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CANCELLED: All ticket holders have now been contacted regarding refunds for Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
From the cane fields to the city, an iconic Australian story of passion, bittersweet romance and the yearning for lost youth.
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a beautifully observed, humorous and poignant play. Based on Ray Lawler's much loved tale of two Queensland cane cutters.
For 16 years they have worked in the brutal sugar cane fields 7 months on and 5 months off. In their 5 months off, they travel back to Melbourne for partying and romance with their barmaid girlfriends. But this seventeenth summer will prove challenging for them all.
A triumph at its 1955 Melbourne Premier, and highly successful West End season, this 2020 production of the Australian classic, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, directed by award winning, Denny Lawrence, celebrates the 65th anniversary of this iconic play.
Audience warning: Adult themes. Suitable for ages 15+.