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APPALLING BEHAVIOUR by Stephen HOUSE, published 11 Jan 2012
Written on the streets of Paris, this new Australian monologue takes the audience on a journey into the darkest corners of the seedy urban Paris underworld. From the banks of the Seine river to the...
Written on the streets of Paris, this new Australian monologue takes the audience on a journey into the darkest corners of the seedy urban Paris underworld. From the banks of the Seine river to the...
THE CASE by Frank GAUNTLETT, published 11 Jan 2012
Victorian actor and esteemed lunatic Bramwell Topp finds a measure of success entertaining medical students. "...A one-man show about a born victim who is both a madman and an aspiring playwright....
Victorian actor and esteemed lunatic Bramwell Topp finds a measure of success entertaining medical students. "...A one-man show about a born victim who is both a madman and an aspiring playwright....
THE COMPLETE PACKAGE by Robert ALLAN, published 11 Jan 2012
Ten-year-old Joshua, in foster care with Georgie since he was a baby, is acting out in reaction to schoolyard bullies. Georgie hopes to lift Joshua’s spirits by fulfilling his long held dream of...
Ten-year-old Joshua, in foster care with Georgie since he was a baby, is acting out in reaction to schoolyard bullies. Georgie hopes to lift Joshua’s spirits by fulfilling his long held dream of...
DIONYSIAN NIGHT by Stephen KAKAVOULIS, published 11 Jan 2012
Ourania lives with her daughter Dionysia who is suffering from brain disability. The two women live all by themselves. The father has passed away and the older son is occupied with his own life....
Ourania lives with her daughter Dionysia who is suffering from brain disability. The two women live all by themselves. The father has passed away and the older son is occupied with his own life....
REFRACTIONS by Damon LOCKWOOD, published 11 Jan 2012
Refractions delves into the fractured relationship between a wife and a husband with a dark secret and a reflection that has a will of its own. Extraordinary lives are enacted in the most commonplace...
Refractions delves into the fractured relationship between a wife and a husband with a dark secret and a reflection that has a will of its own. Extraordinary lives are enacted in the most commonplace...
THE SUBTLE ART OF FLIRTING by Wayne TUNKS, published 11 Jan 2012
When eight singletons lives become intertwined, they discover the secrets to The Subtle Art of Flirting. Can you really find someone decent a laundromat? Is charging your trolley into someone...
When eight singletons lives become intertwined, they discover the secrets to The Subtle Art of Flirting. Can you really find someone decent a laundromat? Is charging your trolley into someone...
BOXING DAY TEST by Michael HILL, published 2 Dec 2011
Two young brothers eke out a semi-squalid existence together in a ramshackle student share-house. Patrick is preparing for a clerkship at a law firm, while his older brother, David, is sluggishly...
Two young brothers eke out a semi-squalid existence together in a ramshackle student share-house. Patrick is preparing for a clerkship at a law firm, while his older brother, David, is sluggishly...
FORGET ME NOT by Damon LOCKWOOD, published 2 Dec 2011
Developed from a news report, Forget Me Not tells of a man who contracted the virus herpes simplex (the disease that causes cold sores) only for the virus to lose its way in his body, causing his...
Developed from a news report, Forget Me Not tells of a man who contracted the virus herpes simplex (the disease that causes cold sores) only for the virus to lose its way in his body, causing his...
THE MEN by Chris DICKINS, published 2 Dec 2011
Three men meet in a pub. Former acquaintances, they have been invited to a type of reunion by a fourth man they all know. As they wait for the fourth man to arrive the other three reflect on their...
Three men meet in a pub. Former acquaintances, they have been invited to a type of reunion by a fourth man they all know. As they wait for the fourth man to arrive the other three reflect on their...
MOSS LANE by Damon LOCKWOOD, published 2 Dec 2011
A group of neighbours take refuge in one of their houses after everyone in their street has been mysteriously killed. Moss Lane is an exploration into the insular nature of the (rapidly increasing)...
A group of neighbours take refuge in one of their houses after everyone in their street has been mysteriously killed. Moss Lane is an exploration into the insular nature of the (rapidly increasing)...
MUTTABURRASAURUS by Damon LOCKWOOD, published 2 Dec 2011
Professor Julius is launching his new book on the Muttaburrasaurus. He is standing in front of his audience with a Muttaburrasaurus skull, explaining how the human race is far superior to dinosaurs,...
Professor Julius is launching his new book on the Muttaburrasaurus. He is standing in front of his audience with a Muttaburrasaurus skull, explaining how the human race is far superior to dinosaurs,...
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Deborah MULHALL, published 2 Dec 2011
In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s first published novel, the Dashwood sisters find that love is an unpredictable struggle against the most important social values: family, honour and wealth. With...
In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s first published novel, the Dashwood sisters find that love is an unpredictable struggle against the most important social values: family, honour and wealth. With...
WHAT ARE THE ODDS? by Angela MURPHY, published 2 Dec 2011
A comedy with heart, What Are The Odds? looks at a middle-aged woman’s attempt to accept her life’s changing status. When recently divorced Bec, invites her sister Di and childhood friends,...
A comedy with heart, What Are The Odds? looks at a middle-aged woman’s attempt to accept her life’s changing status. When recently divorced Bec, invites her sister Di and childhood friends,...
CHARM by Michael BUTLER, published 1 Dec 2011
The end of the fairytale has only just begun when Cinderella returns home after discovering that Prince Charming is married to numerous women (including Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Goldilocks)...
The end of the fairytale has only just begun when Cinderella returns home after discovering that Prince Charming is married to numerous women (including Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Goldilocks)...
FREE RADICAL by Russell BEEDLES, published 18 Nov 2011
It is crunch time for the Rogans. Now that Justine, their youngest, has finally left home Vanessa and Brendan need to face up to life alone together - or else choose to go their separate ways....
It is crunch time for the Rogans. Now that Justine, their youngest, has finally left home Vanessa and Brendan need to face up to life alone together - or else choose to go their separate ways....
SUGAR by Andrea GILLIES, published 18 Nov 2011
A young soldier (stretcher bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick) and his donkey argue on the battlefield at Gallipoli. Will they save one more life or flee and survive? Is it possible to do nothing at...
A young soldier (stretcher bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick) and his donkey argue on the battlefield at Gallipoli. Will they save one more life or flee and survive? Is it possible to do nothing at...
THE GULLY by David MENCE, published 29 Oct 2011
Australia, 2109. Catastrophic environmental collapse has rendered the continent a parched wasteland. Civilisation has all but dried up. Marauding bands of ‘crows’ roam the wastes making life...
Australia, 2109. Catastrophic environmental collapse has rendered the continent a parched wasteland. Civilisation has all but dried up. Marauding bands of ‘crows’ roam the wastes making life...
AURORA'S LAMENT by Donna ABELA, published 28 Oct 2011
Aurora, a young migrant from the Philippines, fell in love with Luke, another cash-in-hand cleaner. She moved in with him, and his mother, Joan. But one morning, Luke was gone, and Joan badgered her...
Aurora, a young migrant from the Philippines, fell in love with Luke, another cash-in-hand cleaner. She moved in with him, and his mother, Joan. But one morning, Luke was gone, and Joan badgered her...
THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BRUISING by Elise GREIG, published 28 Oct 2011
Dave is an ex-boxer who runs a dilapidated boxing gym. Liza, his estranged daughter, returns after a 15-year absence to reveal she’s dealing with the same disease that killed her mother. Liza has...
Dave is an ex-boxer who runs a dilapidated boxing gym. Liza, his estranged daughter, returns after a 15-year absence to reveal she’s dealing with the same disease that killed her mother. Liza has...
THE BIRD PARLIAMENT by Jane AHLQUIST, published 20 Sep 2011
The Bird Parliament is a rendering of the great medieval Persian parable, The Conference of the Birds, into Australian bird life and contemporary characters. Set against a collective desire to...
The Bird Parliament is a rendering of the great medieval Persian parable, The Conference of the Birds, into Australian bird life and contemporary characters. Set against a collective desire to...
BRILLIANT MONKEY by Alan DUKES, published 20 Sep 2011
Gerard is 32 years old. A Sergeant in the Australian Army. He is a returned veteran of active service in Afghanistan and has suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of his proximity to an...
Gerard is 32 years old. A Sergeant in the Australian Army. He is a returned veteran of active service in Afghanistan and has suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of his proximity to an...
BROOM(E) by Jane AHLQUIST, published 20 Sep 2011
Broom(e) tells the tale of an eccentric woman's holiday in Broome, Western Australia, in an episodic journey that spirals from hilarity to panic to silence. Even as she is meeting local 'characters'...
Broom(e) tells the tale of an eccentric woman's holiday in Broome, Western Australia, in an episodic journey that spirals from hilarity to panic to silence. Even as she is meeting local 'characters'...
CINDER TALES by Jane AHLQUIST, published 20 Sep 2011
Cinder Tales is based upon Cinderella (with all the fairy tale characters); but in Cinder Tales, Ella does not go to the Prince's ball. Instead, the Fairy Godmother gives Ella a recognition that...
Cinder Tales is based upon Cinderella (with all the fairy tale characters); but in Cinder Tales, Ella does not go to the Prince's ball. Instead, the Fairy Godmother gives Ella a recognition that...
KYNASTON by Stephen KAKAVOULIS, published 20 Sep 2011
Edward Kynaston is the last famous boy-player during Restoration in England (1600). He has an affair with the producer and actor of "Hope Theatre", William Johnson. When William decides, in the...
Edward Kynaston is the last famous boy-player during Restoration in England (1600). He has an affair with the producer and actor of "Hope Theatre", William Johnson. When William decides, in the...
SAVE FOR CRYING by Angus CERINI, published 20 Sep 2011
Save for crying what you got but this little bit of love inside? A big little work that takes on the emotional landscape of those dispossessed and disowned by society. Based on real characters...
Save for crying what you got but this little bit of love inside? A big little work that takes on the emotional landscape of those dispossessed and disowned by society. Based on real characters...