Taxi Melbourne Workers Theatre 1990, Taxi, [unknown], 23 A. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Performance name Taxi Creator(s) Melbourne Workers Theatre Contributor(s) Arden, David Billing, Shirley Butera, Anna Cornelius, Patricia Damnics, Sandra Dunbar, Mark Lesser, Chris Mat, Senol Mumford, Peter Reynolds, Vicki Vela, Irine Year presented/published 1990 Publisher Melbourne Workers Theatre Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Performance venue [unknown] Performance end date 23 Apr - 26 May 1990 Description of performance 1 MP4 file (1 hr 34 min) Summary Recording of a cabaret about a Turkish taxi driver and his travails in “the lucky country”. Uses song and simple dramatic scenes to discuss the migrant experience in Australia. Directed by Patricia Cornelius. Archival footage cuts between two different venues (one of which may be Debney Park Community Centre 01:19 45 – writers Vicki Reynolds and Patricia Cornelius join the performers onstage for curtain call. 01:20:42 Senol Mat makes a short speech in Turkish 01:21:20 Encore performance of a Turkish song 01:25:49 Audience gets up to dance 01:30:02 A thankyou to MWT from one of the community, with some interesting champagne cork-popping Keyword(s) Migrants Racism Cabaret Notes Contact Deakin University Library for access to MOV file. Language eng Indigenous content off Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30113111 Document type: Performance Collection: Melbourne Workers Theatre Related Links Link Description AusStage Event Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Sep 2018, 12:18:33 EST Thu, 06 Sep 2018, 07:43:39 EST Wed, 12 Jun 2019, 15:13:49 EST Fri, 22 May 2020, 07:26:39 EST Fri, 22 May 2020, 07:27:20 EST Fri, 22 May 2020, 11:13:30 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 81 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 04 Sep 2018, 12:18:33 EST

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