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We Built This City single work   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 We Built This City
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'Construction and building workers' greatest skills and experiences were crafted and choreographed to build a roving rock performance event which celebrated the great strength and skill of builders in Melbourne who daily put their lives on the line and rightly proclaim "We built this city!" "We Built This City" featured a cast of unionists to form an industrial percussion ensemble coordinated by Mark Grunden, a rock band with anthems written and performed by Mark Seymour, the Trades Union Choir and a dance of heavy machinery set to a grunty percussion line-up.' Source: http://www.melbourneworkerstheatre.com/previous.html (Sighted 03/01/2007)

Production Details

  • First produced by the Melbourne Workers Theatre at Scienceworks in the 19th century Pumping Station, 2 Booker Street Spotswood, Victoria, 26 April - 6 May, 2006. Director: Donna Jackson.

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Works about this Work

The Post-Dramatic Stage John McCallum , 2007 single work essay
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 January 2007; (p. 12)
The Post-Dramatic Stage John McCallum , 2007 single work essay
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 January 2007; (p. 12)
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