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'In blazing heat, a stolen mini hurtles towards Sydney. Inside, three teenagers from the country - Snake, Aspro and Dean - plan a future that will begin when they collect Aspro’s accident compo from the Department. Joined by Donald, an opera fanatic desperate for a change of scene, they travel to the city to take up residence in ‘the largest block of flats in the Southern Hemisphere’.
'As bush fires rage on the edge of the city, they meet Desiree, a young girl from downstairs with apocalyptic predictions.
'Sparks fly. Tensions escalate. Twilight approaches…'
Source: Griffin Theatre Company (2008 production).
Production Details
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First produced at the Winter Theatre, Fremantle, WA, 25 August 1983.
Produced by Nimrod Street Theatre Company, 28 September 1983.
Produced by the Playbox Theatre Co., St Martin's Theatre, Melbourne, 1984.
Produced by Griffin Theatre Company at SBW Stables Theatre, 22 March - 26 April 2008.
Director: Tom Healey.
Assistant Director: Shane Jones.
Designer: Gabrielle Logan.
Lighting Designer: Luiz Pampohla.
Fight Director: Gavin Robins.
Composer/Sound Designer: Nick Wishart.
Cast: Akos Armont, Kelly Butler, Eamon Farren, Emma Palmer, Mark Pegler, Andrew Ryan, and Yael Stone.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Raw Youth Strives for Attention
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of The Kid 1983 single work drama -
Potent Essay on Teen Tensions Still Resonates
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 March 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of The Kid 1983 single work drama -
'The City's Surrounded by Fire' : Michael Gow's The Kid
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 36 2000; (p. 73-87) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 21) -
Clio's Other Scroll : The re-writing of history in contemporary Australian drama
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Across the Lines : Intertextuality and Transcultural Communication in the New Literatures in English 1998; (p. 237-248) -
"Shakespeare at the Beach" : Europa-Referenzen als Vehikel australischer Indentitaetssuche in den Dramen Michael Gows [References to Europe as a vehicle for the search of identity in Michael Gow's plays]
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australien zwischen Europa und Asien 1993; (p. 135-150)
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Potent Essay on Teen Tensions Still Resonates
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 March 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of The Kid 1983 single work drama -
Raw Youth Strives for Attention
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of The Kid 1983 single work drama -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April vol. 2 no. 2 1984; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Butterflies of Kalimantan 1983 single work drama ; The Kid 1983 single work drama -
Nimrod Finds the Lost Generation
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 October vol. 103 no. 5386 1983; (p. 46,48)
— Review of The Kid 1983 single work drama -
Views of the Harbour : The Empty City in Contemporary Australian Drama
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 48-57) -
Creation and Clash 1841 : Australia's Bicentenary and the Critics
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Blast , Summer no. 8 1988-1989; (p. 22-25) - y Michael Gow's Plays : A Thematic Approach Sydney : Currency Press , 1991 Z98903 1991 single work criticism
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Michael Gow Talks to May-Brit Akerholt
May-Brit Akerholt
(interviewer),
1988
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , [Double Issue] no. 12-13 1988; (p. 73-84) -
The Melodrama of Defeat: Political Patterns in Some Colonial and Contemporary Australian Plays
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 131-143) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 20)