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Around the Loop single work   musical theatre   revue/revusical   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1956... 1956 Around the Loop
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A Phillip Street revue comprising original material from Australian writers and 'spots' imported from London. Highlights from the production, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, included Eric Rasdell's contribution, 'Maypole', which the paper's critic describes as 'delightful... with snappy modern wit [written in] ye olde worlde style'; 'Man in the Raincoat' (sung by June Salter); and Barry Humphries's 'gawkily funny portrait of a suburbanite keen on maroon in colour schemes' (3 August 1957, p.4).

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First known date: 1956
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Related Works

Phillip Street Revue Phillip Street Theatre , 1960 single work musical theatre revue/revusical humour

Intimate revue.

Comprising songs and sketches from the Phillip Street Theatre revues staged over the previous six years, this production also included several new faces amongst the cast.

According to a review in the Sydney Morning Herald, the highlights were a sketch titled 'Soap Opera'; Jill Perryman in 'The World is My Ashtray (and you would be my next cigarette...)'; 'Swan Like', a sketch 'where wooden swans creak and ballet is reduced to controlled and humorous gymnastics'; and 'Cinderella on Ice', described as a devastating crack at the slippery surface of pantomime' (28 April 1960, p.6).
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Works about this Work

Phillip Street Theatre's 'Loop' Revue L. B. , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 August 1956; (p. 4)
— Review of Around the Loop 1956 single work musical theatre
Phillip Street Theatre's 'Loop' Revue L. B. , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 August 1956; (p. 4)
— Review of Around the Loop 1956 single work musical theatre
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This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre.
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