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All men are mongrels, albeit ultimately loveable mutts, seems to be the message of Summer Rain, the Australian musical that has garnered something of a classic status since its origins, thirty years ago, as a commissioned piece by NIDA for its third year aspirant thespians to fuel their triple threats with.
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Parking the car at the Mullumbimby Bowlo, we decide to walk up to the Civic Hall to collect our tickets. The Cassettes come sliding and groovin’ toward us and we are momentarily caught up in the act, busting a few old ‘80s moves and not feeling out of place at all.
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The 2014 translation by US playwright Annie Baker, with its use of current vocabulary and slang, gives the play a more contemporary feeling and greater relevance to twenty-first century audiences.
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It’s one of those story within a story plots which charts the production of a musical version of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ as well as the frisson on-and-off stage between Fred Graham, sung by Coleman-Wright and Lilli Vanessi played by Barker.
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The two jazz babies opened the show in spiffy tuxedos with just a touch of sparkly detail. With scraped back hair and full make up they were a sexy pairing of androgynous glamour.
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Mash together one of the freshest comedies to hit Aussie TV in a long time, SBS’s Black Comedy, with one of the dodgiest cult films ever made, Showgirls, then chuck in a bit of South Park cartoonesque inanity for good measure, and you’ll get a fair picture of Blaque Showgirls.
