Wogs Out of Work explained

Wogs Out of Work
Setting:Melbourne
Premiere:1987
Orig Lang:English
Genre:comedy

Wogs Out of Work is an Australian play which was written by Nick Giannopoulos, Simon Palomares, and Mary Portesi.

It debuted in 1987 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was enormously successful, touring for a number of years.[1] The original cast included Nick Giannopoulos, Simon Palomares, George Kapiniaris, and Mary Coustas. Veteran film and TV director Marc Gracie was the original director of the production.

The success of the show led to a TV series Acropolis Now[2] plus a number of similar comedies, including Wog-A-Rama, Wogboys, Who Let the Wogs Out?, Star Wogs,[3] and Il Dago as well the films The Wog Boy and .[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nick Giannopoulos Giannopolous . www.onlymelbourne.com.au . OnlyMelbourne . 15 January 2021.
  2. News: Dennehy . Luke . Acropolis Now: Nick Giannopoulos reveals why the show really ended . 15 January 2021 . NewsComAu . Nationwide News Pty Limited . 22 August 2019 . en.
  3. Web site: Kalimniou . Dean . 'Star Wogs: The Ethnics Strike Back' . neoskosmos.com . 15 January 2021 . en . 25 September 2018.
  4. News: Pazano . Chiara . Oregliaa . Carlo . War of the 'Wogs': Comedians fight over right to use racial slur . 15 January 2021 . SBS Your Language . www.sbs.com.au . Special Broadcasting Service . 28 November 2019 . en.
  5. News: Greece is the world for Wog Boy sequel . Paul . Kalina . . 19 August 2009 . 24 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923154638/http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2009/08/18/1250362104928.html . 23 September 2009 .

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