The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll

Date/Time
Date(s) - 16 May 2018
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Location
State Theatre Centre Of WA


GoTheatrical! App Captioned Performance of The Summer of The Seventeenth Doll on Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at 6.30pm

To book tickets: https://www.bsstc.com.au/plays/summer-of-the-seventeenth-doll

There will be a limited number of iPads available to loan for the captioned performance. Alternatively, you can download our GoTheatrical! app onto your own tablet or device via The App Store or GooglePlay.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is one of the most significant plays in Australian theatre history. This new Western Australian production will mark its presentation by every state theatre company in the country.

Set in 1950’s working class Melbourne, ‘The Doll’ revolves around the events of the seventeenth summer where two mates, on yet another ‘layo?’ season, come back to ‘live it up’ in the city with their girlfriends. However, this summer, things begin to change.

‘The Doll’ is the ultimate ‘sex in the city’ saga – seething with passion, disappointment and heartbreak, where not even love can protect those who refuse to see the realities of the changing world around them. With ‘FIFO’ and ‘DIDO’ now being a normal part of life for many Australian families, this play is more relevant to our audience than ever before.

“(Lawler) has written a play so superbly true to Australian thought and the Australian scene…We know their faces, their voices – we share their dreams, we understand their failures”. The Argus, on the world premiere in 1955 at the Union Theatre, Melbourne.

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