Performance Archive: 1989
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MISERY OF BEAUTY
Date: 25 May 1989 - 17 Jun 1989
The Misery of Beauty centres around the lives of four characters, a magician, his assistant, a singer and a dancer. It is a play about love, friendship, loneliness and trust. When their nocturnal world of glitter and illusion is disturbed by the discovery of some perplexing letters, a journey begins, which takes them from backstage at a nightclub in an inner bayside suburb of Melbourne, to Highston, a small country town in Victoria.
Here under the blinding sun their dreams, secrets and obsessions are exposed, as each searches for the truth behind the lies.
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FULL HOUSE/NO VACANCY ~ Age Comedy Festival
Date: 03 Apr 1989 - 00 0000
Gather at the Linga Longa Private Hotel, a run-down, but once historic, boarding house situated at 26 Acland Street, St Kilda. Meet the wealth of 'St Kilda eccentrics' who pop in and out of the rooms ...
Meet MORREY, the blind caretaker who loathes his guests! Wait with faded star SHEILA for 'that' phone call from her agent. Listen to FREDDIE FINALLY's jokes and realise why he didn't get to Edinburgh! Try to understand the lilt of Welsh freedom fighter GARETH, who's lost his passport. Ponder the motives of real estate agent NICK ... did he buy the building Why? Work out LIZ'S guilty secret! Investigate the gorilla suit in ROSIE's cupboard!
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About The Archive
Theatre Works performance archives.
In 2010, Theatre Works celebrated 30 years since the company's formation and 25 years in its current home in St Kilda!
In celebration of this milestone, we are very excited to present to you our history in a wonderful, easy to reference online format.
Over the coming months, you'll find more wonderful records of the hundreds of shows and events that have been performed by and at Theatre Works since 1980.
That's got to be something worth celebrating!
If you have further information, images, documents, videos and photos to contribute, we would love to hear from you!
Please email Paula on admin(replace+with+at+symbol)theatreworks.org.au with your contribution.
Theatre Works wishes to thank the following people and organisations for their invaluable contribution to our historic archives;
- Paul Davies [for his wonderful support and historical archives of the first decade of the company's history]
- CH Architects [for their in-kind support in scanning the numerous posters, flyers and photos]
Theatre Works respectfully acknowledges the Yalukit Willam Clan of the Boon Wurrung who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past and present. We acknowledge and uphold their continuing relationship to this land and extend that respect to other Indigenous Australians who join us at Theatre Works.