Nuclear Family

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Event Nuclear Family
Venue Nexus Gallery, Adelaide, SA
First Date 26 February 2011
Opening Date 26 February 2011
Last Date 8 March 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Kiwi artist Yael Gezentsvey embodies various multicultural characters in this fast-paced and tightly crafted solo show - a comedic drama set in green New Zealand and red USSR in the lead-up to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Nuclear Family follows a colourful bunch of Venezuelan and Soviet immigrants a...s they are forced to question whether freedom and control over one's destiny are only illusions.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Yael Gezentsvey Actor
Dushyant Kumar Director
Desiree Gezentsvey Playwright
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality Australia
New Zealand
Further Information Winner of the 2011 Moondance International Festival Atlantis Award for Best Stageplay (Script). Named one of the TOP 100 must-see shows at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe NUCLEAR FAMILY premiered to 5-star reviews at the 2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival, Australia, performed 'solo' by Yael Gezentsvey and directed by Dushayant Kumar. It had further productions directed by James Hadley at the 2011 L
Event Status Completed
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Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 88885