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THE LONG DAY'S DYING by David BLACKMAN, published 7 May 2013
It is 2006 and Corporal Ash and three other Australian SAS soldiers are trapped inside an Afghan village. The rest of their team has just been killed by an IED. Their communications have been...
It is 2006 and Corporal Ash and three other Australian SAS soldiers are trapped inside an Afghan village. The rest of their team has just been killed by an IED. Their communications have been...
DANGEROUS LENSES by Brooke ROBINSON, published 7 May 2013
Ann is addicted to observing her neighbours’ lives. Despite a job in a nearby chocolate factory, her real work takes place at home through her apartment window. When a new neighbour with a...
Ann is addicted to observing her neighbours’ lives. Despite a job in a nearby chocolate factory, her real work takes place at home through her apartment window. When a new neighbour with a...
WHEN SAND BECOMES GLASS by Anthony CROWLEY, published 7 May 2013
An educated Indonesian man flirts with a young Australian girl on a Bali beach. A policemen recounts the horror of a terrorist bombing, a muslim woman rages at late night television and two drug...
An educated Indonesian man flirts with a young Australian girl on a Bali beach. A policemen recounts the horror of a terrorist bombing, a muslim woman rages at late night television and two drug...
TUESDAY by Louris VAN DE GEER, published 7 May 2013
A suburban supermarket. In the car park, mothers are vying for parking spots behind the wheels of their spotless four-wheel drives. Inside, the trolleys are battered, their advertising faded and the...
A suburban supermarket. In the car park, mothers are vying for parking spots behind the wheels of their spotless four-wheel drives. Inside, the trolleys are battered, their advertising faded and the...
MOTOR-MOUTH & SUCK-FACE; AN APOCALYPTIC LOVE STORY by Anthony CROWLEY, published 7 May 2013
Motor-mouth and Suck-face are two teen-age geeks in love and lust, desperate to be with one another yet continually thwarted by Motor-mouth's pre-school infatuation - Hilary - who is intent on...
Motor-mouth and Suck-face are two teen-age geeks in love and lust, desperate to be with one another yet continually thwarted by Motor-mouth's pre-school infatuation - Hilary - who is intent on...
THE FRAIL MAN by Anthony CROWLEY, published 7 May 2013
Steven Saken made his first million at the age of eighteen. Now on the cusp of the biggest business merger of his career, he is struck down with a mysterious cancer. On the same night he first...
Steven Saken made his first million at the age of eighteen. Now on the cusp of the biggest business merger of his career, he is struck down with a mysterious cancer. On the same night he first...
THE RELUCTANT SHOPPER by Bruce HOOGENDOORN, published 7 May 2013
The economy is in trouble and The Business Council is very worried about its members. So they take drastic action – they blackmail a wealthy young tax avoider, Sam, to start spending in their...
The economy is in trouble and The Business Council is very worried about its members. So they take drastic action – they blackmail a wealthy young tax avoider, Sam, to start spending in their...
AND SOW, TO REAP by Michael BUTLER, published 7 May 2013
And Sow, to Reap is a one-act play based upon five of Aesop’s fables: the boy who cried wolf, the young man and the swallow, the honest woodsman, the blind woman and the doctor, and the goose...
And Sow, to Reap is a one-act play based upon five of Aesop’s fables: the boy who cried wolf, the young man and the swallow, the honest woodsman, the blind woman and the doctor, and the goose...
LOVESICK by Christine CROYDEN, published 30 Apr 2013
Eveline, a successful advertising executive, likes to stay in control but is used to making compromises in a job where the dollar rules. When Julian, her colleague and former boyfriend, starts to...
Eveline, a successful advertising executive, likes to stay in control but is used to making compromises in a job where the dollar rules. When Julian, her colleague and former boyfriend, starts to...
SCHOOL OF LIFE by Anni FINSTERER, published 17 Apr 2013
‘Happiness is A Place called School’ was the quote used to elicit the experiences of chosen adults as they traversed the journey from teen to adult. The stories recorded described how...
‘Happiness is A Place called School’ was the quote used to elicit the experiences of chosen adults as they traversed the journey from teen to adult. The stories recorded described how...
THE FIRE TESTAMENT by Daniel KEENE, published 17 Apr 2013
A naked young man painted in black and ochre appears from the shadows. He is an survivor of an unknown conflict of armageddon-like proportions. He speaks of the devastation he has witnessed. He...
A naked young man painted in black and ochre appears from the shadows. He is an survivor of an unknown conflict of armageddon-like proportions. He speaks of the devastation he has witnessed. He...
THE EYES by Daniel KEENE, published 17 Apr 2013
The Eyes is a short and mysterious meditation on eroticism. Two middle aged men sit on a park bench. In brief poetic fragments, a first sexual encounter seemingly from years before, is recalled....
The Eyes is a short and mysterious meditation on eroticism. Two middle aged men sit on a park bench. In brief poetic fragments, a first sexual encounter seemingly from years before, is recalled....
SCISSORS, PAPER, ROCK by Daniel KEENE, published 17 Apr 2013
Scissors, Paper, Rock is a spare, grim meditation on the human destruction being wrought by social change. Kevin is a stonemason, a worker in a vanishing trade. Kevin stands up here for the...
Scissors, Paper, Rock is a spare, grim meditation on the human destruction being wrought by social change. Kevin is a stonemason, a worker in a vanishing trade. Kevin stands up here for the...
DOG by Daniel KEENE, published 17 Apr 2013
A young man. Alone on a chair in a small room. The room is in an institution. The young man is possessed by a vicious dog. In this potent and spare monologue, Keene turns his attention to a young...
A young man. Alone on a chair in a small room. The room is in an institution. The young man is possessed by a vicious dog. In this potent and spare monologue, Keene turns his attention to a young...
RIVER by Daniel KEENE, published 16 Apr 2013
River is the story of an access visit between 12 year old Jake and his father, Ray. It begins on the banks of a river in a dreamy, poetic and tender scene between father and son. Ray is living in a...
River is the story of an access visit between 12 year old Jake and his father, Ray. It begins on the banks of a river in a dreamy, poetic and tender scene between father and son. Ray is living in a...
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Deborah MULHALL, published 26 Mar 2013
Jane Austen's classic story of the lovely but prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet's battle with the handsome but arrogant Mr Darcy is brought to life in this stage version which also offers the voice of Jane...
Jane Austen's classic story of the lovely but prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet's battle with the handsome but arrogant Mr Darcy is brought to life in this stage version which also offers the voice of Jane...
AS WE FORGIVE by Tom HOLLOWAY, published 15 Mar 2013
In As We Forgive, Holloway explores the questions, “When is doing the wrong thing, the right thing?”; “Are there limits to even the most absolute moral laws?” and “Can...
In As We Forgive, Holloway explores the questions, “When is doing the wrong thing, the right thing?”; “Are there limits to even the most absolute moral laws?” and “Can...
BOXMAN by Daniel KEENE, published 12 Mar 2013
"Home owner" and survivor Ringo is a former child soldier, a character who has "lived many lives". Displaced from his African homeland and instilled in his new one, a temporary shelter in downtown...
"Home owner" and survivor Ringo is a former child soldier, a character who has "lived many lives". Displaced from his African homeland and instilled in his new one, a temporary shelter in downtown...
ROPE BURN by Ava KARUSO, published 12 Mar 2013
How far would you go for a friend? From the devious mind of Australian playwright Ava Karuso comes a dark comedy about friendship, boys and one of humanities most frightening diseases. Michael has...
How far would you go for a friend? From the devious mind of Australian playwright Ava Karuso comes a dark comedy about friendship, boys and one of humanities most frightening diseases. Michael has...
HEAD FULL OF LOVE by Alana VALENTINE, published 7 Mar 2013
The Annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival is fast approaching and Tilly Napuljari is out of time to finish her new creation in time to enter it for judging. Nessa Tavistock, a Sydneysider, has run...
The Annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival is fast approaching and Tilly Napuljari is out of time to finish her new creation in time to enter it for judging. Nessa Tavistock, a Sydneysider, has run...
MEN ONLY by Frank GAUNTLETT, published 26 Feb 2013
You’re sitting in a bar, a real bar, drinking, perhaps listening to some over-loud, blokey rock music, perhaps wondering why the women in the room are fondling false moustaches. One by one,...
You’re sitting in a bar, a real bar, drinking, perhaps listening to some over-loud, blokey rock music, perhaps wondering why the women in the room are fondling false moustaches. One by one,...
TALES OF DARK KNITTING by Frank GAUNTLETT, published 26 Feb 2013
Old, sick and relentlessly rancorous, Lachlan and April spray bile about a crumbling domestic scene but evidence suggests they were just a dream or vision of self-proclaimed nutter, cheese enthusiast...
Old, sick and relentlessly rancorous, Lachlan and April spray bile about a crumbling domestic scene but evidence suggests they were just a dream or vision of self-proclaimed nutter, cheese enthusiast...
VATHEK by Frank GAUNTLETT, published 26 Feb 2013
Fabulously wealthy and spectacularly eccentric, William Beckford (1759-1844) produced his glittering gothic masterpiece The History of Caliph Vathek at the age of 22. With rare empathy for the...
Fabulously wealthy and spectacularly eccentric, William Beckford (1759-1844) produced his glittering gothic masterpiece The History of Caliph Vathek at the age of 22. With rare empathy for the...
SCHOOL DANCE by Matthew WHITTET, published 19 Feb 2013
This is a story about 3 teenagers. Matt, Luke and Jonathon. They're meeting up before a school dance. They're on a mission. And they're losers. Matt has been pining for a girl in his class all year,...
This is a story about 3 teenagers. Matt, Luke and Jonathon. They're meeting up before a school dance. They're on a mission. And they're losers. Matt has been pining for a girl in his class all year,...
THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS by Bill WARNOCK, published 14 Feb 2013
Hitler ordered his Paris Commander to stage a last ditch fight against the allied invasion in 1944 and to destroy Paris rather than let it fall into enemy hands. Defend Paris street by street, blow...
Hitler ordered his Paris Commander to stage a last ditch fight against the allied invasion in 1944 and to destroy Paris rather than let it fall into enemy hands. Defend Paris street by street, blow...
THIRD PERSON by Noelle JANACZEWSKA, published 12 Feb 2013
Berlin in the bitterly cold winter of 1946/7. The city is in ruins, its future uncertain. It is a place of refugees, soldiers, rubblewomen and trauma. Black marketeer, Anton, wants to get out before...
Berlin in the bitterly cold winter of 1946/7. The city is in ruins, its future uncertain. It is a place of refugees, soldiers, rubblewomen and trauma. Black marketeer, Anton, wants to get out before...
WELCOME TO BROOME by Richard MELLICK, published 11 Feb 2013
Welcome To Broome follows the break down of an inter-racial relationship in Broome, WA. Chrissy and Rob have a small child and are finding it increasingly difficult to find common ground. Into this...
Welcome To Broome follows the break down of an inter-racial relationship in Broome, WA. Chrissy and Rob have a small child and are finding it increasingly difficult to find common ground. Into this...
AFTER THE FAIR by Melissa CANTWELL, published 6 Feb 2013
A dilapidated side show rolls into town and its disastrous reception forces the family to face their future. This one-act black comedy uses the format of the now defunct freak-shows of the 1940s...
A dilapidated side show rolls into town and its disastrous reception forces the family to face their future. This one-act black comedy uses the format of the now defunct freak-shows of the 1940s...
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ZACK ADAMS by Shane ADAMCZAK, published 6 Feb 2013
Ever since he first appeared in the year two Nativity play, Zack knew he was destined for great things. A Complete History of Zack Adams is a comedic coming-of-age story about an Australian...
Ever since he first appeared in the year two Nativity play, Zack knew he was destined for great things. A Complete History of Zack Adams is a comedic coming-of-age story about an Australian...
THE FREMANTLE CANDIDATE by Ingle KNIGHT, published 6 Feb 2013
A political drama set against the background of what seemed like the imminent collapse of the entire global economic system, The Fremantle Candidate is a witty and heart-warming story of a man rising...
A political drama set against the background of what seemed like the imminent collapse of the entire global economic system, The Fremantle Candidate is a witty and heart-warming story of a man rising...
BURNING TIME by Nicholas FLANAGAN, published 5 Feb 2013
A portrait of an affluent Melbourne artistic family seen through the eyes of their precocious son Vincent, who at the age of fourteen pays the price of his parents’ urbanity by being sexually...
A portrait of an affluent Melbourne artistic family seen through the eyes of their precocious son Vincent, who at the age of fourteen pays the price of his parents’ urbanity by being sexually...
THE GHOST'S CHILD by Sally RICHARDSON, published 5 Feb 2013
One afternoon, an elderly woman, Matilda, finds a strange young man standing dripping wet on her doorstep. She offers him tea and biscuits, warmth and conversation, and then prompted by his curiosity...
One afternoon, an elderly woman, Matilda, finds a strange young man standing dripping wet on her doorstep. She offers him tea and biscuits, warmth and conversation, and then prompted by his curiosity...
HEARTWORM by Shirley VAN SANDEN, published 5 Feb 2013
Laughter, tears, dogs, cats, cars, Pizza. One Actor. Ann Hill is an ordinary person. She has done things people are ordinarily expected to do. From the outside, Ann has it made. She has the home,...
Laughter, tears, dogs, cats, cars, Pizza. One Actor. Ann Hill is an ordinary person. She has done things people are ordinarily expected to do. From the outside, Ann has it made. She has the home,...
MESH by Hellie TURNER, published 5 Feb 2013
Late May in a northern outback town, the kids are running wild and the patience of at least one member of the community has all but run out. Co-op owner, Mick (third generation of the infamous...
Late May in a northern outback town, the kids are running wild and the patience of at least one member of the community has all but run out. Co-op owner, Mick (third generation of the infamous...
MUSIC FROM THE WHIRLWIND by John AITKEN, published 5 Feb 2013
Music from the Whirlwind is an insightful, searingly funny and poignant exploration of the relationship between the oppressive Russian leader Josef Stalin and the revolutionary composer Dmitri...
Music from the Whirlwind is an insightful, searingly funny and poignant exploration of the relationship between the oppressive Russian leader Josef Stalin and the revolutionary composer Dmitri...
DANCE OF DEATH by Tom HOLLOWAY, published 30 Jan 2013
Alice and Edgar's marriage would be perfect, if they didn't want each other dead. In this blistering jetblack comedy, 20th century master Friedrich Durrenmatt has created an electric adaptation of a...
Alice and Edgar's marriage would be perfect, if they didn't want each other dead. In this blistering jetblack comedy, 20th century master Friedrich Durrenmatt has created an electric adaptation of a...
BABES IN THE WOOD by Tom WRIGHT, published 22 Jan 2013
Or, Do You Know Where Your Kids are Tonight?, Or, The Alarming and Cautionary Tale of Australian Purity Defil'd The splendid and terrible tale of the Antipodean Babes in the Wood. How two...
Or, Do You Know Where Your Kids are Tonight?, Or, The Alarming and Cautionary Tale of Australian Purity Defil'd The splendid and terrible tale of the Antipodean Babes in the Wood. How two...
MP. by Alana VALENTINE, published 22 Jan 2013
Ava Turner, MP., hires a new assistant called Nadia just in time. On the same morning two of Ava’s constituents walk into her office with a harrowing tale of incompetence, neglect and tragedy...
Ava Turner, MP., hires a new assistant called Nadia just in time. On the same morning two of Ava’s constituents walk into her office with a harrowing tale of incompetence, neglect and tragedy...
THERESE RAQUIN by Gary ABRAHAMS, published 22 Jan 2013
Newlyweds, Therese and Camille, have just moved to Paris with Camille’s mother. Paris is nothing but hard work for Therese. She’s running a shop, humouring her mother-in-law and listening...
Newlyweds, Therese and Camille, have just moved to Paris with Camille’s mother. Paris is nothing but hard work for Therese. She’s running a shop, humouring her mother-in-law and listening...
10,000 BEERS by Alex BROUN, published 15 Jan 2013
The Panorama Pirates are a Rugby team from Adelaide. They had a good year. Not a great year, but a good one. As is traditional at the end of the season they head to Melbourne for their end of...
The Panorama Pirates are a Rugby team from Adelaide. They had a good year. Not a great year, but a good one. As is traditional at the end of the season they head to Melbourne for their end of...
IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD by Margaret HICKEY, published 9 Jan 2013
If the Truth be Told is a series of five monologues, each revealing something important about the character on stage. A glamorous criminal, a die-hard Bull-Dog supporter, an elderly woman stricken...
If the Truth be Told is a series of five monologues, each revealing something important about the character on stage. A glamorous criminal, a die-hard Bull-Dog supporter, an elderly woman stricken...