Melbourne theatre stars Sisters Grimm (Declan Green and Ash Flanders) delve into the increasing gap between wealth and poverty with opera, protest and drag. They stage their own version of satirical Verdi’s romantic opera La Traviata, a story of a lovelorn courtesan forced to choose between a life of disgrace with the pauper she loves or a life of upscale servitude to a baron.
Grimm’s performance is part opera, part protest and part drag show. It takes Verdi’s narrative through the sweatshops of Mumbai and the wastepaper basket of the Federal Minister for the Arts.
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Belvoir
25 Belvoir St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Date: from 27 August to 20 September 2015
Price: from $25
Website: Belvoir
Telephone: (02) 9699 3444
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