The Forty Lounge Cafe

Part of contact sheet from photo shoot for "The Forty Lounge Cafe". Photographer: Unknown

The Forty Lounge Cafe

By Tes Lyssiotis

15 March 1990 – 07 April 1990 Beckett Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company, Antipodes Festival,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere Co-Production

Oscillating between Greece and Australia, the play reflects a personal odyssey of change and reconciliation. Lyssiotis writes of the experiences of her mother when she came to Australia to marry a Greek Australian living in the Wimmera wheat growing district. Together they set up and ran a forty lounge cafe in Horsham.

Production still for "The Forty Lounge Cafe". Mary Sitarenos as Elefteria. Photographer: Unknown
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Production still for "The Forty Lounge Cafe". Mary Sitarenos as Elefteria. Photographer: Unknown

Cast

Creatives

Tes Lyssiotis

Playwright

Robert Draffin

Dramaturg, Director

Richard Jeziorny

Richard Jeziorny

Costume Designer, Set Designer

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Production Manager

Tyrone Landau

Tyrone Landau

Composer, Musical Director

David Schultz

Lighting Designer

Sally Marsden

Visual Artist

Stuart McKenzie

Sound Operator/Engineer

Ross Murray

Stage Manager

Ron Elazary

Musician

Jill Smith

Jill Smith

General Manager