60 Minute Pub Theatre
The 1960s was an era of great cultural and social change in the world – not least in Australia, where a sleepy nation was roused to action by its youth. From the first man in space to the moon landing, from the assassination of JFK through the Vietnam War, from the birth of the Beatles pop group to its demise, the Sixties was one of the most momentous decades in history. And it was largely due to that generation of people born post-World War 2: the so-called “baby boomers”. They were the second-wave feminists, the gay rights activists, the ‘New Left’.
UTOPIA - the Amazing Australian Paraguayan Story
Directed by Denny Lawrence (The Bill/A Country Practice)
In the 1890s, with an economic depression and widespread unemployment, a group of Australians set out for Paraguay, in South America, to establish a Socialist society. Their leader was the charismatic writer and orator Billy Lane, and colonists included Dave Stevenson, the cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mary Cameron, who later became Dame Mary Gilmore – commemorated today on the ten-dollar note.
UTOPIA is a new musical celebrating this little-known noble experiment. The songs range in style from Australian bush ballads to romantic melodies to fiery Spanish dance tunes. This 60 minute performance is not to be missed!