'In this brave autobiographical monologue, Noel Tovey recounts his traumatic childhood and yet his indomitable will to survive. He tells his story with candour, dignity and flashes of humour in the ultimate tale of triumph and transformation.' (Source: Ilbijerri Theatre Company website)
An autobiographical drama in the form of a one-way conversation, devised and narrated by Noel Tovey, La Mama at the Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne April 2003.
Director: Robina McKellar.
Cast: Noel Tovey.
Rehearsal Director: Isaac Drandic.
Set Designer: Richard Roberts.
Sound Designer: Sarah De Jong.
Digital Images: Douglas Iain Smith.
Lighting Design: Rachel Burke.
Revived at La Mama, 3-7 May 2017.
Director: Robina Beard.
Cast: Noel Tovey.
Researcher, Personal Assistant and Stage Manager: Cali Vandyke-Dunleavy.
Production Manager: Bec Etchell.
Original Set Design: Richard Roberts.
Cast and Crew
Rehearsal Director: Isaac Drandic
Set Designer: Richard Roberts
Sound Designer: Sarah De Jong
Digital Images: Douglas Iain Smith
Lighting Design: Rachel Burke
Little Black Bastard : A Story of Survival
Sydney
:
Hodder Headline Australia
,
2004
Z1123470
2004
single work
autobiography
'Noel Tovey has an amazing story. A street kid in the slums of Carlton, he survived a childhood - buffeted by the horrors of poverty, sex abuse and neglect - which would have killed some, and certainly twisted most beyond hope. This is the story of how he lived and survived the years of childhood and adolescence - and all along the way held on to a sense of hope and optimism which allowed him to realise his potential as a dancer and choreographer in London and the United States.
Little Black Bastard is also a journey back to the Melbourne of the late 1940s and 1950s - and wonderfully evokes the sights and sounds and social mores of the times. It is a rare memoir, which truly shows the power of the human spirit.' Source: Publisher's blurb.
