Bitin' Back single work   drama   humour  
Note: The play 'Bitin' Back' is an adaptation by Vivienne Cleven from her book Bitin' Back (2001).
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Bitin' Back
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Adapted from Vivenne Cleven's award-winning novel Bitin Back.

Production Details

  • First produced by Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts in association with QPAC, 5-16 July 2005 at the Cremorne Theatre, QPAC. Director: Wesley Enoch

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First known date: 2005
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Bitin' Back Just Call Me Jean Vivienne Cleven , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2001 Z669132 2001 single work novel (taught in 7 units) 'When the Blackout's star player Nevil Dooley wakes one morning to don a frock and 'eyeshada', his mother's idle days at the bingo hall are gone forever. Mystified and clueless, single parent Mavis takes bush-cunning and fast footwork to unravel the mystery behind this sudden change of face... Hilarity prevails while desperation builds in the race to save Nevil from the savage consequences of discovery in a town where a career in footy is a young black man's only escape. Neither pig shoots, bust-ups at the Two Dogs, bare-knuckle sessions in the shed or even a police siege can slow the countdown on this human time bomb.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work

Brisbane's Aboriginal Theatre Foundering Rosemary Sorensen , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 April 2007; (p. 12)
Gay Times in Frenetic Farce James Harper , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 July 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of Bitin' Back Vivienne Cleven , 2005 single work drama
Dressed up to Change Perceptions Sandra McLean , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 July 2005; (p. 5)
— Review of Bitin' Back Vivienne Cleven , 2005 single work drama
Dressed up to Change Perceptions Sandra McLean , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 July 2005; (p. 5)
— Review of Bitin' Back Vivienne Cleven , 2005 single work drama
Gay Times in Frenetic Farce James Harper , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 July 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of Bitin' Back Vivienne Cleven , 2005 single work drama
Brisbane's Aboriginal Theatre Foundering Rosemary Sorensen , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 April 2007; (p. 12)
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