Event |
The Choir
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Venue |
Nimrod Upstairs, Surry Hills, NSW |
Umbrella Event |
Festival of Sydney 1981 |
First Date |
21 January 1981 |
Opening Date |
21 January 1981 |
Last Date |
15 March 1981 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
The orphanage boys' choir has won the interstate competition three years in a row. Miss Lawson (never seen) wants to win it again. She has the boy sopranos castrated so that their voices will remain high, pure and beautiful. The choir boys get an easy life with seven to a dormitory and they also are passionate in wanting to win. Andrew is the Head Boy in the dormitory of this story. The others idolise him except for Michael who will not speak and sits at his desk cutting out heads from photos in magazines. Underneath the story lies an uneasy and distorted sexuality with Andrew as love-god. |
Description Source |
Website |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
Children's Theatre
|
Subjects |
Relationships
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Organisations |
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Festival of Sydney, Presenting Company
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Shopfront Theatre, [Unknown]
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Nimrod Theatre Company, Production Company
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Australian National Playwrights Conference, Other
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Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
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New South Wales Government, Grant Body
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Winfield Promotions Company, Sponsor
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Sydney Committee Limited, Sponsor
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Singapore Airlines Ltd, Sponsor
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Stehar Knitting Mills Pty. Limited, Sponsor
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Broadwave Hairdressers, Sponsor
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Advertisement:  The Choir, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 January 1981, 17
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Article:  Leonard Radic, Neil Armfield on the way up, The Age, 10 March 1981, 10
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Article:  The Choir, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 January 1981, 8
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Further Information |
First workshopped Australian National Playwrights' Conference, 1980.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
CHOIREB |
Programme |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
Book |
Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981 |
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Event Identifier
| 6254 |
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