Cho Cho San, Nov 1984
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Peter Wilson with Cho Cho puppet 1984
For those of you who saw it and adored it, her is a Gallery about Cho Cho San by Handspan Theatre from the 1984 mesmerising production with Ruth Shoenheimer and Danny Nash singing, and sublime puppetry by everyone else.
This is for all those who requested the link. Please share it with other folks. When I posted this on Facebook, there was an outpouring of love and admiration for this show. I miss Handspan.
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Director - Geoff Hooke
Lighting - Phillip Lethean
Music - Dalmazio Barbare & Boris Conley
Book - Daniel Keene
Designer - Ken Evans
Singers: Ruth Shoenheimerr & Danny Nash
Puppeteer for Cho Cho - Peter Wilson
Puppeteers: Carmelina Di Guglielmo, Lizz Lethlean, Andrew Hansen, John Rodgers.
(If I omitted anyone, please let me know.)
From the Gallery:
"A bitter-sweet revision of the Madame Butterfly story written by Daniel Keene, directed by Geoff Hooke and designed by Ken Evanswith a score composed by Dalmazio Babare and Boris Conley.
"Cho Cho San played a four-week season in an intimate performance space at the Universal Theatre, Fitzroy. The set occupied the long side of the rectangular room and performers and musicians shared the stage."
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