{{short description|1982 musical by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox musical |name=Variations |subtitle=Chamber Music For Nine Players and Six Instruments |image=Variations musical.jpg |caption= |alt= |book=Nick Enright |music=Terence Clarke |lyrics=Nick Enright |basis= |productions=1982 Sydney <!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->|awards=}}
'''''Variations''''' is a musical with book and lyrics by Nick Enright and music and arrangements 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/6264|title=AusStage - Variations|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref>
Set in contemporary (1982) Sydney, the musical concerned the search for love and fulfilment in three generations of Australian women: a cello-playing grandmother seeking a violinist to play with her; her daughter, a shopfront lawyer and single mother; a daughter-in-law leaving a routine marriage; and a granddaughter approaching love for the first time.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7zaev0q4BA4C&pg=PA215|title=Nick Enright: An Actor's Playwright|last1=Pender|first1=Anne|last2=Lever|first2=Susan|date=2017-03-11|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=978-9042024601|pages=215–216|language=en}}</ref>
''Variations'' received the Play Award at the 1983 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Despite the award, since the première there has been no further staged production. Neglected Musicals performed a staged reading in 2013 at the Hayes Theatre in Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Event/334550,variations-the-musical.aspx|title=Variations: The Musical|website=www.limelightmagazine.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://danceinforma.com.au/articles/neglected-musicals-presents-variations/|title=Neglected Musicals presents 'Variations' - Dance Informa Australia|website=danceinforma.com.au|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref>
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Category:1980s Australian musicals Category:1982 musicals Category:Musicals set in Australia Category:Musicals set in the 1980s