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Bridgette Burton

BRIDGETTE BURTON

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Bridgette Burton has been writing for theatre since the early 1990's. She formed Baggage Productions, with Christina Costigan in 1999, a company dedicated to original work for women. Bridgette has co-written three successful comedy shows, each enjoying multiple seasons (Femme 2000,Breeding Contempt 2001 and Undomesticated 2003), she has written two one act plays, two full length plays and over 30 short plays (which have been performed all over Australia and internationally). Bridgette won the R E Ross Trust Playwrights Script Development Award in 2005 (Killing Jeremy) and again in 2009 (Rhonda is in Therapy). Killing Jeremy was also shortlisted for the Griffin prize in 2006. In 2012 Bridgette was awarded a grant by The Malcolm Robertson Trust to develop a first draft for her new full length work Fury.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/250627

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below is a list of Bridgette Burton's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         At The Threshhold         Beating Hearts         Carnival Of the Damned. . . Funny!         Friday         Killing Jeremy         Michael Goes Home         Ms Minchey Is At Lunch         Not Forgotten         Okinawa Hymen Repair Kit Factory, The         Rhonda Is In Therapy         Talking at Odds         Timing         Undomesticated         Vienna Syndrome

At The Threshhold

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of "The Straight Six" at Spring Carnivale at Dante's

1st Produced:
Dantes, Fitzroy, VIC     22 Oct 2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78018

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Beating Hearts

Synopsis:
Love unrequited, lost and found

Notes:
Written by Bridgette Burton and Christina Costigan

1st Produced:
The Dog Theatre, Footscray, VIC     20 Aug 2009

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89342

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Carnival Of the Damned. . . Funny!

Synopsis:
Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen to Melbourne's Cup of Short Comic Theatre. Be astounded, be amazed! We've scoured the state for the best new short plays of up to 15 minutes. Here they are for your instant gratification. Performed by some of Melbourne's finest actors, our Cup runneth over with some very wicked delights!

Notes:
written by Tom Taylor, Susie Allison, Mark Andrew, Darren Brealey, Alex Broun, Bridgette Burton, Christina Costigan, Christine Croyden, Lindsay Dresden, Peter D Flaherty, David Gannon, Adam Hadley, Iresha Herath, A F Lall, Fabian Lapham, Sam Marsden, Scott McAteer, Kate McLennan, Amanda Mihalakapoulos, Jane Miller, Stephen Nichols, Michael Olsen, David Sharpe, Bruce Shearer, Carl J Sorheim and Michelle Wallace

1st Produced:
Dantes, Fitzroy, Vic     26 Mar 2008

Organisations:
Melbourne International Comedy Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/99006

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Friday

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Madwoman Monologues     2012

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Killing Jeremy

Synopsis:
Madeleine and Jeremy are a couple. They are mostly happy in the way that ordinary people are. Jeremy and Madeleine like to stay in the country at Jeremy's parent's holiday place. One night, on their way there, they have a terrible car accident and Jeremy is seriously hurt. Madeleine was driving and emerges unscathed. Jeremy is in a coma, and so badly damaged that he will never wake up. Madeleine is under pressure to let Jeremy die from his family and the hospital, but she insists that he be kept alive. Madeleine sits a vigil by his side, warding off his parents and family, waiting for him to wake up or die. As she waits in his hospital room Madeleine talks to Jeremy and she begins to hallucinate that he talks back to her. Together they turn over the life they had together, and the life they would never have. Mourning and celebrating that which was and would never be. Parents and friends call by and are incorporated into the world that Madeleine and Jeremy begin to create. Aided by vivid imaginations, a sense of humour and the inevitable truth, Madeleine and Jeremy examine their life as a couple, their agendas and betrayals.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, VIC     30 Nov 2006

Organisations:
Baggage Productions, Hoy Polloy Theatre

1st Published:
http://Australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Heightened Realism / Drama 77 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78458

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Michael Goes Home

Synopsis:
A ten minute daring feat of split action and mirrored dialogue

Notes:
Short and Sweet 2007 Week 1

1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC     05 Dec 2007

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/75551

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Ms Minchey Is At Lunch

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Madwoman Monologues     2011

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Not Forgotten

Synopsis:
Two new Australian one-act plays for a new local company: 'Not Forgotten' and 'One on One'; both two-handers. Exploring notions of loneliness and personal relationships.

Notes:
part of Acts of Loneliness

1st Produced:
The Store Room, North Fitzroy, VIC     17 Jun 2005

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91619

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Okinawa Hymen Repair Kit Factory, The

Synopsis:
the Okinawa Hymen Repair Kit Factory has new owners. How will this effect the staff? Will Scott and Charlene still be testing the kits. Will Edwin and his bottle of Cointreau still be manager?

Notes:
Written by Christina Costigan; Jane Miller and Bridgette Burton

1st Produced:
Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray     27 Jun 2013

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Rhonda Is In Therapy

Synopsis:
Rhonda is a Professor teaching Chemical Engineering at The University of Melbourne. She has a lovely German husband, a delightful daughter and an excellent career. Rhonda's life is perfect. Except that she can't stop sleeping with one of her students, it has become an obsession. And she has an unspeakable tragedy in her past. That's why Rhonda is in therapy. Rhonda is in Therapy is a drama about psychosis and depression. The play explores themes of grief and loss in a heightened naturalistic style.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, VIC     03 Sep 2010

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1665   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama 75 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/86256

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Talking at Odds

Synopsis:
Two simultaneous conversations, two couples changing the nature of their relationships.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre, Newtown, NSW     06 Feb 2007

Organisations:
Short & Sweet Sydney Week 4

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79919

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Timing

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of "Play Six": The very bes of short dramatic writing in Melbourne. "The Cloak" by Rebecca Cook, "Barry and the Doctor" by Tom McCathie, "4" by Tristan Lutze, "Cheat School" by Mark Andrew, "Timing" by Bridgette Burton, "Somewhere between the sky and sea" by Alex Broun.

1st Produced:
Williamstown Little Theatre, Williamstown, VIC     08 Dec 2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/97484

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Undomesticated

Synopsis:
This pacy revue, designed as "a gleeful look at bad behaviour and the animal in us all", pokes fun at myriad aspects of modern living. . . - Review: Jim Murphy, A3, 30 September 2003, 12

Notes:
part of Melbourne Fringe Festival 2003. Devised by Bridgette Burton, Christina Costigan and Michael Rafferty

1st Produced:
Trades Hall, Carlton South, VIC     26 Sep 2003

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy review

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/31727

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Vienna Syndrome

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Short + Sweet Festival, Sydney 2010

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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