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POSTER - A HISTORIC EVENING WITH LAURA DAVIS SIGNED

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Overview

A white poster with a portrait of Laura Davis, top left with text in red and black, giving background information about Laura and her relationship to the area, and her career in comedy, with a hand written Thank You, signed by her, underneath the text .Along the base is a coloured section with History House information, and City of Armadale logo.

Historical information

Laura Davis grew up in Roleystone before heading east to peruse a career in comedy. Where she has had great success. She won the Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2015, and in 2017 joined the writing team of Shaun Micallef's ABC show, Mad as Hell.
On 3 February 2018 Laura did a stand up show about how women have been represented in history at History House Museum.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.1

Item type

Documents

Material

Card

Width

425 mm

Height or length

600 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Title [A historic evening / with Laura Davis / Saturday 3 February / 7-9pm / History House Museum]

Keywords

DAVIS Laura

History House Museum

Statement of significance

The poster was used to advertise an evening with award winning Laura Davis as she delved into the past of local women and how history treated them. Laura grew up in Roleystone and in 2008, aged 19, won the Triple J Raw Comedy competition. she moved to Melbourne to peruse her career which has seen her perform around the country and internationally.
The poster represents and tells the story of a local resident who has built an interesting career and how History House has interpreted the history of Armadale and its collection.

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