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'It's 1983. Jesse wants to make it big in roller skates. His coach (and Mum) Naura, runs the tuck shop at the local rink. Newbie Harriet and her naive Marxism intrigue Jesse, but skating is only a hobby for her. Wolf, the rink's hot DJ lothario, throws down the gauntlet for skating glory, and for Harriet's hand. Jesse is troubled, caught between the Scylla and Charybdis of 80s hits: will he go for 'Gold' or collapse into the neo-nihilism of Ultravox's lament for the modern man, 'Vienna' ... Can Jesse stay true? And who is the man with the September face? A sharp and generous comedy for our times, on roller skates.' (Australian Script Centre record)
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One of eight plays selected for the 2008 Playwriting Australia Festival.
Production Details
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Produced by Uninvited Guests at the Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 9-19 December, 2009. Directed by Clare Watson.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Back to Days of Leg Warmers, Big Hair
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 December 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The Man with the September Face 2008 single work drama
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Back to Days of Leg Warmers, Big Hair
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 December 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The Man with the September Face 2008 single work drama
Last amended 17 Dec 2009 16:12:30
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