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Synopsis: Less than dedicated to his job as an undertaker's clerk, bored with his North Country family background, Billy Fisher takes refuge in his own invented world. For Billy, an energetic imagination makes life tolerable as he lies his way into and out of every situation, producing any explanation and making any promise that will extricate him from his present predicament, thereby creating every more tortuous entanglements for the immediate future.
Performances
24th & 25th April 2009 at 8pm
1st & 2nd of May 2009 at 8pm
3rd May 2009 at 2pm
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Thought you knew Grimm’s fairy tales? Think again.
Once upon a time…
Hidden in the crevices, drawn from the gutters and alleyways of life, comes a startling retelling of classic fairy tales.
This deliciously wicked and dangerously funny one-woman show stars Helpmann Award winning actor and singer Ursula Yovich (Australia, Jindabyne, Waltzing The Wilarra) playing a cast of bit characters from the stories of Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and more.
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