Variations (musical)

Variations
Chamber Music For Nine Players and Six Instruments
Music	Terence Clarke
Lyrics	Nick Enright
Book	Nick Enright
Productions	1982 Sydney

Variations is a musical with book and lyrics by Nick Enright and music by Terence Clarke.

It premiered at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney on 2 December 1982, produced by the Nimrod Theatre Company. The original production was directed by John Bell, and featured Nancye Hayes, Deidre Rubenstein, Robert Alexander, Philip Dodd, Vivienne Garrett, Brian James, Patricia Kennedy, Kim Krejus and George Spartels.

Set in contemporary (1982) Sydney, the musical concerned the search for love and fulfillment in three generations of Australian women: a cello-paying grandmother searching for a violinist to play with, her daughter who is a lawyer and single mother and daughter-in-law leaving a routine marriage, and granddaughter approaching love for the first time.

Variations received the Play Award at the 1983 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.

Neglected Musicals performed a staged reading in 2013 at the Hayes Theatre in Sydney.

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