Performance Dates
4 Apr 2003 – 26 Apr 2003April 2003
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Details
- Playwright
- Sumner Locke Elliott
- Director
- Raymond Omedei
AddressUnder Canvas on the Esplanade, Perth
‘Rusty Bugles’
By Sumner Locke Elliott
The larrikin comedy of Aussies at war
Under cover on the Perth Esplanade from 4 to 26 April 2003
Proudly presented by the Hole in Wall Theatre Company
In the sweltering heat of a World War 11 supply camp in the Northern Territory; fourteen diggers wage a comic battle of their own.
The best of Western AustraliaÂ’s actors present the boys as real; squabbling, singing, shiacking, joking, trying anything to earn a quid on the side towards the ever-distant, ever-hoped-for leave. On a crackling party line they make fragile contact with their families in the outside world, with both shattering and hilarious results.
Rusty Bugles is an outstanding social documentary of Australians at war, seen through the eyes of Diggers whose enforced idleness and limited personal contribution to the defence effort and the national cause are a constant frustration.
Rusty Bugles took Australia by storm immediately after the war, preceding the next generation of great Australian plays, The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and The One Day of the Year, by nearly a decade.
It is neither pro nor anti-war. It is a passionate, funny and very moving wartime dramatisation of the capacity of ordinary people to make meaning of their extraordinary situation. In the light of present world events it is, uncannily the perfect play for our times.
Starring a huge cast of West Australian actors: Steve Turner, James Sollis, Andrew Hale, Andy King, Peter Docker, Glenn Hall, Greg McNeill, Murray Dowsett, Igor Sas, Toby Malone, Tom Weaver, Rod Hall, and Craig Burton.
Evenings: April 4 – 26, 8pm
Matinees: Tuesday 8 April 1 pm
Monday 14 April 1 pm
Wednesday 16 April 1 pm
Saturday 12 April 2 pm
Anzac Day 2 pm
Book at BOCS on 9484 1133
By Sumner Locke Elliott
The larrikin comedy of Aussies at war
Under cover on the Perth Esplanade from 4 to 26 April 2003
Proudly presented by the Hole in Wall Theatre Company
In the sweltering heat of a World War 11 supply camp in the Northern Territory; fourteen diggers wage a comic battle of their own.
The best of Western AustraliaÂ’s actors present the boys as real; squabbling, singing, shiacking, joking, trying anything to earn a quid on the side towards the ever-distant, ever-hoped-for leave. On a crackling party line they make fragile contact with their families in the outside world, with both shattering and hilarious results.
Rusty Bugles is an outstanding social documentary of Australians at war, seen through the eyes of Diggers whose enforced idleness and limited personal contribution to the defence effort and the national cause are a constant frustration.
Rusty Bugles took Australia by storm immediately after the war, preceding the next generation of great Australian plays, The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and The One Day of the Year, by nearly a decade.
It is neither pro nor anti-war. It is a passionate, funny and very moving wartime dramatisation of the capacity of ordinary people to make meaning of their extraordinary situation. In the light of present world events it is, uncannily the perfect play for our times.
Starring a huge cast of West Australian actors: Steve Turner, James Sollis, Andrew Hale, Andy King, Peter Docker, Glenn Hall, Greg McNeill, Murray Dowsett, Igor Sas, Toby Malone, Tom Weaver, Rod Hall, and Craig Burton.
Evenings: April 4 – 26, 8pm
Matinees: Tuesday 8 April 1 pm
Monday 14 April 1 pm
Wednesday 16 April 1 pm
Saturday 12 April 2 pm
Anzac Day 2 pm
Book at BOCS on 9484 1133
Bookings
This production has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.