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Benedict Hardie

BENEDICT HARDIE

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Benedict Hardie is a writer, actor, and Theatre maker. For the Hayloft Project he co-wrote and co-directed 3xSisters; wrote, co-devised and performed in Yuri Wells; co-adapted and performed in the Nest; and wrote and directed Delectable Shelter. Benedict graduated from the VCA in 2007, and his acting credits include Julius Caesar (Bell Shakespeare), Life Without Me (MTC), Crime and Punishment (Stork Theatre), and Actors at Work (Bell Shakespeare). His writings for film include the Nurses (Channel Ten) and Staying (MTV One80project).

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

         3xSisters         Boat People, The         By Their Own Hands         Delectable Shelter         Nest, The         Seizure, The         Yuri Wells

3xSisters

Synopsis:
A playful and inventive deconstruction of Chekhov's elegiac tale of love, despair and the longing for change, seen through the eyes of three of Melbourne's best young directors: Simon Stone, Mark Winter and Benedict Hardie. each director has been given a third of the original Three Sisters text, the same cast, the same designers and this challenge: to stamp one of theatre's greatest plays with a bold and original vision.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov. adapted by Simon Stone, Mark Winter and Benedict Hardie

1st Produced:
Arts House Meat Market , North Melbourne, Vic    24 Apr 2009

Organisations:
Hayloft Project

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/81564

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Boat People, The

Synopsis:
One day she was a boat person - then a controversial success

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Rock Surfers Theatre Co

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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By Their Own Hands

Synopsis:
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Notes:
devised by Benedict Hardie & Anne-Louise Sarks

1st Produced:
Lawler Studio, Southbank, Vic    13 Jun 2013

Organisations:
2013 Neon Festival of Independent Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/107224

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Delectable Shelter

Synopsis:
a black comedy about white terror, Delectable Shelter is a no-holds-barred portrait of the privileged, facing the end of the world as they know it. In a bunker deep within the earth, five survivors plan a utopian society. their dreams are lavish, their visions grand, and their aspirations (somewhat) noble. But saving the world is the easy part, the hard part will learning to share it with those they thought were beneath them. Meanwhile, a reverent choir sings classical renditions of love songs from the 1980s. . .Taking cues from Moliere, Brecht and Chris Morris, Delectable Shelter lampoons the prejudice ingrained in a prosperous Western society, as it declines from dominance in the twenty-first century. a grotesque comedy of the not-too-distant future, featuring reproduction, classical music, fear and cured meats.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Works, 14 Acland St, St Kilda, Australia    31 Mar 2011

Organisations:
the Hayloft Project and Theatre Work

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/3048

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Nest, The

Synopsis:
Victor, an aging widower, lives in a subdivided house with his grown-up children and foster son, two lodgers, a live-in housekeeper, and their many guests. To Victors dismay, his sprawling home has become a hub for a new generation he doesnt understand. Under the one roof they live, fight, dance, pray, drink, love, and try to find a way out, in this darkly comic play about the ends of youth, the beginnings of disillusion, and a new generation struggling to fly.

Notes:
written by Benedict Hardie & Anne-Louise Sarks

1st Produced:
Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall, Northcote, Victoria    40516

Organisations:
Hayloft Project

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
Contemporary Naturalism 90 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/2967

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Seizure, The

Synopsis:
Philoctetes is a wounded man. Betrayed and abandoned for ten years on a barren island of rocks and crows. But what happens when a marginalised man becomes the key to ending ten years of carnage? the Seizure is an unsentimental interrogation of trauma, the costs of war and the pursuit of justice. a story of hope and reconciliation steeped in the blood and tears of a society lusting for victory. When all is forsaken, who can hold on to humanity?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Studio 246 - 246A Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Australia    03 May 2012

Organisations:
Hayloft Project

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Yuri Wells

Synopsis:
Yuri Wells an ageing care nurse harbours many secrets

Notes:
devised by Benedict Hardie & Anne-Louise Sarks

1st Produced:
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Garden Of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide    40221

Organisations:
Hayloft Project

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/3051

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