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Anthony Crowley

ANTHONY CROWLEY

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Anthony Crowley is a playwright, composer and director. His writing for musical Theatre includes 'the Villain of Flowers', 'the Wild Blue', 'Nathanial Storm', 'Dreaming the Pink Dingo', 'the Journey Girl' and 'Vincent - An A cappella Opera'. In 2006 he was co-winner of the Pratt Prize for musical Theatre. His writing for the Theatre includes 'Pretty White Lies and the Velveteen Undertow', 'When Sand Becomes Glass' and 'the Frail Man', which won the 2004 Wal Cherry Play of the Year. In 2005 he was the recipient of the ANPC/New Dramatists Award. He directed the world premiere of his new play Shadow Passion', winner of the 2004 R .E. Ross Trust Script Development Award.

Research:    https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3371

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         Dreaming the Pink Dingo         Frail Man, The         Journey Girl, The         Legend Of King O'Malley, The         Libertine, The         Melancholy Keeper Of the Deep, Deep Green, The         Motor-mouth and Suck-face - an Apocalyptic Love Story         Nathanial Storm         Robot Song         Shadow Passion         Some Of Our Favourite Things         Superfreaks         Untitled - A New Work         Villain Of Flowers, The         When Sand Becomes Glass         Wild Blue, The
Dreaming the Pink Dingo

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Frail Man, The

Synopsis:
21st Century corporate Australia has a head-on crash with our convict past in this shocking and timely tale that will carry you all the way to an unexpected finale. Steven Saken, CeO of Australia's largest IT company is trying to negotiate a billion-dollar merger, when a young Muslim woman is found dead and brutalised outside his Toorak home. Saken becomes the primary suspect, pursued by a female detective with a dark past of her own. His challenges become greater still when he contracts a life-threatening disease for which no cure can be found. . .This thrilling plot is intertwined with the story of two irreverent convict runaways who are struggling to accept their transportation to Van Diemen's Land

Notes:
Winner of the Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for 2003. Winner of the Malcolm Robertson Prize for New Writing 2004. Winner of the New Dramatists Award 2005

1st Produced:
Playbox Theatre, Southbank, VIC     23 Apr 2004

Organisations:
Playbox Theatre company

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

Music:
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Genre:
Political, Supernatural, Drama, Thriller

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/63711

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Journey Girl, The

Synopsis:
A young woman is lost and stranded in Europe. She tells her story and eventually overcomes her fear and self-doubt to take up her rucksack and venture on

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1st Produced:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre, South Yarra, VIC     03 Jun 1998

Organisations:
Homemade Musicals

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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/60117

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Legend Of King O'Malley, The

Synopsis:
Fast-moving, energetic musical that brings to life the colourful adventures of US-born King O'Malley: preacher ,insurance salesperson, shipwreck survivor befriended Queensland aborigines and Tasmanian elected federal politician

Notes:
written by Michael Boddy And Bob Ellis; Musical direction by Anthony Crowley

1st Produced:
-     1970

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1st Published:
in Plays of the 70s Vol 1, Sydney : Currency Press, 1998   

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Genre:
Vaudeville Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/1767

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Libertine, The

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Anthony Crowley composer. After this production the Parade was demolished to make way for NIDA's new theatre complex.

1st Produced:
Parade Theatre (1969-1999), Kensington, NSW     20 Oct 1999

Organisations:
NIDA

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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/60518

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Melancholy Keeper Of the Deep, Deep Green, The

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the Production Company presents the Australia Project II: Australia Strikes Back!, A program of new works by Australian playwrights. the following description is from the show's press release: "Twelve Acclaimed Australian playwrights create pieces based on their perceptions of the United States. the Australia Project II: Australia Strikes Back! includes new plays from some of Australia's most celebrated playwrights. the Production Company's work promotes And deepens cultural exchange between the United States And Australia And encourages Artists to explore the relationship between the two countries."
- nytheatre.com

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the Production Company

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Motor-mouth and Suck-face - an Apocalyptic Love Story

Synopsis:
Motor-mouth and Suck-face are two teen-age geeks in love and lust, desperate to be with one another yet continually thwarted by Motor-mouth's pre-school infatuation - Hilary - who is intent on re-claiming her boy. then one day at school - a new kid shows up - the mysterious Blasko Tupper - who knows something that none of her classmates know - the world is going to end in three days time. there's only one thing to do - throw a party, kidnap the whole school, break the bad news as gently as possible -- then find a way to blow everyone up just before armageddon to travel safely through a cosmic worm-hole into the next dimension. Simple right? Not quite. Because Blasko's mum and dad are actually part of an international conspiracy to conceal the horrible truth from the planet until it's too late. Fortunately Blasko has drugged them and tied them up in a titanium cage. Unfortunately her parents are experts at mind control and turning teenagers into blood-thirsty zombies, so before long they're on the loose and the party becomes a fight to the death - literally - where the only people who can save everyone turn out to be: Motor-mouth and Suck-face.

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1st Produced:
Randall Theatre , South Yarra, VIC     15 May 2007

Organisations:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre

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Music:
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Genre:
Apocalyptic Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  11            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/71707

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Nathanial Storm

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Robot Song

Synopsis:
Robot Song introduces us to Juniper, a smart 11-year-old whose world is turned upside down when the arm of a giant robot appears on her doorstep and takes her on an unexpected journey to find the rest of its body. Surprised by the robots revelation that it has only ever wanted to sing, Juniper learns flexibility and unexpected outcomes are sometimes exactly what you need.

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1st Produced:
The Engine Room, Bendigo, VIC     11 Jul 2018

Organisations:
Arena Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TIE

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/137857

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Shadow Passion

Synopsis:
Catherine and Robert Harrow are an upper middle class couple living in Canberra, Australia. Catherine is a surgeon, Robert a high level public servant working for the Department of Immigration. they appear successful and comfortable yet they live their private life in anguish because they cannot conceive a child. their desperation has turned their love-making into a destructive ritual of self-mutilation - one they mistakenly believe can lead to fertility. Into this volatile situation arrives Ali Hadji, an Iraqi refugee recently released from an Australian detention centre on a temporary visa. Ali also wears scars of torture both external and internal. Fleeing the oppressive Sunni regime he has illegally crossed the ocean to secure a new life for his family back in Iraq, only to have his companion son die on the journey. Ali, who is working in Catherine's hospital as a cleaner, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Catherine's terminally ill mother Margaret Winter, an unwilling patient under her daughter's care. When Ali receives news he is to be deported back to Iraq, Margaret is determined to help him stay. Catherine sees Ali and his suffering as the ultimate symbol of fertility and puts pressure upon Robert. But Robert is facing a dilEmma of his own as he becomes responsible for a container ship - carrying ninety asylum seekers - headed to Australia. In its path is a storm which threatens the lives of all those on board.

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1st Produced:
Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, VIC     07 Sep 2007

Organisations:
Chapel off Chapel

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

Music:
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Genre:
Magic realism - puppetry and live performance

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/75540

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Some Of Our Favourite Things

Synopsis:
The show deals with the mental development of individuals of secondary school age covering issues in the Victorian Government's Health Curriculum. It specifically addresses the need for balanced and open discussion / study of the issues confronting adolescents in our contemporary society. "Superfreaks" draws its inspiration from the curriculum and takes a brand new angle, solidified with its juxtaposition to current events, specifically the recent South-East Asian tsunami. Adolescent self-identity is the central theme, specifically addressing the adolescent development in the areas of self-development.

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Some of Our Favourite Things is a children's event at the Malvern Town Hall that showcases the world of musical theatre. Artistic Director Anthony Crowley is creating a 45 minute performance that is sure to entertain all the children and families.

1st Produced:
Malvern Town Hall, Malvern, VIC     20 Jun 2009

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89179

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Superfreaks

Synopsis:
The show deals with the mental development of individuals of secondary school age covering issues in the Victorian Government's Health Curriculum. It specifically addresses the need for balanced and open discussion / study of the issues confronting adolescents in our contemporary society. "Superfreaks" draws its inspiration from the curriculum and takes a brand new angle, solidified with its juxtaposition to current events, specifically the recent South-East Asian tsunami. Adolescent self-identity is the central theme, specifically addressing the adolescent development in the areas of self-development.

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1st Produced:
Grant Street Theatre, Southbank, VIC     26 Jul 2005

Organisations:
Victorian College of the Arts School of Music

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67495

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Untitled - A New Work

Synopsis:
Join Anthony Crowley, award-winning playwright and musical genius Jacquie Hoy in the creation of a new work to be presented at Chapel Off Chapel as part of Chapel's Seniors Week Program. If you've ever wanted to act, dance or sing, if you play an instrument, write poetry or simply enjoy being a creature of the spotlight this event is for you!

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1st Produced:
Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, VIC     10 Oct 2009

Organisations:
Chapel off Chapel

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89677

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Villain Of Flowers, The

Synopsis:
The shadow of Hamlet looms over this simple and classical story of Jack Baracoon, who returns to his home in the NSW Riverina, and learns the truth of his parent's brutal murder.

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1st Produced:
Parade Theatre (1969-1999), Kensington, NSW     20 Apr 1994

Organisations:
The NIDA Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/24156

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When Sand Becomes Glass

Synopsis:
An educated Indonesian man flirts with a young Australian girl on a Bali beach. A policemen recounts the horror of a terrorist bombing, a muslim woman rages at late night television and two drug traffickers have second thoughts in a cheap hotel room. Set on the eve of the Bali Bombings - each of these stories and many more are interwoven through-out the play, creating a tapestry of modern Australia - colliding with the culture of a mysterious land. Each thread, character and situation revolves around the other - appearing and reappearing, echoing words and events though monologue and scene, satire, drama, shadow puppetry and comedy - before culminating in the event that shook Australia to its core.

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Genre:
Drama, politics, satire, ensemble, naturalism

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  9            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Wild Blue, The

Synopsis:
Fourteen people post 9/11 - their hopes and fears. the infertile husband who forces his wife to have sex with other men so she can become pregnant. the young farmer besotted with a cow. the man who wants to be a woman

Notes:
Music, lyrics And book by Anthony Crowley

1st Produced:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre, South Yarra, VIC     01 Nov 2005

Organisations:
St. Martins Theatre of Youth 2005 Season

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/68273

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