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Vanessa Bates

VANESSA BATES

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Elizabeth Troyeur and Associates Pty Ltd  

an award-winning writer, Vanessa Bates' plays include: every Second, Porn.Cake (Malthouse Theatre, Griffin Independent), Checklist for an armed Robber (Vitalstatistix, Theatre@risk, Belvoir B-Sharp, Deckchair Theatre), Match (Tantrum Theatre) and Darling Oscar (Sydney Theatre Company, Black Swan Theatre). Vanessa has written several monologues/solo performance plays including Hunger (Griffin), the World's Tiniest Monkey (NovemberlSM),the Magic Hour, the Night We Lost Jenny (New Theatre) and Homemade (New Theatre) and is proud to have mentored many writers featured in this book. Vanessa is PWa Playwright in Residence at Griffin Theatre, a graduate of NIDA Playwrights' Studio and one-seventh of playwrights' company 7-ON.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/237217

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         At Sea         Blessing, The         Checklist For An Armed Robber         Chipper         Confetti         Cupidity         Dancing With Birds in a Bamboo Trap         Darling Oscar         Every Second         First Light         Here Is the Beehive         Homemade         Hunger         Lakes of Death and Dreamers         Light Begins To Fade         Light On The Hill         Lightbulb Moment, A         Live By the Die         Love Struck Juliet         Magic Hour, The         Match         Newton's Cradle         Night We Lost Jenny, The         Nobody Famous         Petunia Takes Tea         Porn Cake         Reform School Girls         Singled Out         Source, The         Stories From the 428         This Train         Ties that Bind - The Jump Tree         Trailer         Up The Creek         View from Moving Windows, A         Wish Bone         Wishful Thinking         World's Tiniest Monkey, The
At Sea

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Part of Miniaturists 11 - Bringing you more of the best short plays by some of the most exciting playwrights in the UK today

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short play

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/80201

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Blessing, The

Synopsis:
Four hard edged little tales reflecting the many facets of the Emnerald City.

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part of Sydney Stories 2: The Blessing / Two Wongs / In the Club / The Way I Was. [1995 Festival of Sydney and Carnivale]

1st Produced:
Wharf 1, Sydney, Nsw     19 Jan 1995

Organisations:
Sydney Theatre company

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short play

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/30832

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Checklist For An Armed Robber

Checklist For An Armed Robber
In 2002 , a young man rehearses for his first armed robbery on a bookstore in Newcastle. On the other side of the world, Chechen rebels hold Siege of the Moscow theatre, demanding liberation. One is a local, small time theft and the other an international political crisis, but both are born of a similar futility and powerlessness to be heard. Moving back and forth between Moscow and Newcastle, these real events are the basis for this exploration on what drives such acts of terror and the impact they hold on the victims.

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This AWGIe -award winning play observes with sensitivity And humour the perspective from both ends of the gun. Written As part of the Sydney theatre Company's Blueprints Literary Program in 2003/4

1st Produced:
Waterside Hall, Port Adelaide, Australia     18 Oct 2005

Organisations:
Vitalstatistix Theatre

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling; extras

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/66292

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Chipper

Synopsis:
Two estranged sisters meet again at their dying mother's bedside. Olli had stayed at home and was her mother's primary carer. Min has been pursuing her television career. Now that Min is here Olli wants to take some time off from attending to her mother. Olli goes to get something out of the vending machine and meets a man who completely changes her life

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Confetti

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Cupidity

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drama

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Further Reference:
http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C397256

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Dancing With Birds in a Bamboo Trap

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http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C397257

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Darling Oscar

Synopsis:
centres on the 15 year old Tiffanny falling pregnant to an exotic spice seller and giving birth to a most unusual child

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1st Produced:
The Wharf Studio Theatre, Walsh Bay, Nsw     27 Aug 1994

Organisations:
Sydney Theatre company

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Genre:
one act comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/25411

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Every Second

Synopsis:
Every Second is the story of two thirty-something couples hell bent on having a child. They've given up sushi and champagne, as well as their sanity. But how much more are they willing to sacrifice?

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1st Produced:
Eternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst, Nsw     27 Jun 2014

Organisations:
Darlinghurst Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/107584

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First Light

First Light
a short, sharp, evocative collection of monologues written by some of Australia's leading young and established playwrights. each piece is crafted for an actor aged between 16 and 20. Subtle, uplifting, poetic and funny, these pieces are as exciting and diverse as the young actors that perform them.

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Part of the Voices Project

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short monologue

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Here Is the Beehive

Synopsis:
A simple but exiting fantasy that examines the violence and politics of young children's groups at play. A child who does not fit the roles and rules of these groups is often victimised and alienated in the beginnings of a pattern that, once set, continues like the crisp wax cells of the hive - unless something extraordinary occurs.

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1st Produced:
Various Nsw Schools, Nsw Region, Nsw     01 Oct 1993

Organisations:
Freewheels Theatre Company

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TIE

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/63614

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Homemade

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New Theatre    

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monologue

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Hunger

Hunger
Over three years, Australia's new writing theatre, Griffin theatre Company, presented fourteen unique short plays across its mainstage season. Seen for one night only, the fates, Seasons and the Seven Needs were three play cycles provoked by the classical mythology of man's inescapable destiny, the seasonal patterns and Maslow's Pyramid of Human Needs. Now , this eclectic and fascinating collection of ten minute plays by some of the country's most established and emerging playwrights becomes Short Circuit.

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Lakes of Death and Dreamers

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2006 joint inaugural winner Inscription  Holmes a Court Open Award

1st Produced:
Workshopped By Edward Albee In Theatrelab 2006 Held At Nida (National Institute Of Dramatic Art) Sydney, New South Wales     2006

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drama

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Further Reference:
http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C671344

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Light Begins To Fade

Synopsis:
follows a roomful of TV writers as they try to adapt the Gallipoli story for today's audience. Meanwhile, the bloody past starts to haunt the present. . .

Notes:
part of "The Anzac project" - Two, one-act plays commissioned to commemorate 100 years since the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli: DEAR MUM AND DAD and LIGHT BEGINS TO FADE.

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Genre:
one act play

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/119008

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Light On The Hill

Synopsis:
Right outside the theatre is the Northcott Housing Commission estate. The vision for the building was majestic. A kind of utopia. An answer to the trauma of world wars and the depression. Today, however, the estate has become something of a war zone. Still in many ways a strong community, it is also the home of many horrific stories and high drama. Light on the Hill takes simple details from everyday life at Northcott to create a prism through which we glimpse Australia emerging through the struggles, wars, migration and politics of the twentieth century.

Notes:
written by Vanessa Bates, Briony Dunn, Dominic Grenot, Bronwyn Purvis, Scott Rankin and Christopher Saunders

1st Produced:
[Rehearsed Reading] Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, Nsw     19 Jul 2004

Organisations:
Company B Belvoir

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Genre:
drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78600

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Lightbulb Moment, A

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Live By the Die

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1st Produced:
Shopfront Theatre, Sydney     2002

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http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C456344

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Love Struck Juliet

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Love Struck Juliet was one of five plays shortlisted for the Australian Writers' Guild's 2010 RomCom Script Competition.

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http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C748018

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Magic Hour, The

Synopsis:
This deliciously wicked and dangerously funny one-woman show stars Helpmann Award winning actor and singer Ursula Yovich (Australia, Jindabyne, Waltzing The Wilarra) playing a cast of bit characters from the stories of Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and more. From one of Australia's most original contemporary playwrights, Vanessa Bates (Checklist for an Armed Robber), this is a black comedy with songs  a night of stories told by twilight (the original kind) with werewolves and with magic. . .

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1st Produced:
Victoria Hall, Fremantle, Wa     17 May 2012

Organisations:
Deckchair Theatre

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Genre:
comedy 130 min

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/104093

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Match

Synopsis:
part of "Riot" Four short plays: Islington; Flipped; Boy Called Flag; and Match. "Written in response to the Cronulla riots of late 2005 and the public meeting of neo-Nazis in Newcastle's Islington Park. An exploration of the conditions for violence and intolerance in the land of the 'fair go'."

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1st Produced:
Playhouse, Newcastle, Nsw     13 Jun 2007

Organisations:
Tantrum theatre

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/72846

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Newton's Cradle

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1st Produced:
[Rehearsed Reading] Wharf 2, Walsh Bay, Nsw     24 Jun 2004

Organisations:
Blueprints

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Genre:
drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/63303

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Night We Lost Jenny, The

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New Theatre    

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Genre:
monologue

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Nobody Famous

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A young man, Henri complains there is too much nudity in his life drawing class and suspects the presence of bohemian artist Modigliani is responsible.

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in No Nudity, Weapons or Naked Flames : Monologues for Drama Students 7-On (editor), Annandale : Federation Press , 2012   

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monologue

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C829610

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Petunia Takes Tea

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1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre, Newtown, Nsw     21 Jan 2004

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Short & Sweet Sydney Week 3

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short play

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79067

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Porn Cake

Synopsis:
ant & annie are a couple. So are Bill & Bella. Both are frighteningly close to middle age. as each couple sits down to some cake, nothing is said but everything is meant. For this is love done the contemporary way: conversations punctuated with text messaging, pleasures punctuated by food intolerances and happiness punctuated with rage. Cake's not the only thing you could slice a knife through. . .a deliciously funny exploration of love and sex in the modern world by one of the country's most daring and witty playwrights.

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1st Produced:
Beckett Theatre, Southbank, Vic     15 Apr 2011

Organisations:
Malthouse Theatre

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http://Australianplays.org/   

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Genre:
90 min black comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/90379

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Reform School Girls

Synopsis:
Parallels between past and present. . .the past is Newcastle in 1871 and more particularly the Newcastle Industrial School, a notorious reformatory for girls. . .the present is a 1994 Newcastle high school.

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1st Produced:
Convent Garden Theatre, Newcastle West, Nsw     26 Oct 1994

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2 til 5 Youth Theatre

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Genre:
Youth play

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Male:  3            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/26112

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Singled Out

Synopsis:
''singled Out is a brand new inter-generational, multi-playwright project developed by creative producer and new work director Augusta Supple and supported by a professional production team of some of Sydney's most respected independent performers, musicians and playwrights. Responding to the prediction that by 2020, one in three living arrangements in Sydney will be that of solo households this new show is a heartfelt and hilarious adventure in the private lives of our neighbours, friends and relatives. Offering an insight into the lives of many, 'singled Out' is a kaleidoscopic series of portraits  colliding and intersecting  revealing flights of fancy, the gentle musings or the robust reflections on what it means to be living alone in a thriving dynamic city. Harnessing the creative imaginations of some of Australia's leading playwrights this is a unique celebration of our city, our private moments and public confessions  exploring the joy and freedom of solo living and the sometimes hidden realities of the solo living person.' (Source: http://www.seymourcentre.com/events/event/singled-out/ )

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written by Luke Carson ; Wayne Blair ; Grace de Morgan ; Sarah Carradine ; Vanessa Bates ; Tim Spencer ; Emma Magenta ; Alli Sebastian Wolf .

1st Produced:
Seymore Centre, Sydney     02 Oct 2013

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Genre:
piece

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Further Reference:
http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6490495

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Source, The

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Rock Surfers Theatre, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales    

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Genre:
Short play

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Stories From the 428

Synopsis:
a group of new short plays based on the playwrights' experiences of travelling the 428 bus route from Circular Quay to Canterbury.

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written by Donna Abela; Vanessa Bates; Kit Brookman; Rebecca Clarke; Tahli Corin; Matthew edgerton; Joanna erskine; Lexi Freiman; Noelle Janaczewska; Sime Knezevic; Patrick Lenton; Ned Manning; Jasper Marlow; Brooke Robinson; Alison Rooke; Phil Spencer

1st Produced:
Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville, Nsw     24 Mar 2010

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  varies

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/96421

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This Train

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Ties that Bind - The Jump Tree

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dramaturg - vanessa bates

1st Produced:
Atyp Studio, Walsh Bay, Nsw     01 Nov 2008

Organisations:
True West Theatre

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TYA

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Trailer

Trailer
All Jed's friends have moved to the city, but he still lives with his two mothers in a small town between the beach and the bush, on a train line with a city at either end. Waiting. He's not sure what he's waiting for, but in the meantime he works at the council investigating sinkholes in people's backyards. Since finishing high school, the frustrations of coastal life are looming large. And something is being hidden from him about the illness facing one of his mothers. This honest coming-of-age story finds friendship and humour in unexpected places. Introducing a cast of complex characters working through the everyday, Trailer is a darkly comic play set along the train tracks of New South Wales. Nominated for the 2017 AWGIE Award for Community and Youth Theatre.

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1st Produced:
The Art House, Wyong, NSW     12 May 2016

Organisations:
Tantrum Youth Arts

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Play/Drama

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Up The Creek

Synopsis:
. . .deals with the many problems associated with wastes and pollutants in our waterways and catchment areas A theatre in education show for years K-6.

Notes:
written by Vanessa Bates and Brian Birkefeld

1st Produced:
Various Newcastle Region Schools, Newcastle Region, Nsw     01 Feb 1992

Organisations:
Footlice Theatre Company

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TIE

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View from Moving Windows, A

Synopsis:
Harnessing the creative talents of some of Sydney's most dynamic and prestigious playwrights, A View From Moving Windows is inspired by train travel to and from the thriving and vibrant geographical centre of Sydney, Parramatta. Specifically written for True West, each the nine short plays promises to be revealing and highly entertaining. Directed by Augusta Supple, one of Sydney's most passionate promoters of new theatre, this is a theatre event that mines the sublime in the every day to present Sydney's west as you've never seen it before.

Notes:
written by Donna Abela, Vanessa Bates, Jessica Bellamy, John Fraser, Noelle Janaczewska, Nicholas Parsons, Teik Kim Pok, Angela Quinn and Alison Rooke

1st Produced:
Rafferty's Theatre, Parramatta, Nsw     18 Oct 2012

Organisations:
True West Theatre

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piece

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Wish Bone

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Wishful Thinking

Synopsis:
Jemma wants two things from her new school: popularity and a boyfriend. This term she's got the chance to have both and no one's going to stand in her way. Freewheels play deals with sexual stereotypes and role playing. Suitable for audiences in Years 4-8.

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1st Produced:
Various Nsw Schools, Nsw Region, Nsw     15 Oct 1991

Organisations:
Freewheels Theatre Company

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Music:
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TIE

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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World's Tiniest Monkey, The

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1st Produced:
Novemberism    

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Genre:
monologue

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