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CHRIS EDMUND
Nationality: Australian
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Chris edmund began his directing career in London at the Gate Theatre and Riverside Studios, and has directed over 150 productions worldwide. He is currently Head of Directing at the Western Australian academy of Performing Arts. He has recently taught at Dublin's Gaiety School and lectured on Theatre at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2002, Mr. edmund directed in Hong Kong, Brazil, and the U.K. His play Paradise has enjoyed a highly successful season in Sydney, AustraliA.
Research: http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1184
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Before I Get Old Butcher's Dance, The Devil's Tunic, The Paradise Welcome to DullsvilleBefore I Get Old
Synopsis:
Set in England in the 1950s and 60s, we follow the often comic fortunes of a group of kids - from the chaos of primary school to the uniformity of secondary school, sexual awakening and the trials and tribulations of adolescence. The austerity of post-war Britain gives way to the freedoms and problems of the 'Swinging Sixties' as the kids and their parents face a changing world and values.
Notes:
Written with the assistance of an Edith Cowan University research grant, and the contribution of WAAPA acting students.
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1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/ -
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Genre:
80 min comic drama
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 8 Other: -
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Top of PageButcher's Dance, The
Synopsis:
Inspired by the tango, 'The Butcher's Dance' takes us from nineteenth-century Buenos Aires, where the dance was invented by immigrants amidst the brothels of the city, to 1929 and the eve of the Wall Street crash in New York, back to Buenos Aires in 1976, where a family is persecuted during the 'Dirty War', and finally to New York 9/11 and the attack on the Twin Towers. The stories of the characters are interlinked over the epochs, as is the evolution of the tango, in a tapestry that examines the links between people and cultures in their common humanity. The play juxtaposes real historical characters and events with fictional characters in a dynamic and exciting way.
Notes:
Written with the assistance of an Edith Cowan University research grant, and the contribution of WAAPA acting students.
1st Produced:
The Academy Main Theatre, Mt Lawley, WA 18 Mar 2005
Organisations:
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/ -
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Genre:
dance theatre 90 min
Parts:
Male: 6 Female: 10 Other: -
Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67394
Top of PageDevil's Tunic, The
Synopsis:
This epic thriller begins as the tomb of Mary Magdalene is discovered in SW France and her DNA is tracked to Australia. The play moves from Biblical times to Medieval France, where the Cathars are persecuted, and then to nineteenth-century France and the discovery of scrolls which may lead to the Holy Grail. Finally it takes us to contemporary Australia where a prostitute, a Muslim refugee and a Scrabble champion each believe that they and they alone are the descendant of the union of Christ and Mary Magdalene. Meanwhile America has declared war in the Middle East. If the descendant of Christ can't be found in time, the characters may face extinction.
Notes:
Written with the assistance of an Edith Cowan University research grant, and the contribution of WAAPA acting students.
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http://australianplays.org/ -
Music:
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Genre:
120 min epic thriller
Parts:
Male: 8 Female: 8 Other: with doubling
Further Reference:
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Top of PageParadise
Synopsis:
It is the summer of 1980, and a young english director leaves his girlfriend in London for a California production of Chekhov's Three Sisters. His summer idyll is soon disturbed by a suicide, an assassination, and an ardent affair, as he and the vivid characters around him struggle to understand America on the brink of the decade of greed.
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1st Produced:
Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, Woolloomooloo, NSW Aug 2000
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York -
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Genre:
90-110 min Comedy/Drama
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: 3 males, 3 females (6-10 actors possible: 3-5 males, 3-5 females)
Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/29251
Top of PageWelcome to Dullsville
Synopsis:
15 of WA's hottest playwrights have been invited to take an intriguing look at what it's like to live in the most isolated capital city in the world: Perth - the city you love to hate, love to love, or both . . .
Notes:
A collaboration of writers in the Perth Theatre Company Writers' Lab.
1st Produced:
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Northbridge, WA 17 Nov 2005
Organisations:
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
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Genre:
short play
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67982
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