Man-Child is an Australian musical written by Chris Neal, labelled "a musical odyssey in search of truth".[1][2] The musical has no unifying plot and no characters, but consists of a series of independent dream sequences presented through 17 songs.[1]
Neal first conceived the musical working in Vietnam in 1968. After a short season at the Playhouse in Canberra, Man-Child opened in Sydney in August 1971 in a 600-seat plastic bubble tent called the 'Bubble Theatre' at the Sydney Showground. The production toured to the SGIO Theatre in Brisbane and to Perth and Adelaide. A cast album was released in 1972.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "MAN-CHILD". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 39, no. 10. Australia. 4 August 1971. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Well-polished, vibrant performance". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12, 875. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 July 1971. p. 21. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The dawning of the age of rock musicals and pop operas in Australia". Radio National. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2018-09-30.