 2016 | 
						
				
				
			
			
				
					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					550 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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