Bleedin' Butterflies

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Event Bleedin' Butterflies
Venue Red Shed Theatre, Adelaide, SA
First Date 2 September 1980
Opening Date 3 September 1980
Last Date 26 September 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description The play is set during the Great Depression in a tent camp outside Perth. It is a compassionate account of the compromises forced on working class women when the chips are down and simultaneously a vitriolic attack on the hypocrisies of sexual and sexist morality, religious cant and the humbug of politics.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Australian National Identity
Intellectual Disability
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Christina Andersson Actor Christine 'Smith'
Gwenda Helsham Actor Nina Lamb
Ron Hoenig Actor Leo Sewell
David Kirk Actor Jack Broadbent
Wendy Madigan Actor May Sewell
Geoff Revell Actor Jimmy Lamb
Lisa Philip-Harbutt Designer
David Young Director
Jon Firman Lighting Operator / Technician
Doreen Clarke Playwright
Virginia Baxter Sound Operator / Engineer
Jon Firman Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Character Jimmy Lamb is described as being 'retarded'.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
CV Wendy Madigan Bio
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1980
Australian Drama Project (UQ) BLEEDINDC
Book John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Event Identifier 80965