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A cast of actors dressed in 70s clothing sing and dance on a blue-lit stage. In the centre is Gough Whitlam holding up a beer.

Two actors, one dressed as Malcolm Fraser in a navy suit, and the other as Gough Whitlam in a marron suit, bicker onstage.

"My directive to us starting out was 'Funnier than Hamilton, more serious than Keating!' — I wanted this to be right in the middle."
Jay James-Moody, a red-haired white man in his late 30s, wearing glasses, a white shirt and black blazer.

Monique Sallé onstage as Queen Elizabeth, dressed in all-pink with matching toque hat, knitting and singing from a chair.

Matthew Whittet kicks his feet up from a chair onstage as Norman Gunston, in a shiny blue blazer with hair slicked in a combover

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"If [Sir John] Kerr was my Shakespearean tragic figure, Norman was my clown."

Laura Murphy, a brunette white woman in her 30s, wears a bright green dress and sits on the steps of a theatre seating bank.

Andrew Cutcliffe performs onstage as Malcolm Fraser in a dark navy suit, surrounded by men in suits dancing.

"I don't know why but for some reason, it said NSYNC to me; it said '90s boy band with a smattering of Linkin Park', where they take themselves extremely seriously."

Brittanie Shipway as Margaret Whitlam and Justin Smith as Gough Whitlam embrace and sing on stage.

A headshot of Blake Erickson, a brunette white man in his 30s, wearing a black T-shirt.

"I felt nobody ever considered his humanity after the dismissal. No matter what side of politics you might be from, I thought it was utterly tragic."

Octavia Barron-Martin as John Kerr, in black suit and top hat, and Peter Carroll as Garfield Barwick, in court robes and wig

Octavia Barron-Martin onstage as Sir John Kerr, dressed in a black three-piece suit and top hat and looking sombre

A photo of Sir John Kerr's dismissal letter addressed to Gough Whitlam in a glass cabinet. Whitlam has graffitied over the top.

"Ultimately, we decided that it's not really over; it never really ended, because we're still living with the legacy of it."

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