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Keating received the Barry Award, the Golden Gibbo and the Age Critic's Award at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Best Original Score (Cabaret) 2005 Green Room award, and was nominated for Best Musical at the inaugural Sydney Theatre Awards. It also won the 2006 Helpmann Award for Best Original Score.
Production Details
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Premiered at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival by the Drowsy Drivers and has toured Sydney, Adealide and Brisbane.
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A revised, extended version of the musical was first produced at Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales on 11 November 2006. Directed by Neil Armfield. The production subsequently toured Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Wollongong, New South Wales, and Perth and Albany, Western Australia.
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Works about this Work
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The Musical Australia Had to Have
2013
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criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 552-558) -
Modern Times : The Novelist and the Politician
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 393 2012; (p. 10) -
The Mirth of Going from a PM to a Plus One
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 26 March 2012; (p. 15) -
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Vintage Keating
Brian Carroll
(editor),
Dural
:
Rosenberg
,
2010
Z1715135
2010
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prose
'So far, Paul Keating is the only Australian Prime Minister to provide star material for a musical comedy. Who can imagine any of the others doing that?
'Even before he became Prime Minister, Keating had made a name for himself as someone who could dominate Parliament with his rapid and cutting ripostes. By the time he did reach the top office, there were already book length collections of his insults and invective. Even the Liberal Party, apparently, was keeping a list. Nobody was safe, not even people on his own side of politics. Ask 'Old Silver'. In this book, Brian Carroll has found and arranged enough of Keating's utterances to keep you chuckling (or clucking your tongue) for a long time.
'The book begins with a short biography of Keating, just to put it all in context. Then there's a long parade of his wit, leavened with a certain amount of his wisdom, of which there was plenty, but which too often tends to be overlooked. Being rejected by the electors did not stop him, and the book contains examples of his wit and wisdom right up to the end of 2009. As one observer put it, he brought a breath of fresh air to the wasteland of weasel words we endure.
'And for those who have not seen Keating! The Musical, and even for those who have, there's a chapter on how the show came to be and what it's all about.' (From the publisher's website.)
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The Satire We Had to Have
2008
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prose
humour
— Appears in: The Best Australian Humorous Writing 2008; (p. 163-165)
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Still Keating Calls the Tune
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 July 2006; (p. 6)
— Review of Keating! A Country Soul Opera 2005 single work musical theatre -
A West Side Story
2007
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review
— Appears in: The Monthly , February no. 20 2007; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Keating! A Country Soul Opera 2005 single work musical theatre -
Keating Stages a Musical Comeback
2007
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of Keating! A Country Soul Opera 2005 single work musical theatre -
The Lizard of Oz: Keating! the Musical
2006
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review
— Appears in: M/C Reviews , August 2006;
— Review of Keating! A Country Soul Opera 2005 single work musical theatre -
Keating! No Apology Needed
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 February 2008; (p. 21)
— Review of Keating! A Country Soul Opera 2005 single work musical theatre -
Ballad of Bankstown
2006
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column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 January 2006; (p. 4-5) -
Bleeding Heart Songs from the 'Arse End'
2007
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 11 August 2007; (p. 13) -
Double Take
2007
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column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 3-4 November 2007; (p. 14) -
Keating Back in Landslide
2007
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column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 November 2007; (p. 59) -
Hold the Applause - The Show Just Began
2007
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 December 2007; (p. 35)
Awards
- 2008 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Regional Touring Production Nominated for the Company B touring production.
- 2007 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Musical Nominated for the 2006 Company B production.