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P P Craney

P P CRANEY  

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 2770         And Its Got A Lovely Backyard         Bit of Black, a Bit of Red and a Bit of White, A         Busted         Car Gods Burn         Danny's Inferno         Down Under The Thumb         Exposurist, The         Gold Diggers of '83, The         Hardy Project, The         Hello Down There         Home         It Came From Canberra         Kin         Loco         Nonno's Luck         Number One Thing, The         Offshore         Out From Under         Rec Room, The         Secret Service Show, The         Sh'larba         Tailing Out         Western Show, The         Whale Of A Tale

2770

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1st Produced:
Whalan High School, Whalan, NSW    02 Oct 1982

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And Its Got A Lovely Backyard

Synopsis:
Disenfranchised youth in a multi-cultural society

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1st Produced:
Parramatta Cultural Centre, Parramatta, NSW    01 Dec 1988

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Bit of Black, a Bit of Red and a Bit of White, A

Synopsis:
Based on interviews with redundant steelworkers from Broken Hill Proprietary Steelworks

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1st Produced:
Molten Arts Project, Newcastle, NSW    07 Jun 1999

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Drama

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Busted

Synopsis:
Teenagers and crime

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1st Produced:
NSW tour    1983

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Car Gods Burn

Synopsis:
A young man is going to have to sell a vintage car he has been working on with his father so that he can pay fines that have been levied against him

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1st Produced:
Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW    17 Nov 2004

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Danny's Inferno

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1st Produced:
Bridge Theatre, Coniston, NSW    15 Aug 2002

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Down Under The Thumb

Synopsis:
Immigrants to Australia from Southern Europe, the Capoti family and their cross-cultural conflicts at home, at work and at school

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Music by Adrian Morgan; lyrics and book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
Mt Druitt High School, Dharruk, NSW    Oct 1982

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Musical

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Exposurist, The

Synopsis:
A Filipina girl who has been raised in Australia goes back to her country of origin and discovers a brother she never knew existed

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1st Produced:
Junction Theatre, Thebarton, SA    20 Oct 1994

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Gold Diggers of '83, The

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Music by Ralph Schneider; lyrics and book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
San Miguel Inn, Cammeray, NSW    20 Aug 1983

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Genre:
Musical

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Hardy Project, The

Synopsis:
The life of the Communist writer Frank Hardy

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1st Produced:
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, NSW    01 Aug 2003

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Hello Down There

Synopsis:
Greed and incompetence of bankers

Notes:
Music by Ian Farr; lyrics by Mary Laslett; book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
Theatre 62, Hilton, SA    02 Jun 1993

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Home

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Contained in: "Refuge" published by Currency Press 2009   978-0868197661

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It Came From Canberra

Synopsis:
Sci-Fi B movies meet workers rights

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Music by Mark Reedman; lyrics and book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
Junction Theatre, Thebarton, SA    01 Jul 1992

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Kin

Synopsis:
Racism in contemporary Australian society

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1st Produced:
NSW tour    1987

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Loco

Synopsis:
Threat of new technologies to blue collar workers

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Music by David Sandford; Written with the workers of the Chullora Locomotive Workshop

1st Produced:
Clyde Wagon Maintenance Centre, Clyde, NSW    Oct 1983

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Nonno's Luck

Synopsis:
Nonno came to Australia from Italy when he was 15 and ever since then he has been fishing in the waters around Sydney. He always has good catches which he puts down to the fact that he has never had a woman aboard ship. He is getting old now and needs a deckhand. Jackie wants a job and she disguises herself as a boy and becomes Nonno's crew member. Then things start to go wrong and Nonno discovers the truth about Jack

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1st Produced:
NSW tour    1982

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Number One Thing, The

Synopsis:
Workers and Trades Unions

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Music by Danny Fine; lyrics and book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
Australian tour    1984

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Genre:
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Offshore

Synopsis:
Anti Communist left wing theatre

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Music by Ian Farr

1st Produced:
Thebarton Theatre, Torrensville, SA    21 Sep 1991

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Out From Under

Synopsis:
Sequel to "Down Under The Thumb". The Capoti family are under siege

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Music by Adrian Morgan; lyrics and book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
NSW tour    1984

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Rec Room, The

Synopsis:
The life of Sydney street people based on interviews

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Edward Eager Lodge, Darlinghurst, NSW    27 Aug 2004

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Drama

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Secret Service Show, The

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1st Produced:
Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Milsons Point, NSW    29 Jan 1983

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Sh'larba

Synopsis:
Martin moves with his family to a little seaside town when his father gets transferred to a nearby steelworks. Martin is a Goth. He wears all black and paints his finger nails and wear make-up. As a local says: "In Sh'larba you probably need a permit to look like that"

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1st Produced:
Harbour Theatre, Shellharbour, NSW    23 Nov 2001

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Tailing Out

Synopsis:
The working lives of steelworkers who are now redundant

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Based on the book "Tailing Out - BHB Workers Talk About Life, Steelmaking and the Newcastle Closure" by Pat Cranney

1st Produced:
Newcastle Panthers, Newcastle, NSW    -

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Western Show, The

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Music by Adrian Morgan; lyrics and book by P P Craney

1st Produced:
Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Milsons Point, NSW    06 Oct 1979

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Whale Of A Tale

Synopsis:
An eco-tale

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1st Produced:
Maritime Museum, Port Adelaide, SA    14 Mar 1992

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