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Julia Lewis

JULIA LEWIS

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Julia Lewis' plays have been performed at Star of the Sea, Manly; Darlinghurst's Tap Gallery; Bondi Pavilion; Zenith Theatre, Chatswood and Parramatta Riverside Theatre. Her first play Statues of David had a sell-out season at the Sydney Fringe Festival, won Best Australian Play at Theatrefest and was shortlisted for the inaugural Griffin Theatre Award. The Baggage Handler was staged at Manly Festival in 2006. Life Drawing first appeared at Parramatta Riverside theatre and returned in a new production in 2013 as part of Factory Space Theatre Company's Sex, Death and Chocolate.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/259018

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

         Baggage Handler, The         Life Drawing         Statues Of David

Baggage Handler, The

Synopsis:
2005. John Howard is Prime Minister. Cronulla Race Riots. Counter-terrorism raids in Sydney and Melbourne. Schapelle Corby goes to jail. . .This play is inspired by a bizarre incident that same year when a man waiting to board a domestic flight at Sydney airport looked out the window and saw a baggage handler driving across the tarmac wearing the camel suit he'd packed in his suitcase. . .But it isn't really about that. It's about our pre-occupation with identity, our desire for acceptance, the way we kid ourselves, the way we always have something to prove. It's ignorance versus decency, abuse of trust, hostility towards difference. It's the lies we are told and the lies we tell, the old "I don't recall" catchphrase. It's pithy, it's blithe, it's Australia.

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Genre:
Political/social, multicultural, black comedy 45 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Life Drawing

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Genre:
Ten Min Black Comedy

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Statues Of David

Synopsis:
In September 1991, an Australian tourist in Florence attacked Michelangelo's Statue of David with a mallet and smashed the second toe of its left foot. Who was this man? Why did he attack a work of art? Statues of David is a short black comedy about a happy couple who are torn apart when the Statue of David strolls into their living room. Man is pitted against man, love against lust and ambition against failure as all three characters struggle to face the truth about themselves and each other. As the Statue tells Gina: "Look behind the surface, honey!"

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TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW    18 Sep 2003

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Genre:
45 mins Surreal black comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/30545

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