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Helen Howard

HELEN HOWARD

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Kubler Auckland Management  

Helen Howard is an actor, writer, acting coach, dialect coach and co-founder (with Michael Futcher) of Matrix Theatre. As a writer in a twenty-year collaboration with Michael Futcher, she has written The King and the Corpse! (1995 Matilda Commendation), 1347, Explosions (QTC education program), A Beautiful Life (Winning four Melbourne Green Room Awards), The Drowning Bride (2005 Matilda Award), and most recently, the award-winning The Wishing Well.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/214368

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         1347         Beautiful Life, A         Beetle-eyed         Bush Genie, The         Citizen Jane         Cutting Loose         Disobediently Yours         Drowning Bride, The         Duel, The         Edmund Kean         Explosions         Gypsy's Gift, The         King And the Corpse!, The         Magic Jewel, The         Master And Margarita, The         Rapunzel         Rise And Demise Of Katie Who, The         Wishing Well, The

1347

Synopsis:
Tale of a band of Florentines who have fled their plague-ridden city for the Tuscan countryside, the storyies-within-a-story formant movs with considerable energy and inventiveness from its cast.

Notes:
adapted by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard from work by Giovanni Boccaccio

1st Produced:
The Botanic Gardens Theatre, Darwin, NT    02 Aug 1996

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/28607

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Beautiful Life, A

Beautiful Life, A
an Iranian family living in Australia attempts to escape memories of torture endured back home. their role in the 1992 raid on the Iranian embassy in Canberra leads to persecution by the Australian government. Based on a true story.

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
La Boite Theatre, Milton, QLD    25 Aug 1998

Organisations:
The Brisbane Festival

1st Published:
Currency Press, Australia >>>    978-0868196053

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78942

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Beetle-eyed

Beetle-eyed
Workers are turning into beetles, invisible bugs are plaguing humans and men are pretending to be blind. Beetle-Eyed explores the obscurities of love in a world where absurdity prevails.

Notes:
part of I Will Kiss You In Four Places. the four plays contained in this collection Are the result of A unique collaboration between Griffith University's Applied theatre Department, Playlab Press And four prominent playwrights, whose brief was simple - the plays could be no longer than 20 minutes And the cast, no fewer than six. Subject matter, up to the playwright. the end result is four stunning theatrical experiments - the lyrical And Apocalyptic 'a Contemporary Hymn' by Linda Hassall, the physical And sophisticated 'Beetle-eyed' by Helen Howard, the gothic And sexy 'the Gate Crasher' by Stephen Carleton, And the exuberant And hilarious 'Never For ever' by Daniel evans

1st Produced:
part of I will Kiss You in Four Places at the Metro Arts (Brisbane)    2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playlab Press, Australia   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Bush Genie, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Citizen Jane

Citizen Jane
What does the Queensland Premier have in common with a carefree schoolgirl? Not much. Until a bizarre, inexplicable and totally weird accident sees them SWAP BRAINS! How will Jane find her way through the corridors of power, and learn to keep Queensland on course? And how will Ted persuade anyone to let him into Parliament House, and out of cheerleading practice?

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
Parliament house, Queensland, Australia    09 Jun 2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playlab Press, 2002   908-156731

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  flexible & doubling

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/102073

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Cutting Loose

Synopsis:
Alison and her flatmate Dru advertise for a third woman to share their apartment, and find themselves living with an older woman called Janey, whose eccentricities threaten to divide them. Janey's mysterious past gradually catches up with her, as she passionately seeks her lost youth, dangerously ensnaring the two girls in her strange activities, finally acquainting them with their true selves. But is it too late to save them?

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard. Composer: Phil Slade

1st Produced:
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba, QLD    10 Mar 2000

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79044

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Disobediently Yours

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Drowning Bride, The

Drowning Bride, The
an intimate and moving Drama about love, betrayal and the struggle to forgive. In this powerful clash between generations and cultures, a young Brisbane artist tracks down her estranged grandFather in the US, where he fled to escape his troubled past. Is he a wise old widower, a war criminal or a womaniser? the Drowning Bride is a quest for truth, with love and history at stake. a haunting account of prejudice, injustice and brutality, tempered by a celebration of human kindness and indomitable hope.

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, QLD    31 May 2005

Organisations:
La Boite Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65199

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Duel, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov. written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Edmund Kean

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
United Kingdom    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Further Reference:
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Explosions

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gypsy's Gift, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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King And the Corpse!, The

King And the Corpse!, The
Proud and ambitious King Vikram is visited by the mysterious sorcerer, Shantil, who offers him the secret to world domination if Vikram will do him a favour. Vikram must retrieve a mischievous spirit, Vetal, who is hiding inside a corpse in the Burning Ground and bring him to Shantil. Oblivious to the challenges which await him, Vikram pulls down the corpse from a tree, hoists it onto his back, and begins the treacherous journey back to Shantil, fending off, all the while, the vengeful spirits of the numerous people he has executed. On the way, to distract the king from his task, the anarchic Vetal, assisted by his eager cohort of spirit-actors, begins to tell Vikram stories, which magically come to life around him. Vikram comes to realise that the terrors of the outlandish tales, each of which contains an apt and painful lesson for him, are nothing compared to the barren world of his own soul & and that in Vetal he has met his match. Based on the delightful ancient Indian stories of Vetal and Vikram, The King and the Corpse! is a dynamic performance text which celebrates the art of storytelling and ensemble playing. It is an actor-driven theatrical tour-de-force which incorporates physical imagery, masks, music and dance, and is a must for students studying physical theatre, storytelling techniques in performance, or adapting ancient tales for the stage.

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard and Danny Murphy

1st Produced:
Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, (Bamboo Grove) Brisbane    11 Jul 1995

Organisations:
Matrix Theatre Company

1st Published:
Playlab Press, Australia   978 1 921390 60 9

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79156

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Magic Jewel, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Master And Margarita, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Mikhail Bulgakov. written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rapunzel

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rise And Demise Of Katie Who, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Wishing Well, The

Wishing Well, The
"Hope is an icicle. If it drops from a height, it can pierce a hole right through you." Londoner edith Middleton arrives in Sydney in the grip of the Depression and watches her last penny roll down the drain of that great wishing well, Australia. as her life pitches into abject poverty, she bears an illegitimate child on a sweatshop floor, a gifted boy who drags his reluctant mother through the hole in his heart to discover love that is at once fragile and cruel.the Wishing Well is a feisty, powerful and uplifting story of resilience and love, told seductively with a wealth of actor-power, passion, vivacity and warmth.

Notes:
written by Michael Futcher And Helen Howard

1st Produced:
Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, QLD    01 Sep 2008

Organisations:
Matrix Theatre

1st Published:
Currency Press, Australia >>>    978-0868198491

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  doubling possible

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78295

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