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Music for Contortionist

by (author) Morwyn Brebner

Publisher
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Initial publish date
Sep 2000
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896239729
    Publish Date
    Sep 2000
    List Price
    $12.95

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In Morwyn Brebner’s stunning playwriting debut, Veleska Gert—1930s cabaret star, avant-garde performance artist—explains life, love, and art from her own unique perspective. By turns hilarious and moving, Music for Contortionist is a wild ride.

About the author

Morwyn Brebner’s debut play, Music for Contortionist (Scirocco Drama, 2001), was co–produced by the Shaw Festival and the Tarragon Theatre in 2000 and nominated for a Dora and a Chalmers award. Other plays include Liquor Guns Karate and the musical Little Mercy’s First Murder (Scirocco Drama, 2004) (with composers Paul Sportelli and Jay Turvey; winner of seven Dora Mavor Moore awards, including outstanding new musical). The Optimists (Scirocco Drama, 2005) was nominated for five Betty Mitchell awards, including best new play (Theatre Junction, Calgary). Brebner is a graduate of the National Theatre School and a playwright–in–residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.

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