SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL

written by Ray Lawler

directed by Paul King

13 SEP - 29 SEP 2012

Weeknights and Saturdays at 8:00 pm

Sundays at 2:00 pm

About the play

For sixteen years Barney and Roo, two masculine Queensland cane-cutters, have come south to Melbourne for their annual lay-off season.

Each year they bring a kewpie doll as a memento for their barmaid sweethearts, and stay for five months in a faded Carlton terrace house - a time which all four live for, and which makes the rest of the year endurable. But on their seventeenth visit, in the summer of 1953, things "go off the rails" with unforeseen outcomes.

At the heart of this remarkable, iconic Australian play lies the pain of having to change despite the desire to keep things the way they've always been.

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Further details

Email the director Paul King:kzs058@yahoo.com.

CAST:

Character	Cast
Bubba Ryan	Anna Rodway
Pearl Cunningham	Tina Bono
Olive Leech	Jodie Symes
Emma Leech	Joan Moriarty
Barney Ibbot	Dan Haberfield
Roo Webber	Gavin Williams
Johnnie Dowd	Joel Evans

PRODUCTION:

Director	Paul King
Production Coordination	Karen Wakeham & Anne Smith
Stage Manager	Bruce Moorehouse
Asst. Stage Manager	Melanie Belcher
Set Design	Paul King
Lighting Design	Deryk Hartwick
Sound Design	George Bissett
Set Construction	led by Owen Evans
Wardrobe	Wendy Drowley
Properties	Bronwyn Parker

SEASON COMPLETED

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