Theatre Aotearoa

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Event

Eyes of the Whites

Venue

Nimrod Downstairs, Surry Hills, NSW

First Date

4 November 1981

Opening Date

4 November 1981

Last Date

6 December 1981

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Yes

Description

Exploring the struggle of the natives of New Guinea, torn between their own culture and the progressive capitalist civilisation introduced by the white man.

Description Source

Article

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Education
Satire

Subjects

Colonial

Organisations

Nimrod Theatre Company, Production Company
New South Wales Government, Grant Body
Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
Winfield Promotions Company, Sponsor
The Sydney Committee, Sponsor
Singapore Airlines Ltd, Sponsor
Goethe Institut, Other
Stehar Knitting Mills Pty. Limited, Sponsor
Luxafoam Industries, Sponsor
Air Niugini, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Ron Becks	Actor	Yulli Mbono
Roslyn Bobom	Actor	Juna Sambata
Christine Mahoney	Actor	Sera Lashwood
John Posikei Alex	Actor	Peter Sambata
Kerry Walker	Actor	Moira Lashwood
Peter Whitford	Actor	Tom Lashwood
Mary Hickson	Assistant to the Director
Bill Haycock	Designer
Neil Armfield	Director
Jonathan Ciddor	Lighting Designer
Tony Strachan	Playwright
Glenda Johnson	Stage Manager

Resources

Book: Tony Strachan, Eyes of the Whites, Alternative Publishing Cooperative Ltd and Nimrod Threatre, Sydney, The University of Queensland, Fryer Library, 1983

Works

Eyes of the Whites

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Book	John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Australian Drama Project (UQ)	EYESOFTTS
Programme	Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library

Event Identifier

6233

Dataset

AusStage