yellow poster with text and portrait of Kahlo, hair streaming ou and filled with memento mori  

Viva la Vida Frida Kahlo

1993

Viva la Vida - Frida Kahlo explored the life and work of 20th Century painter Frida Kahlo. The role of Frida was played by two actors as depicted in the 1939 work "Two Fridas". It was written by Karen Corbett, directed by Angela Chaplin and designed by Ken Evans, with music composed by Boris Conley.

Viva la Vida Frida Kahlo premiered at Melbourne's Gasworks Theatre in 1993 and toured to Adelaide, Hobart and Sydney in 1994.


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two women seated, one dressed in European style and the other in Mexican
Two Fridas
two women seated as before, with large skeleton looming behind them
"the aunty of the little girls"
two fridas conversing side by side in four-poster bed
"A silent exit"
in bed two Fridas share a drink
Drinking in bed
two Fridas lie in bed watching a coffin pass over them
Scene referencing the painting "The Dream", 1940
The Broken Column, 1944
"Night is falling in my life."
"Fulang-Chang and I", 1937
Miscarriage
Viva la Revolution
Diego orates
Greeting Diego
Diego and Frida
"There are 3 things I want to do. Paint, paint, paint."
"Tree of Hope, Remain Strong", 1946
Melita Jurisic in rehearsal
Rehearsal with Diego
Jane Bayly and Carmelina Di Guglielmo
Three Fridas
Ready to march for gay rights, Hobart 1994
Salamanca Arts Festival, Hobart 1994