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The Dismissal
Oct. 12th, 2023 11:30 pmThe Dismissal is a new musical about the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
... Wait, come back. It's actually really good!
I loved Keating!, so I would have gone to see this in any case. But I was excited by the fact that (1) the songs are by Laura Murphy, who did the songs for the fantastic Bell Shakespeare musical The Lovers, and (2) the production is by Squabbalogic, who are working on the long anticipated Good Omens musical.
One of the promos for The Dismissal has a Sydney Morning Herald pull quote that says "Australia's answer to Hamilton". Which is kind of hilarious. The official tagline is "An Extremely Serious Musical Comedy". I feel like any Australian musical about politics has to be irreverent.
Anyway, here's the trailer:
( The history )
( The musical )
( The casting )
( The villains )
( The aftermath )
( Other notes )
Further reading: What do you get when you cross Keating! with Hamilton? A Gough Whitlam musical (Sydney Morning Herald article)
... Wait, come back. It's actually really good!
I loved Keating!, so I would have gone to see this in any case. But I was excited by the fact that (1) the songs are by Laura Murphy, who did the songs for the fantastic Bell Shakespeare musical The Lovers, and (2) the production is by Squabbalogic, who are working on the long anticipated Good Omens musical.
One of the promos for The Dismissal has a Sydney Morning Herald pull quote that says "Australia's answer to Hamilton". Which is kind of hilarious. The official tagline is "An Extremely Serious Musical Comedy". I feel like any Australian musical about politics has to be irreverent.
Anyway, here's the trailer:
( The history )
( The musical )
( The casting )
( The villains )
( The aftermath )
( Other notes )
Further reading: What do you get when you cross Keating! with Hamilton? A Gough Whitlam musical (Sydney Morning Herald article)
