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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 The Kid
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'In blazing heat, a stolen mini hurtles towards Sydney. Inside, three teenagers from the country ­- Snake, Aspro and Dean -­ plan a future that will begin when they collect Aspro’s accident compo from the Department. Joined by Donald, an opera fanatic desperate for a change of scene, they travel to the city to take up residence in ‘the largest block of flats in the Southern Hemisphere’.        

'As bush fires rage on the edge of the city, they meet Desiree, a young girl from downstairs with apocalyptic predictions.

'Sparks fly. Tensions escalate. Twilight approaches…'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company (2008 production).

Production Details

  • First produced at the Winter Theatre, Fremantle, WA, 25 August 1983.

    Produced by Nimrod Street Theatre Company, 28 September 1983.

    Produced by the Playbox Theatre Co., St Martin's Theatre, Melbourne, 1984.

    Produced by Griffin Theatre Company at SBW Stables Theatre, 22 March - 26 April 2008.

    Director: Tom Healey.

    Assistant Director: Shane Jones.

    Designer: Gabrielle Logan.

    Lighting Designer: Luiz Pampohla.

    Fight Director: Gavin Robins.

    Composer/Sound Designer: Nick Wishart.

    Cast: Akos Armont, Kelly Butler, Eamon Farren, Emma Palmer, Mark Pegler, Andrew Ryan, and Yael Stone.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Nimrod Theatre Company , 1983 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      Note/s:
      • This edition contains revisions for the Nimrod Street Theatre Company's production, 28 September 1983.
      ISBN: 086819090X
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2008 .
      Extent: 48p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes program for the Griffin Theatre Company's 2008 production.
      ISBN: 9780868198330 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Raw Youth Strives for Attention Bryce Hallett , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of The Kid Michael Gow , 1983 single work drama
Potent Essay on Teen Tensions Still Resonates Jason Blake , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 March 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of The Kid Michael Gow , 1983 single work drama
'The City's Surrounded by Fire' : Michael Gow's The Kid Paul Makeham , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 36 2000; (p. 73-87) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 21)
Clio's Other Scroll : The re-writing of history in contemporary Australian drama Norbert Schaffeld , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Across the Lines : Intertextuality and Transcultural Communication in the New Literatures in English 1998; (p. 237-248)
"Shakespeare at the Beach" : Europa-Referenzen als Vehikel australischer Indentitaetssuche in den Dramen Michael Gows [References to Europe as a vehicle for the search of identity in Michael Gow's plays] Norbert Schaffeld , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australien zwischen Europa und Asien 1993; (p. 135-150)
Potent Essay on Teen Tensions Still Resonates Jason Blake , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 March 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of The Kid Michael Gow , 1983 single work drama
Raw Youth Strives for Attention Bryce Hallett , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of The Kid Michael Gow , 1983 single work drama
Untitled Nadia Fletcher , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April vol. 2 no. 2 1984; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Butterflies of Kalimantan Jennifer Claire , 1983 single work drama ; The Kid Michael Gow , 1983 single work drama
Nimrod Finds the Lost Generation Brian Hoad , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 October vol. 103 no. 5386 1983; (p. 46,48)
— Review of The Kid Michael Gow , 1983 single work drama
Views of the Harbour : The Empty City in Contemporary Australian Drama Peter Fitzpatrick , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 48-57)
Creation and Clash 1841 : Australia's Bicentenary and the Critics Jeremy Eccles , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Blast , Summer no. 8 1988-1989; (p. 22-25)
y separately published work icon Michael Gow's Plays : A Thematic Approach Luke Icarus Simon , Sydney : Currency Press , 1991 Z98903 1991 single work criticism
Michael Gow Talks to May-Brit Akerholt May-Brit Akerholt (interviewer), 1988 single work interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , [Double Issue] no. 12-13 1988; (p. 73-84)
The Melodrama of Defeat: Political Patterns in Some Colonial and Contemporary Australian Plays Veronica Kelly , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 50 no. 2 1990; (p. 131-143) The AustLit Anthology of Criticism 2010; (p. 20)
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