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Meow Meow Meow Meow i(A124594 works by) (a.k.a. Melissa Madden Gray)
Born: Established: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 ’Tis Pity ’Tis Pity : An Operatic Fantasia on Selling the Skin and the Teeth Richard Mills (composer), Richard Mills , Meow Meow , Cameron Menzies , 2017 single work musical theatre opera

'An operatic fantasia by Richard Mills, ’Tis Pity reunites the creative forces of international chanteuse Meow Meow and director Cameron Menzies to create a brand new work, following their acclaimed production of The Seven Deadly Sins.

'Richard Mills composes a flight of fancy on ‘selling the skin and the teeth’. A song cycle on the complexities of sex, pleasure, survival and salvation, trade transactions and razzle dazzle rouge through the ages, from Ishtar to the Internet, the vamp, the saint and the mirror, suckers and succour, preaching and pragmatism.

'Be drawn into a fantastical history of the concubine, the courtesan, the conqueror, the queen and the sing song girl. With texts ancient and modern, old and original.' (Production summary)
1 In Your Dreams : Meow Meow Meow Meow , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 May 2012; (p. 14) The Age asks seven Australians what they dreamed of being when they grew up (pp. 14-16). Included on the list of respondents is performer Meow Meow. Meow Meow's ambition was to 'change the world'.
1 1 Vamp Meow Meow , Michael Kantor , 2008 single work musical theatre Inspired in part by the biblical tale of Salome, and commissioned by Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Opera House, Vamp has been described by its performer and co-creator Meow Meow as the 'dual empowerment and disempowerment of the body and its sensual or ridiculous dance.' The show is essentially the celebration of the sexually charged woman - movie stars like Theda Bara, Marlene Dietrich, and Louise Brooks, unconventional and fascinating women like Sarah Bernhardt, Montes, Mata Hari and Maria Callas, and of course the Judaean princess Salome, who used her beauty to wreak a horrible revenge on John the Baptist, the man who refused to respond to her desire.
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