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'Charlie, Elsa and Fay take you on a musical journey back to 1940's post-war Perth. Against a backdrop of curfews, and the fear of arrest for consorting, white and black manage to form their own club. For a night they can forget their worries and experience rare happy times singing, dancing, listening to music, and with a little luck, romance. Forty years on, as the club faces demolition, our three characters meet once again to stage a musical reunion and protest in an attempt to save their old stomping ground.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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'Wilarra' means full moon.
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Dedication: I dedicate Waltzing the Wilarra to my mother Gladys who taught me that; you can never love a child too much.
Production Details
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World premiere production by Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in February 2011 as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Director: Wesley Enoch. Musical Director: Wayne Freer.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Strawberry Hills,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Currency Press
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Foreword, single work criticism (p. 61-62)
- Foreword, single work criticism (p. 62)
- Playwright's Notes, single work criticism (p. 63)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Performance and Cosmopolitanism in Australian Aboriginal Theatre : Mapping Margins and Aboriginality in David Milroy’s Waltzing the Wilarra
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Marginality in Australian Literature 2023; (p. 131-145) -
Retro Show a Hit
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 9 March no. 496 2011; (p. 39)
— Review of Waltzing the Wilarra 2011 single work musical theatre -
Playwright's Notes
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Waltzing the Wilarra 2011; (p. 63) -
Foreword
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Waltzing the Wilarra 2011; (p. 62) -
Satire Meets Songs and Whites Meet 'Terra Nullians'
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 February 2011; (p. 15)
— Review of Waltzing the Wilarra 2011 single work musical theatre
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Waltzing the Wilarra
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 February 2011; (p. 2)
— Review of Waltzing the Wilarra 2011 single work musical theatre -
Satire Meets Songs and Whites Meet 'Terra Nullians'
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 February 2011; (p. 15)
— Review of Waltzing the Wilarra 2011 single work musical theatre -
Retro Show a Hit
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 9 March no. 496 2011; (p. 39)
— Review of Waltzing the Wilarra 2011 single work musical theatre -
Foreword
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Waltzing the Wilarra 2011; (p. 61-62) -
Foreword
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Waltzing the Wilarra 2011; (p. 62) -
Playwright's Notes
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Waltzing the Wilarra 2011; (p. 63) -
Performance and Cosmopolitanism in Australian Aboriginal Theatre : Mapping Margins and Aboriginality in David Milroy’s Waltzing the Wilarra
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Marginality in Australian Literature 2023; (p. 131-145)
Awards
- 2011 winner Performing Arts WA Awards — best new play
- 2011 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Original Score
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Settings:
- Perth, Western Australia,
- 1980s
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