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Jamie Forbes

JAMIE FORBES

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Golvan Arts Management  

Many moons (and surprisingly few pay cheques) ago Jamie Forbes was the winner of the Bicentennial Young Playwrights Award for the drama Sleep Easy Chill, and was selected to attend the 1988 International Festival Of Young Playwrights for the comedy The Incomplete Shakespeare. Since then he has had many plays and musicals performed. He has also written for radio (Mister Jones), television (BackBerner, Lil Horrors ) and film (Blood Spill). He has had several short stories published and also works as a journalist, reviewer (Metro), cartoonist (The Big Issue), script editor and consultant, and as an actor (Neighbours et al), songwriter and musician. Jamie has worked extensively with young people in the theatre and holds a certificate as a teachers aide and Level III specialist in Early Childhood Development. He wrote and currently presents the comedy workshop for high schools Whats So Funny?

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/228229

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below is a list of Jamie Forbes's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Incomplete Shakespeare         Mister Jones         Sleep Easy Chill

Incomplete Shakespeare

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Comedy

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Mister Jones

Synopsis:
Mr Jones is the maths teacher at a High School. He is asked to take over a Drama class. When the students start misbehaving he produces a gun.

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written by Wayne Hope and Maria Theodorakis

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St Martins Youth Arts Centre, South Yarra, Vic    09 Oct 1990

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St Martins Youth Arts Centre

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Genre:
comedy TYA 50 min

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Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12705

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Sleep Easy Chill

Synopsis:
On a dare, four teenagers spend a night in an abandoned fire spotting tower in the Australian bush. Determined to do without any of their modern day electronic accoutrements, the four friends learn more about each other - and the world around them - than they could ever have thought possible.

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Winner of Bicentennial Young Playwrights' Award

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Genre:
drama 60 min

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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