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Shaun Charles

SHAUN CHARLES

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Shaun Charles is a writer and director. as a playwright his work includes the Understudy, Three Points of Contact, the River, the Dirt and Us, Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris (published by Playlab Press), Last Drinks (an adaptation of Andrew McGahans novel, published by Playlab Press), the White earth (co-adapted with novelist Andrew McGahan, published by Playlab Press) and the short plays another Dead Rock Star, and Grace. He co-wrote and directed Lead Sister for the Brisbane Powerhouse, and the musical Paradise (published by Playlab Press) for Backbone Youth Arts and the Brisbane Festival. Last year Shaun wrote the libretto for the opera Dirty apple, produced by Opera Queensland. as a director Shaun has worked mainly on new Australian writing, directing a number of new works including the premiere productions of Linda Hassalls Post Office Rose and Andrew McGahans Bait. He also co-directed the premiere season of the White earth for La Boite Theatre Company in early 2009. This year he wrote the Birds of TennANT Creek for the Desert Harmony Festival in TennANT Creek, the Northern Territory.

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         Another Dead Rock Star         Dirty Apple         Grace         Last Drinks         Lead Sister         Paradise         Rio Saki And Other Falling Debris         River, The Dirt, And Us, The         Three Points Of Contact         Understudy, The         White Earth, The

Another Dead Rock Star

Synopsis:
In Another Dead Rock Star flat mates Sebastian and Neil are depressed. With their lives going nowhere they come up with a plan to give their lives meaning and direction.

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https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/262391   978-1301542789

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Genre:
short play

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Dirty Apple

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wrote the libretto

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Opera Queensland    -

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Genre:
Opera

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Grace

Synopsis:
In Grace a lonely woman throws a party to show her neighbours she is coping with a tragic loss but its not quite the celebration everyone was expecting.

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1st Published:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/262391   978-1301542789

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Genre:
short play

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Last Drinks

Synopsis:
Last Drinks (adapted from the novel by andrew McGahan): It's a decade since the infamous inquiry into corruption tore the state of Queensland apart. But for George Verney, disgraced journalist and bit-player in the great scandals of his day, the inquiry has never quite finished. after ten years of self-imposed exile, drawn by the terrible death of his friend, he reluctantly returns to Brisbane, the city of his downfall. In a town he no longer recognizes and through the underworld that has forgotten him, George must seek out the other survivors of his times. He must confront the truth about their common past and find a way to let the dead rest in peace.

Notes:
Adapted from the novel by Andrew McGahan

1st Produced:
Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, QLD    15 Aug 2006

Organisations:
La Boite Theatre Company

1st Published:
Fortitude Valley, Queensland: Playlab , 2006   978-0908156979

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Genre:
adaptation

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/69195

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Lead Sister

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1st Produced:
Brisbane Powerhouse    -

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Paradise

Synopsis:
a dynamic Australian youth musical that explores the clashes of two cultures (the west meets the South Pacific Islands) whilst celebrating Pacific Island culture with dignity, creativity and an irrepressible sense of fun.

Notes:
2008 Matilda Award Nominee for Best Musical.

1st Produced:
Brisbane Festival    -

Organisations:
Backbone Youth Arts

1st Published:
Playlab Press, Australia   978-0-908156-78-8

Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  chorus and doubling

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Rio Saki And Other Falling Debris

Synopsis:
Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris: This iconic Brisbane grunge play about the final days before the end of the world was first produced at La Boite theatre in 1999. To quote critic Martin Buzacott, Generation Xers . . .abandoned by God and subject to information overload, contemplated their own visions of a new Doomsday. . .Ultimately, it's a play not so much about the impending apocalypse, as it is about love's ability to generate meaning and comfort in a world where the mere beat of a human heart or the simple touch of flesh can seem a latter-day miracle.

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Playlab Press, 2006   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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River, The Dirt, And Us, The

Synopsis:
Dee and Mark are two brisbane teenagers up to no good late one Friday night. In the mangroves along the banks of the Brisbane River they stumble upon a dinghy which they launch out into the dark waters of the river. they float with the current and soon encounter the ghost convict ship, the Murgo. the Murgo has come unstuck in time. Taking aboard Dee and Mark as prisoners, the Murgo flips back and forth in time randomly visiting the key events that have shaped Brisbane - the 1974 floods, the buiding of the Storey Bridge, the Battle of Brisbane. It is a journey of historical discovery and of learning one's place in history.

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Genre:
Historical Gothic 60 min

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  Casting very flexible in both size and gender

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Three Points Of Contact

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Understudy, The

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White Earth, The

Synopsis:
Following the death of his father, young William McIvor and his mother Veronica are taken in by Will's uncle John at Kuran Station. John grew up there, son of the station master. His proposal to the owner's daughter Elizabeth rejected, John has spent his life working to buy back the now-decrepit property that is the one place he truly knows. The encounter with would-be heir Will is the catalyst for flashbacks that tell how John's present tenure at Kuran came about and what it cost him. Epic in scope, The White Earth moves between 1992 and McIvor's antipathy for the incoming native title legis

Notes:
co-adapted by Shaun Charles And novelist Andrew McGahan

1st Produced:
Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, QLD    25 Feb 2009

Organisations:
La Boite Theatre Company

1st Published:
in "The White Earth and Bait", Playlab Press, Australia (2009)   978-0908156863

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/105716

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