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Bruce Keller

BRUCE KELLER

  (1955 - 2003)
Nationality:    Australian
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Bruce Keller (born 16 Mar 1955, died 18 Oct 2003) was best known for his 1985 children's play PUPPY LOVE published by Currency Press in 1991, and still being performed nationally and internationally. In 1979, he was co-founder of Melbourne's Anthill Theatre. After returning to Sydney in 1987, he worked as a performer, director, dramaturge and playwright, most notably in group devised work in contemporary theatre, and as a writer/director for theatre for young people throughout Australia. Beginning in 1991, he formed many cultural links with South East Asia - especially Vietnam. He was co-Artistic Director with Ta Duy Binh of Citymoon, the Vietnamese Australian Contemporary Theatre Company.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/406

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

         Acqua Azzurra         Big Hand, Little Hand         Bobby         In Search of Godot a Heresy         Monkey Business         Monkey See Monkey Do         Phoebe Moonglow and the Singing Astronaut         Puppy Love         Quintessence of Dust, A         Skip         Soft Silk Rough Linen         Stroke         Synchromesh

Acqua Azzurra

Synopsis:
Entr'acte Theatre's second new work for 1991, 'Acqua Azzurra' billed as an invitation to 'A Blue Ribbon Dinner Recital' offering guests a delicous meal and a cabaret recital by Entr'Acte's ensemble members.

Notes:
libretist - Bruce Keller

1st Produced:
The Performance Space, Redfern, NSW    01 Jun 1991

Organisations:
Entr'acte Theatre Limited

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical show

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/73608

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Big Hand, Little Hand

Synopsis:
The play deals with themes of time, the seasons and the cycles of life and ageing. A 'boy' prepares the audience for the arrival of the 'daughter of the moon', who is very old, only comes to earth 'once in a blue moon', and can only stay for one night. When she arrives, poetic images of the moon, childhood and the cycle of life are evoked as she and the boy play together. Finally, after dwelling on the nature of dreams, memories and the loss of loved relatives, it is time for her to return to the sky. To soften the boy's sadness, she explains the inevitability of ageing by paralleling it with the water cycle, demonstrating with a blue cloth that emerges, shimmers over the audience and then retreats.

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

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Genre:
fantasy 50 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Bobby

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Bruce Keller; book by Samuel Bernstein

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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In Search of Godot a Heresy

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Devised by Robert Klenner and Bruce Keller as an aid to HSC students' understanding of Beckett and his most famous work

1st Produced:
The Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay, NSW    21 Jul 1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/250

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Monkey Business

Synopsis:
Monkey Business was written in Singapore where imaginative play is undervalued. The play is therefore an entertainment on the importance of play and the imagination to balance and refresh after work and study. Using humour, childhood games and references to popular culture, four friends - two sisters and a sister and a brother - launch into sections of extended play: first with just themselves and their imagination, and then through the transformation of everyday objects - shoes, plastic bags and a rubber band string. In between, they address the audience in rhythmic verse. The play concludes with shared verse on the importance of dreams, using a large black cloth to create beautiful images.

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

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy 50 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Monkey See Monkey Do

Synopsis:
Sibling monkeys who share one room. One is tidy, one is messy and one has forgotten the other's birthday.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Belconnen Community Theatre, Belconnen, ACT    02 Apr 1991

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/13653

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Phoebe Moonglow and the Singing Astronaut

Synopsis:
Subtitled 'The children's version of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy an intergalactic pantomime'.

Notes:
written by Lance Curtis and Bruce Keller

1st Produced:
The Actors Company Theatre, Ultimo, NSW    08 Jan 1979

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical TYA

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/117439

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Puppy Love

Synopsis:
the stories of Pat-the-dog much loved by thousands of Australian children.

Notes:
written by David Paul Jobling and Bruce Keller

1st Produced:
Anthill Theatre, South Melbourne, VIC    11 May 1985

Organisations:
Australian Nouveau Theatre

1st Published:
Sydney : Currency Press, 1991    0868192880 :

Music:
-

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Genre:
50 mins One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/109620

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Quintessence of Dust, A

Synopsis:
Shakespeare made fun!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Various, Australia    14 May 1990

Organisations:
Jigsaw Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12119

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Skip

Synopsis:
The story of three kids from different national and cultural backgrounds

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Jigsaw Studio Theatre, Braddon, ACT    02 Jul 1991

Organisations:
Jigsaw Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
TIE

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/15128

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Soft Silk Rough Linen

Synopsis:
A cross-cultural musical theatre piece based on real life stories of the issues faced by refugees.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, NSW    07 Mar 2002

Organisations:
Citymoon

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/19746

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Stroke

Synopsis:
Tells "the story of a man who suffered a stroke and the effect it had on him, his wife and child and some close friends". Media release describes this image-based (rather than narrative-driven) work as a 'musical docu-drama'; very spare, visual theatre production.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatreworks, St Kilda, VIC    11 Oct 1989

Organisations:
Chamber Made opera

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical docu drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/1996

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Synchromesh

Synopsis:
Devised by Canberra artists, Synchromesh aims "to bring the imaginary fourth wall of conventional theatre sets crashing".

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Gorman House Arts Centre, Braddon, ACT    23 Jun 1990

Organisations:
Jigsaw Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12280

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