Skipping on Stars single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Skipping on Stars
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'Skipping on Stars uses circus skills, along with narration from Noel Tovey, some audio/visual material and a driving musical accompaniment to tell the fascinating story of Con Calleano - dubbed the Wizard of the Wire - a world famous high wire artist. The show was written by playwright Stephen Sewell and is an exploration of Calleano's development as a performer and his life in the circus, as well as his attempt to hide the fact that he was in fact aboriginal at a time when being aboriginal was something that he was made to feel shame over.' (http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1073870.htm) Sighted 7/4/04

Production Details

  • Performed by the Flying Fruit Fly Circus at Victorian Arts Centre - Melbourne Concert Hall, 10 - 17 January 2004; at Parramatta Riverside Theatre, 21 -24 January, 2004; at the Canberra Theatre, 1 - 7 February 2004 and at the Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, 24 - 27 March 2004. Director: Kim Walker.

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First known date: 2004
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Works about this Work

Little Black Bastard Skips on the Stars Glenda Guest , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 236 2004; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
Salute to the Wizard of the Wire Debra Aldred , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 March 2004; (p. 50)
— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
Flys' Wizard Idea Catherine Lambert , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 March 2004; (p. 17)
— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
Flys' Wizard Idea Catherine Lambert , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 March 2004; (p. 17)
— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
Salute to the Wizard of the Wire Debra Aldred , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 March 2004; (p. 50)
— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
Little Black Bastard Skips on the Stars Glenda Guest , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 236 2004; (p. 6-7)
— Review of Skipping on Stars Stephen Sewell , 2004 single work drama
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