Event | Doctor Floyd Fly By Night Medicine Show | |||||
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Venue | Adelaide, Adelaide, SA | |||||
Umbrella Event | Adelaide Festival | |||||
First Date | March 1982 | |||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||
Status | Professional | |||||
World Premiere | No | |||||
Description | For ?Dr Floyd?, the topic was the health care system and in particular the problems of over-servicing by doctors and the lack of recognition for the nursing profession. We toured Adelaide for the 1982 festival, played Sydney's Easter Show, toured to Brisbane for its festival, and made the show fit a vast range of other venues. 'Dr Floyd' was flexible, with a Vaudevillian repertoire of sketches, juggling acts, dance, song, magic tricks and improvised bull shit. Every piece of paraphernalia we needed traveled in a collapsable wooden cart. The form of 'Dr Floyd' was driven by the need to be bold and bright on the streets. An eight person busking troupe was almost unheard of in Australia, but that size cast, the costumi |
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Description Source | Website | |||||
Primary Genre | Other | |||||
Secondary Genre |
Vaudeville
Street Theatre |
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Subjects |
Health Services
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Text Nationality | Australia | |||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||
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Event Identifier | 91231 | |||||
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