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“Australia’s answer to Hamilton”

- SMH

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11 NOVEMBER 1975.

 

As Gough Whitlam decries his dismissal as Prime Minister, a mighty crowd of reporters throng the steps of Parliament House. Chief amongst them, one of Australia’s most iconic larrikins: Norman Gunston, Gold Logie winner and Wollongong’s favourite son.

Fast forward 45 years as Norman returns to narrate a rollicking, razor-sharp musical account of Australia’s constitutional crisis. Fans of political satire will revel in this all-singing, all-dancing, all -mud-slinging retelling of the controversial events that brought our country to a stand-still.

The Dismissal revives the full rogues gallery of 70’s politics: ambitious Whitlam, seductive Malcolm Fraser, silver-fox Sir John Kerr, and even Her Majesty QEII as you’ve never seen her.

The Dismissal is Australia’s very own Hamilton - equal parts toe-tapping time travel, and nuanced commentary on Australia’s place in the world today.

With unimpeachable wit and a cracking original score, this ambitious World-Premiere reckoning for the nation’s soul is a sensational night out for audiences of any political persuasion.

The producers gratefully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today with whom we work and with whom we share stories.

The Dismissal was commissioned and developed by Squabbalogic with the support of the Russell Mills Foundation, Seabourn, Broughton & Walford Foundation, and Create NSW.

Three logos of companys that helped make The Dismissal a reality. Create NSW Arts, Screen and Culture; The Russels Mills Foundation and S&W Foundation

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