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Alan Becher

ALAN BECHER

  (1947 - 2008)
Nationality:    Australian
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"Alan Becher, Born in Pakistan. Moved to Australia in 1970, co-founded Perth Theatre Company in 1994 and was the Artistic Director until he sadly passed away in 2008. His writing credits include stage adaptations of Paul Radleys My Blue Checker Corker and Me, Tom Hungerfords Stories from Suburban Road, Elizabeth Jolleys The Newspaper of Claremont Street, Mudrooroos Wild Cat Falling and Fotini Epanomitis The Mules Foal. He also co-wrote Shadow of the Eagle and conceived Welcome to Dullsville, to which he contributed material, together with 14 members of Perth Theatre Companys Writers Lab. Alan also wrote for corporate launches, promotional DVDs and museum exhibitions. He directed and designed many productions for Swy Theatre Company, the Western Australian Theatre Company and Perth Theatre Company. He directed over 40 productions of new Australian plays including 17 world premieres, and his productions often tour Australia."

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

         Baby Boomer Blues         Mule's Foal, The         Newspaper Of Claremont Street,the         Stories From Suburban Road         Wildcat Falling

Baby Boomer Blues

Synopsis:
Baby Boomer Blues takes a tongue-in-cheek look at a baby boomer couple s search for fulfilment. When Bob s business fails, he takes time out to reassess his existence while his wife, Carol, plays the breadwinner. This unexpected role swap has surprising results for Bob and Carol's marriage, which is not helped by Bob's irritating quest for the meaning of life. It takes a tropical holiday, a typhoon and a cheesy talent quest to open Bob's eyes.

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1st Produced:
Downstairs At His Majesty's Theatre    2007

Organisations:
Perth Theatre Company

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

Music:
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Genre:
comedy 90 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mule's Foal, The

Synopsis:
Adapted by Alan Becher from the novel by Fontini Epanomitis, The Mule's Foal concerns three families throughout 100 years of Greek family life. In the village Theodosios abandons his wife and gorilla child, then spends a lifetime trying to get them back. There's Meta, who is neither male nor female. And Yiorgos the Apeface, who is both man and beast. Young Agape of the Glowing Face, who can stop men's hearts with a look. From the centre of superstition and gossip, rumour and chaos, Mirella the ancient whore finds a calm place to tell her tantalising tale. This adaptation deliberately avoids realistic or naturalistic text, conventional dialogue and characterisations, but stays true to its cultural origins in oral storytelling. Variable cast 9-33.

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Genre:
Full-Length 95 mins Myth/Folk Tale/Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Newspaper Of Claremont Street,the

Synopsis:
the Newspaper of Claremont Street is Marguerite Morris or Weekly, a gossipy cleaning lady from england's Black Country

Notes:
adapted by Alan Becher And David Britton from book by Jolley, Elizabeth, 1923-2007

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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney, 1988   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Stories From Suburban Road

Synopsis:
Adapted by Alan Becher from Tom Hungerford's autobiography of the same name, Stories from Suburban Road is a nostalgic and vivid look at growing up in an Australian rural setting between two world wars.

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Genre:
Ensemble storytelling 90 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  variable

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Wildcat Falling

Synopsis:
Nineteen-year old anti-hero Wildcat has been released from Fremantle Jail after serving an eighteen-month sentence for juvenile offences. The play shifts from real time to memory as Wildcat re-experiences growing up in a small country town, being sent to Swanview Boys' Home and being a member of a bodgie gang in Perth in the late 1950s.

Notes:
Wildcat Falling was adapted by the late Alan Becher from the novel by Mudrooroo.

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
non-linear narrative 90 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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