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Chris Dickins

CHRIS DICKINS

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Chris Dickins is a playwright, theatre director and teacher who has been working in the performing arts since 1973. He is a prolific playwright having written around 90 plays - many of which have been specially commissioned for small community companies. These works include Sunrise, Sunset; 'peter panman; The Men; Absent Without Leave and Foreigners From Home. Chris has been the artistic director of Bow-Tie, Artisan, Barnstorm Theatre, Spirit Theatre Co, Polyglot Puppet Theatre, Theatre Susso and Alchemy Community Theatre.??Chris plays have been produced across Australia and?Internationally; been studied for VCE Drama courses; used as teaching resources at universities and at NIDA and been nominated for the Green Room awards and several have been published.??In 1993 Chris represented Australia at the Five Writers From Five Nations ASSITEJ International Congress (the childrens theatre branch of UNESCO) in?Frankfurt Germany where his theories on theatre were adopted into ASSITEJ archives.??Chris has also been a commissioned playwright for several universities and art centres and regularly conducts writing workshops across the country.??Chris is also an established theatre director having directed many works at the Victorian Arts Centre, St. Martins Youth Arts Centre; the Athenaeum; the Adelaide Festival Centre and the Famous Speigeltent.??Chris is currently living and working in Foster, Victoria where he is developing Tribes (Theatre and Education) a small business with his partner, Annette.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1862

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         Absent Without Leave         Ancient Orange         Angels         Arriverdici Roma         AWOL         Backyard World of Alexander Podger, The         Ballad of Big Fish, The         Basels Island         Blood Wedding         Boat, The         Boulevard         Brainchild         Cancerto         Castaway         City Times, The         Cliffhanger: the Greening of Jasper Allnut         Cuckoo         Desire         Don Perlimplin and Belisa In The Garden         Don Quick         Eli         Empty Space, The         Fence, The         Flying Ferals, The         Foreigners From Home         Four On The Floor         Friends         Funnies, The         Further Adventures of JG, Specs and Angie Too!, The         Immigrant, The         Isle of Man, The         JG, Specs And Angie         JG, Specs And Angie Too!         Judy and Punch         Kidstreets         Little Bit Of Soul, A         Little Prince, The         Maelstrom         Manifest, The         Man's Life, A         Men, The         Momentum         Murray Mark Twain         My Family & Other Animals         Mysterious Adventures of Rufus Bummings, The         No Man's Land         Nuovo Seducto         Pacifica         Penny Dreadful & The Tuna Lady         peter panman         Pidjin Flamenco         Pit, The         Pops Dream & Romantics Daughter         Protagonist, The         Punt Road & Other Joys         Rebellion: Inca Eureka         Riven, The         Sanctuary         Sanctus         Scandals         Seven Gumbahs from the Zuider Zee         Shangri-La         Shoes         Skins         Soliloquy         Solitaire         Steamer Day         Sunrise-Sunset         Swansong         Taws         Torch         Violin Bird, The         War Trilogy: Part 1         War Trilogy: Part 2         War Trilogy: Part 3         Waratah         Wind Children, The         Wind in the Wires, The

Absent Without Leave

Synopsis:
Absent Without Leave begins in 1995. Two elderly men meet in Queensland and share memories of their time as soldiers in New Guinea. One of their best friends has recently passed on. From there the play revisits the dangerous experience they all underwent in the heat of battle. Forced to be still and silent for a long period of time the men became totally reliant on each other where even the slightest noise or action would bring about their demise. The men reminisce about the lives they have left behind in Australia, their aspirations for the future and significant moments in their young lives, which serve to fuel their courage and their fear during their long entrapment. The play also looks at how these extreme circumstances affect the mens lives when they return home and how they cope with their wives, children, working lives and post war society.

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90 min drama

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ancient Orange

Synopsis:
The Australian soldier survives a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese jungle  but is temporarily blinded. During the crash a Vietnamese soldier has been badly wounded in the leg. Surrounded by fierce combat and due to the nature of their injuries they come to the conclusion that they need to work together to escape. Over a period of time the men become more reliant upon each other until a bond forms between them. It is revealed that the Vietnamese soldier is regularly forced to serve for both the North and the South Vietnamese armies before returning to his village. The two men piece together a symbiotic relationship through fractured French, simple English and Vietnamese phrases. Their fate is sealed just after they finally arrive at the seeming safety of the Vietnamese mans village.

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Genre:
85 min drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Angels

Synopsis:
This is a ten-minute play which is a bout the relationship between a drama teacher and several students he meets through a government welfare program.

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10 min play

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Arriverdici Roma

Synopsis:
The play traces the life of Roma, from her childhood in Italy though to her familys migration to Australia and the important milestones of her life. Her stories. Romas anecdotes and memories are punctuated by ballroom dancing, each dance reflecting her stage of life. She also adores the music of Dean Martin.

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included in the full-length work, Solitaire, http://australianplays.org/   -

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Genre:
10 min play

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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AWOL

Synopsis:
Absent Without Leave begins in 1995. Two elderly men meet in Queensland and share memories of their time as soldiers in New Guinea. One of their best friends has recently passed on. From there the play revisits the dangerous experience they all underwent in the heat of battle. Forced to be still and silent for a long period of time the men became totally reliant on each other where even the slightest noise or action would bring about their demise. The men reminisce about the lives they have left behind in Australia, their aspirations for the future and significant moments in their young lives, which serve to fuel their courage and their fear during their long entrapment. The play also looks at how these extreme circumstances affect the mens lives when they return home and how they cope with their wives, children, working lives and post war society.

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1st Produced:
Bridge Theatre, Coniston, NSW    27 Sep 1998

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/74366

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Backyard World of Alexander Podger, The

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ballad of Big Fish, The

Synopsis:
part of a series of four short plays where a small boat is the connecting image between them: ""The ballad of big fish"", ""The wind in the wires"", ""The flying ferals"" , ""Castaway"".

Notes:
The Boat : The Ballad of Big Fish / The Wind in the Wires / The Flying Ferals / Castaway

1st Produced:
Bermagui Harbour Slipway, Bermagui, NSW    21 Mar 2001

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/1254

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Basels Island

Synopsis:
A young Sudanese man travels towards his dream island and along the way meets displaced young people from across the world. Basels Island is a grand adventure as well as a social satire, which is also a call for justice and compassion.

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Genre:
85 min

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  Could be played with up to 20 people.

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Blood Wedding

Synopsis:
The great play by Garcia Lorca translated into movement theatre.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
Artisan Theatre Company    c1983

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  ensemble of 10

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Boat, The

Synopsis:
Another play that consists of 4 shorter plays, all centered around a boat. The first play is set in Bermagui in the 1930s and is based on the travels of westerns writer Zane Greys fishing expeditions. The second play is the mysterious Wind in The Wires, which tells the story of a boat suddenly appearing in a wheat field in Hay, NSW. The third is a play about hippies arriving in Bermagui in the late 1960s and the final play, Castaway, is a series of monologues from five women attending an art class on the seashore. The Boat can be performed in its entirety or just using the first three plays, while Castaway is suitable to be performed as a one act play on its own. The Boat is suitable for performances by schools.

Notes:
The Boat : The Ballad of Big Fish / The Wind in the Wires / The Flying Ferals / Castaway

1st Produced:
Bermagui Harbour Slipway, Bermagui, NSW    21 Mar 2001

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

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

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 180 mmin

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Large ensemble, mixed ages, equal male and female roles

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/1254

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Boulevard

Synopsis:
Boulevard is a mix of silent-movie type comedy performance with tomfoolery, lyricism and pathos.

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Genre:
physical theatre/dance/mime play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of five

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Brainchild

Synopsis:
The play begins with Helen, just having given birth to a daughter, being visited by her father, Wiliam. From there the play moves to Helens own birth twenty years earlier. From there the action takes place on significant birthdays in her life. Helen is recognised as a gifted child who in her adolescence becomes more and more heavily involved in drugs. Originally produced by Barnstorm Theatre the play has been performed several times by professional companies and in schools. The language of Brainchild is sparse and poetic.

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1st Produced:
Secondary Schools (Various), Various Victorian locations, VIC    30 Oct 1989

Organisations:
Barnstorm Theatre Company

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/97649

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Cancerto

Synopsis:
Cancerto was one of five large cast plays commissioned by the Ballarat University Actors course to be performed at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne as graduation works (where each performer would have significant major focus time on stage). The play is set in an adolescent cancer ward at a large city hospital. During the play a musical therapy program and accompanying documentary are being conducted. Despite the serious themes the play is mostly a comedy. Cancerto has also been rewritten as a musical.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Eighteen to twenty young actors

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Castaway

Synopsis:
Originally the fourth play in a quartet titled The Boat. Castaway has been written for five female performers. The five characters meet at a beach to take place in an art class where the subject is a boat. The five women chat before each tells a story from their lives and each story features a boat in some ways. At the end of the play the five women have begun to make friendships, learn about each other and make important discoveries. Castaway has been performed in NSW, Canberra, Ballarat and is about to be performed in Melbourne. The monologues have been used as a teaching resource at NIDA.

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1st Produced:
Bermagui Harbour Slipway, Bermagui, NSW    21 Mar 2001

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

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

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/1254

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City Times, The

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cliffhanger: the Greening of Jasper Allnut

Synopsis:
About three Year 9 students who battle the media, trailbike riders and public apathy to raise the consciousness of their peers about conservation issues. They start a rock band to promote the cause. . .

Notes:
The play was commissioned by the Victorian Government's Ministry of Planning and Environment, for touring to regional secondary schools in Victoria.

1st Produced:
Secondary Schools (Various), Various Victorian locations, VIC    17 Jul 1987

Organisations:
Four's Company

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

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Cuckoo

Synopsis:
ealing with the relationships and tensions between three very different women: a widow, her reluctant mother and a neighbour.

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1st Produced:
Secondary Schools (Various), Various Victorian locations, VIC    21 Feb 1994

Organisations:
Barnstorm Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/101777

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Desire

Synopsis:
An adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams into physical theatre. Performed by Artisan Theatre in 1980-1981 in Melbourne. Some images from this production still live vibrantly in my imagination. The set was a tarantula made out of venetian blinds. When Blanches young husband held a gun to his forehead the lights went out and his face was projected on the blinds, which fractured as a shot was heard. Many, many stories remain  unfortunately the same cant be said for a script.

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1st Produced:
Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC    Dec 1981

Organisations:
Artisan Theatre Company

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Ensemble of dancer/actors.

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91301

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Don Perlimplin and Belisa In The Garden

Synopsis:
The great play by Garcia Lorca translated into movement theatre.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
Artisan Theatre Company    c1983

Organisations:
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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  ensemble of 10

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Don Quick

Synopsis:
Don Quick is a contemporary dramatic retelling of elements of the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It is set in Melbourne, Australia in the present day. The play tells two stories. In the first Michael Cervantes, an Australian playwright, is imprisoned for sedition, along with his manager Charlie Mustafa. While awaiting trial Michael tells the story of Don Quick to his dangerous seeming cell mates. Don Quick is an old man who lives in suburban Melbourne and reads great romantic novels. Escaping from the confines of his narrowing life he takes his imaginary friend, Charlie Spinoza on the road in his faithful Datsun 120Y called Rosey. During their adventures Don battles a giant neon crayfish in a small coastal town, breaks down the gates of a detention centre and battles a group of hoons at a railway station on the Black Stump Line. Most importantly, Don meets and falls in love with an escapee from the detention centre, Dulcie, a woman who doesn't speak. Don dedicates his quest for glory to the beauty of his 'Dulcinea.' When he is apprehended by the law Don is returned home to Doncaster where his niece and her husband are burning his books and planning his departure for La Mancha, a nursing home. Don does not fit in well at La Mancha and gets in trouble for attempting to stage a play with his fellow patients. The Board of La Mancha struggle to make Don conform to the rules of the institution. Before they succeed however, Don escapes for one last assault on conventional life - he launches a farcical attack on a shopping centre. Facing his last days in La Mancha Don renounces his imaginary friend and his own beliefs before dying in pain. At the end of this stories the prisoners have become attached to Don and some of his ideas and wish Michael well as he sets off for court to argue against the forces of conformity and repression.

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1st Produced:
(rehearsed reading) Alchemy Theatre at the Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts    2008

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http://australianplays.org/   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama 100 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  doubling, large cast possible

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Eli

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1st Produced:
St Martin's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC    06 Oct 1982

Organisations:
Artisan Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91302

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Empty Space, The

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1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC    08 Dec 2007

Organisations:
Short and Sweet 2007 Wildcard

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/76116

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Fence, The

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flying Ferals, The

Synopsis:
part of a series of four short plays where a small boat is the connecting image between them: ""The ballad of big fish"", ""The wind in the wires"", ""The flying ferals"" , ""Castaway"".

Notes:
The Boat : The Ballad of Big Fish / The Wind in the Wires / The Flying Ferals / Castaway

1st Produced:
Bermagui Harbour Slipway, Bermagui, NSW    21 Mar 2001

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

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/1254

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Foreigners From Home

Synopsis:
Though the story is set in the 1930s, it is lined with 1990s paralells as the Kidd family traverses the hardest six years of the depression. Elizabeth Kidd is putting the finishing touches to her family memoir, Foreigners From Home. As she types she remembers the stories of her family life, beginning on New Years Eve 1929. These stories include the mischief she gets into with her brother FitzGerald, her brothers Harold and Stan who leave home to seek work, her sister Bronwyn who leaves cant cope with the pressures the Depression brings, her Father Walter who will do everything for his family and her mother Marion, who somehow sees them all through.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Her Majesty's Theatre, Ballarat, VIC    21 Jun 1991

Organisations:
Barnstorm Theatre Company

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

Music:
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Genre:
historical drama

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Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Four On The Floor

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-

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-    -

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-

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-

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Friends

Synopsis:
A study in movement, music and dramatic vignettes. It is based on various aspects of friendship. The love relationship is explored as well as the encounters of children, acquaintances and those for whom friendship has the deepest possible meaning. The play seeks to make a positive statement about the value of comradeship but also features some of the darker sides of human nature

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Barkly Studio, Ballarat, VIC    26 Sep 1985

Organisations:
Four's company

1st Published:
Contained in: "Exploring Relationships Through Drama" published by Nelson, Australia 1990   978-0170086011

Music:
-

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piece

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Funnies, The

Synopsis:
A historical cavalcade of short sketches showcasing different forms of comedy from the mediaeval court jester through commedia dell' arte, Punch & Judy, Pierrot and Columbine, Charlie Chaplin etc . . . including the Tiv and even Monty Python.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gay Gough Theatre, Mount Clear, VIC    04 Mar 1987

Organisations:
Four's Company. Begonia Festival (Ballarat) 1987

1st Published:
-   -

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-

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Genre:
devised comedy sketch

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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-

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Further Adventures of JG, Specs and Angie Too!, The

Synopsis:
Attempts to validate the experiences of young people and encourage them to talk about the problems they face. Looks at the shift from primary school to secondary, and the emotional and physical change from child to young adult.

Notes:
A sequel to JG, Specs, and Angie Too! which was first produced in 1985 and toured for 3 years.

1st Produced:
Victoria, VIC    1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Immigrant, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
St Martin's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC    06 Oct 1982

Organisations:
Artisan Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91304

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Isle of Man, The

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-

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-    -

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-

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-   -

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-

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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JG, Specs And Angie

Synopsis:
G, Specs and Angie is a comic play that tells the story of three friends in year 4 at primary school. JG is a brash and confident boy who excels at sport. Michael Fisher is new to the school who finds he needs glasses and Angie is a fiery girl who stands up to all the boys. The complications arise with their respective families and significant issues the three friends need to deal with. By the end of year 4 all 3 students have grown and changed and managed to keep their friendships intact. JG, Specs and Angie has been produced across Australia and had success in Michigan, USA. The play is suitable for performances by youth theatre groups and drama classes. It is often performed by large classes who share the three roles. The play is suitable for both primary and secondary drama classes.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Victoria, VIC    1985

Organisations:
-

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA 75 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

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-

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JG, Specs And Angie Too!

Synopsis:
JG, Specs and Angie Too! is a sequel to the original play featuring the same 3 characters as they make the transition from primary to secondary schools. Once again the characters have to face significant issues and to face problems at their school and in their home lives. The play suits performances by youth theatre groups, late primary and early secondary school drama classes.

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-

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-    -

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-

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

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-

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TYA 75 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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-

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Judy and Punch

Synopsis:
As the title suggests, this play turns the age old puppet plays on their head and puts Judy first. This is a quartet of short plays dealing with issues related to women. The first play, Many Rivers to Cross, is based on the true story of a woman fleeing her violent husband. Spring Cleaning is also based on a true story about a man learning to share domestic responsibilities and the care of their baby after a couple are involved in a serious car crash. Siren Summer looks at the struggles of a young girl who is abused by her father and makes an unexpected friendship with an eccentric beachcomber. Finally Ron and Julie upends Romeo and Juliet by setting the action in a depressed suburb where the children of two families are at war with each other while the single parents of each family fall in love. Judy and Punch is suitable for performances by Theatre in Education and Youth Theatre companies and is suitable for performance and study by secondary school students.

Notes:
-

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-    -

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-

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

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-

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Genre:
TYA 80 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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-

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Kidstreets

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pram Factory, Carlton, VIC    Apr 1980

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Little Bit Of Soul, A

Synopsis:
Specially written for senior students at Damascus College in Ballarat this is a musical theatre piece which is a mix of monologues, soul songs, group scenes, comedy and drama. The play features six female relatives who meet regularly at a local café to discuss their lives. Another character, a street artist, listens to their stories and becomes involved in their lives. These scenes are interspersed with 10 great soul songs including Respect, Try a Little Tenderness,and Ive Been Loving You (Too Long to Stop Now). The themes of the songs tie in with issues raised in the dramatic interludes. A Little Bit of Soul is also suitable for adult performances and has been successfully mounted for a professional season in the past. Rights for the songs can be obtained through APRA.

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-

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-    -

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-

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

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-

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Genre:
musical theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

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-

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Little Prince, The

Synopsis:
morality tale about the little prince who falls to earth from an unknown planet.

Notes:
adapted from the novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery

1st Produced:
Cromwell Road Theatre, South Yarra, VIC    12 Apr 1997

Organisations:
Polyglot Puppet Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
puppetry

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Maelstrom

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-

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-

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-    -

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-

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
University Commissions.

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Manifest, The

Synopsis:
The Manifest is a totally non-verbal play. It tells the story of a bus trip around Australia. The Manifest is the passenger list, but also relates to the theme of seeing beyond that which is purely visible, or plain. The characters are eccentric and feature a Japanese tourist, Mr. Zen; an old couple named Mog and Pog; Anne Skank  a bogan and New Age devotee; a young couple in love and various others. Interwoven through the story is the tale of a drover and his wife who are looking for their lost child. The Manifest has been performed as a school play and featured a live orchestra.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

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

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-

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Genre:
piece 100 min

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  23 roles, with ensemble of 10 (equal genders)

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-

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Man's Life, A

Synopsis:
This is a work to be developed in the future. The idea is to show the relationship between an old, dying man and his grandson. There are other male members of the family of various ages who reflect different aspects of masculinity. As the older man weakens he becomes confined to bed and with his grandson plays an on-line video game in which he creates and avatar for himself the way he wishes he had lived.

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-

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-    -

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-

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-   -

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-

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Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Men, The

Synopsis:
Four men meet in a bar. They have not met in years. One of them has invited the other three. As they spend a night together they reminisce on their lives experiences and the forces that have helped to create the men they have become. The men have experienced the loss of their jobs, marital separation and familial isolation. The events of the night lead to a shocking conclusion.

Notes:
The Men was written in response to a headline in a Canberra newspaper where a new CEO boasted that he would Get rid of all the 50 year olds. My response was  Why would he do this? What happens to the collective knowledge and experience these men bring to the workforce. Most specifically what happens to the men? Over several seasons by various companies, the play has been accompanied by forums with the audience as mans issues rise to the surface.

1st Produced:
The Street Theatre Studio, Acton, ACT    13 Jul 2001

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
social drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/2554

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Momentum

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-

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-

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-    -

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-

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
University Commissions.

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Murray Mark Twain

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-

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-

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-    -

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-

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-   -

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-

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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My Family & Other Animals

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
adapted from book by Gerald Durrell

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-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Non-verbal (Physical Theatre), Youth Theatre.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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-

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Mysterious Adventures of Rufus Bummings, The

Synopsis:
This is a play for one actor. The play tells the story of Ruth, a girl with Downs Syndrome from the perspective of her favourite toy, Rufus. Rufus is one of five toy soldiers hanging from a mobile toy. The play begins with Rufus sitting in a garage waiting for the sale taking place the next morning. As he waits Rufus recalls Ruths life, the devotion of her parents, her life-loving friends from school, her brave attitude to life and her ability to love. The play is suitable for professional performance and can be useful as a dramatic resource in the classroom.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Regional Victoria - Various Venues, Various Victorian locations, VIC    17 Mar 1995

Organisations:
Bradley Hulme Spirit Theatre

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
TYA puppetry

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  Several roles of both genders performed by the one actor

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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/99866

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No Man's Land

Synopsis:
Jo Stone, an archivist, is working on restoring cenotaphs and war memorials across regional Australia. In a town in southern New South Wales she comes across a broken down memorial, which features several names in common with her own. Throughout the play Jo searches for the stories of her own family and through letters, personal anecdotes, photographs and memories she comes to more deeply understand her ancestry.

Notes:
-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
drama 85 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Nuovo Seducto

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Chris Dickins and Robyn Sedgwick

1st Produced:
Rex Hotel, Braddon, ACT    12 Feb 1983

Organisations:
PITS

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/96002

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Pacifica

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-

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-

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-    -

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-

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
University Commissions.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Penny Dreadful & The Tuna Lady

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-

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-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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peter panman

Synopsis:
peter panman is set in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne in the 1950s. peter is the son of the local night watchman or panman. He is dyslexic and has a club foot. peter is tormented by bullies at school but in his dreams he becomes Peter Pan, eloquent and sure footed. peter befriends Christine, an English immigrant girl who is abused by her aunt and uncle. peter talks regularly with his dead mother, Sylvie; particularly after being bullied by his chief tormentor Brian Cook (Captain Hook in peters dreams). By the end of the play peter becomes more like his dream character and finally starts to write his name using capital letters. The play is suitable for performance by professional theatres, Theatre in Education companies, youth theatres and secondary school students.

Notes:
-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

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

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-

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Genre:
TYA 80 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Pidjin Flamenco

Synopsis:
The plays are performed by an ensemble cast of five. Each cast member also directs one of the pieces. Silo (Fennessy): An old man recalls a boyhood leap of faith into a rural wheat silo; Requiem (Cameron): A death chamber for the staging of an indifferent man's rebirth; Seven Year Sleep (Theodorakis): A world of genetic breeding where adults put adolescents into deep-sleep to avoid dealing with puberty; Pidgin Flamenco (Dickins): The Eltham Ballroom dancing competition where a couple experience mid-life crisis; Thicker than Water (Saxby): An immortal vampire's restless nights are spent drinking with Zeus and the memory of his long dead wife and daughter.

Notes:
part of Rites of Passage: Silo / Requiem / Seven Year Sleep / Pidjin Flamenco / Thicker Than Water /

1st Produced:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre , South Yarra, VIC    21 Oct 1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pit, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

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-   -

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-

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pops Dream & Romantics Daughter

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-

Notes:
-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
Australian History.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Protagonist, The

Synopsis:
A play about violence and peace. . . It concerns a writer called Simon Jeffrey whose life is shattered by the death of a life-long friend at the hands of a mass killer in the city insurance office (based on the recent real-life incident in Queen Street)

Notes:
This production also played at the Ballarat Courthouse Theatre and the Alexander Theatre at Monash University.

1st Produced:
Secondary Schools (Various), Various Victorian locations, VIC    22 May 1989

Organisations:
Barnstorm Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
TIE

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Punt Road & Other Joys

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-

Notes:
-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rebellion: Inca Eureka

Synopsis:
A very ambitious project which seeks to juxtapose the events of Eureka in Ballarat in the 1850s with the Spanish invasion of South America three centuries earlier, as well as giving voice to multi-cultural and Indigenous experiences of the Eureka rebellion.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Grainery Lane Theatre, Ballarat, VIC    01 Oct 1994

Organisations:
Barnstorm Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Australian History.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Riven, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

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-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

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-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sanctuary

Synopsis:
Thousands of children grew up in the care system in Victoria and Australia throughout the 1900s. They are called the "Forgotten Australians". Sanctuary by playwright Chris Dickins is based on the stories of some of those people. Sanctuary tells the stories of the babies' homes and the industrial laundries where young pregnant women worked as they were hidden away from society. It tells of the young women who were forced to give up their babies and return to their lives and the innocent children growing up in often harsh and cruel environments where knowledge of where they came from or who they were was cruelly hidden from them. Sanctuary shows equally the neglect and the miraculous survival of the children and young women who called institutions home. Sanctuary shows us the historical care system and social and political ideologies of the time that underpinned them in all their harsh reality. The stories of abuse, cruelty, humour, care, kinship and deep and life long connections are dotted throughout this dramatic portrayal about the "Forgotten Australians." Despite the realities there is humour, joy and a wondrous spirit of survival.

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Genre:
epic theatre 90 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  9            Other:  Up to 17 plus extras

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Sanctus

Synopsis:
the core narrative is the convergence of two stories based in a church on the banks of the Murray river. One begins in 1900 when the church was constructed and other when it is due to be demolished. they collide during the war in 1940

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1st Produced:
Merlyn Theatre, Southbank, VIC    06 Nov 1996

Organisations:
University of Ballarat Performing Arts Students

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Genre:
University Commissions.

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/29782

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Scandals

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Seven Gumbahs from the Zuider Zee

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TYA

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shangri-La

Synopsis:
Shangri-La is a quartet of plays all set in and around a beach holiday house on the far south coast of New South Wales. The first play deals with the building of the house at the turn of last century. The second play, Still Life, is set in the beach house in 1946 just after World War 2. This play is also able to be performed as a one-act play in its own right. The third play is set in the 1960s and features an eccentric family in which the children are conservative and the parents are rebellious. The final play is set in the present day when a group of young squatters, on the run from the law, break into the deserted beach house. The plays are primarily comic and can be performed by theatre companies, youth theatre, community theatre and secondary schools.

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Genre:
Comedy Drama 120 min

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  18 roles, preferred cast: 10 males, 2 female (or multiple casting)

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Shoes

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Skins

Synopsis:
A story jam packed with disposable teen romances, sexual awakenings, verbal and physical abuse and betrayal.

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1st Produced:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre , South Yarra, VIC    Nov 1993

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/22575

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Soliloquy

Synopsis:
Soliloquy is a collection of eight monologues and a final scene where the 8 characters from the monologues meet at a funeral. They are all related and recall earlier times, when they were close to one another. The play has been performed in a perambulatory style with the audience moving to various locations appropriate to the monologues. Several monologues have been used as solo pieces by young performers in NSW as VCE pieces and others have been used for study at various performing arts training institutions.

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Soliloquy is a companion piece to Swansong

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Organisations:
St Martins Youth Arts Centre

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Genre:
Monologues and one group scene 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Solitaire

Synopsis:
Solitaire is a collection of 12 monologues for a single female performer, drawn from several full-length plays and a new short play written especially for this project, The Daughter of Veronica Leigh. The monologues range from a selection from Torch based on the life of Judy Garland through to an old bag-lady named Swannie, who sells the Football Record outside AFL games; to a never performed 10 minute solo based on a migrant Italian lady who loves dancing and Dean Martin  Arriverdici Roma. There is a much-performed solo from a show called Soliloquoy called The Bride in the Belltower. The new work tells the story of a young girl whose mother is a famous stage actress and who spends her time imitating her mother in the great females roles of the theatre. Solitaire will provide a substantial challenge to a performer and offer them an opportunity to display all facets of their theatrical range.

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Genre:
monologues 85 min

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Steamer Day

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adapted from novel "Sweet Thursday" by John Steibeck

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sunrise-Sunset

Synopsis:
Sunrise-Sunset is a play that focuses on ageing. It is set in a group of 4 flats in St Kilda, Melbourne in the 1980s. The occupants in the flat include Celeste (87) who has dementia and Celestes friend of many years, Mannie (80s). Living next door is a young, newly married couple whose nephew comes to stay with them while his parents sort out their marital problems. The play has been performed and studied across Australia by professional theatre and Theatre for Young People companies, schools, youth theatres and community groups. It is suitable for performances as a school play.

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There was a brief public season of this production at The Ballarat School of Mines and Industries Auditorium in November 1987.

1st Produced:
Secondary Schools (Various), Various Victorian locations, VIC    Oct 1987

Organisations:
Four's Company

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Genre:
TYA 100 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  16 roles, cast size 6-12 - equal male/female roles

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/94311

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Swansong

Synopsis:
Swansong is a companion piece to Soliloquy. It features 8 monologues by a variety of characters that meet in a final scene and are revealed to be related. The characters are Clive, an art dealer who has been injured in a fire; Swannie  an old woman who sells the football record magazine at games played by the Sydney Swans; a young beauty pageant queen who is disfigured in an horrific incident; a young man in great debt who is contemplating suicide; a retired ballerina; a retiring birdlife carer; a racist and a rebellious schoolgirl protesting on her Muslim friends behalf. They meet at the deathbed of one of the characters to find they will inherit a lot of money if they each perform a deed that is totally out of character.

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8 Monologues and a final group scene. Comedy Drama 100 min

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Taws

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Genre:
Non-verbal (Physical Theatre).

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Torch

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Violin Bird, The

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Anthill Theatre, South Melbourne, VIC    Dec 1981

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Genre:
piece

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/91308

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War Trilogy: Part 1

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"Absent Without Leave"

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Artisan Theatre Company

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Genre:
Australian History

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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War Trilogy: Part 2

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"No Man's Land"

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Genre:
Australian History

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War Trilogy: Part 3

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"Ancient Orange"

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Genre:
Australian History

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Waratah

Synopsis:
Waratah is a musical theatre piece set in Waratah Bay, Victoria during the mid 1960s. Interspersing stories from two families, Waratah looks at love and how the experience of love is as potent for a thirteen year old as it is for people who are much older. There are also stories of infatuation, youthful rebellion, marital problems and forbidden attraction. The play features 18 songs performed by Australian rock and pop groups of the time. The rights to these songs must be sought from APRA for each season and are remarkably affordable. Waratah is suitable as a professional theatre production and for performances as a school musical.

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Genre:
musical 120 min

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  extras

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Wind Children, The

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wind in the Wires, The

Synopsis:
part of a series of four short plays where a small boat is the connecting image between them: ""The ballad of big fish"", ""The wind in the wires"", ""The flying ferals"" , ""Castaway"".

Notes:
The Boat : The Ballad of Big Fish / The Wind in the Wires / The Flying Ferals / Castaway

1st Produced:
Bermagui Harbour Slipway, Bermagui, NSW    21 Mar 2001

Organisations:
Theatre Susso

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Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/1254

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