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Dutch Courage Farewell Melbourne Performances |
On it’s way to New York Dutch Courage is had a ‘stop-over’ farewell reading at Theatreworks in Acland Street, St
Kilda, on April 10 & 11, 2008. The production was facilitated by
‘the lungs of Melbourne Musical Theatre’, MAGNORMOS. The all star cast included Will Conyers, Lyall Brooks, Sean Gunn, Trevor Vaughan, Josh Piterman, Ben Clark, Thomas Lacey and Luke Stephens.
Magnormos is recognised nationally and internationally for its contribution to independent
musical theatre, with a specialised focus on the work of Australian writers. Established in 2002,
Magnormos is a catalyst for the Australian musical through its two major performance
projects: OzMade Musicals (the annual national celebration of Australian musical theatre) and
the Prompt Musicals program (the presentation of rarely seen musical theatre work, with an
emphasis on original Australian musicals or Australian premieres of key international works).
With World War 2 as a backdrop, DUTCH COURAGE is “… a unique view about surviving … in a
world where Gypsies, Jews, Blacks and Gays lived in danger of extermination. Dutch Courage
succeeds in treating these issues with a good deal of sensitivity…”Adelaide Advertiser
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Dutch Courage in Melbourne |
On a cold Melbourne night, St Kilda’s Theatreworks was sizzling with a staged reading of Dutch Courage, the first collaboration between Composer / Lyricist Sean Peter and Book Writer Barry Lowe. Set in World War two, it tells the story of gay resistance workers, fighting the Germans in every way they can.
Selected from over 50 musicals, Dutch Courage was honoured as the first Australian musical to appear as part of the Magnormos Music Theatre Readings Program. |
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The year is 1940. Germany invades the Netherlands. Jews are rounded up, Gypsies are exterminated, but the lowest of the lows were Holland’s homosexual community.
Based on fact, “Dutch Courage” tells the hilarious and moving story of a group of gay resistance workers, fighting the Germans in every way they can. Lead by Greta – a transsexual club owner and performer, she and right hand man Jakob recruit a young group of men Jopie, Rost , Jan and Willem.
Together they wreak havoc through sabotage, seduction and blackmail. Yet when the clampdown comes – will Greta’s protection be enough to get them through?
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