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Tiptoe single work   drama   mystery   - Two acts.
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Tiptoe
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Emma Lee gets a commission to construct a public art piece in Charters Towers for the Centenary celebrations. She is inspired by her great-grandmother, Annie Lee, and her daughter, great-aunt June, known as Annie Bags and Tiptoe Jen, legendary vagrants from the town's gold mining past. When Emma discovers that Tiptoe had mysteriously disappeared, she is convinced that Charters Towers' locals, Winsome and Ruby Bradley and their sister Dot Muskett, know what happened to her. Emma's quest to find the truth as she builds her Maquette, is fraught with danger, as these elderly sisters are not as they seem. The consequences for Emma are dreadful. (p.101, Playlab imprint)

Production Details

  • First produced by Just Us Theatre Ensemble (JUTE Theatre) at the JUTE Theatre, Cairns and opened on Friday 4th July. Directed by David Fenton with Carol Burns as Winsome.

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First known date: 2008
Last amended 26 May 2009 09:33:02
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  • Charters Towers, Charters Towers area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
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