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Rebecca Lister

REBECCA LISTER

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Rebecca Lister has worked in the theatre industry and the community cultural development sector for over 20 years. She works as a playwright, director, dramaturg, project manager and teacher

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/407191

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

 "         Home for Lunch " "         Ici "         Bits and Pieces         Calling All Angels         Gloucester Street         HERE         Hope         If I Should Die Before I Wake         In Darkness and in Secrecy         Sausages         Through The Mist

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Home for Lunch

Synopsis:
A comedy drama exploring the dilemma of retirement and the impact it has on a relationship.

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ici

Synopsis:
Three monologues exploring themes of place, home and belonging.

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Bits and Pieces

Synopsis:
One story - four monologues - Beaten, Stayed, Fixed and Left that explore the psychological, emotional and sociological dimensions of a woman's decision to leave her husband and child.

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Calling All Angels

Synopsis:
Calling All Angels was written in 1999 after many weeks of consultation, workshops and group discussions with twenty young people (aged 12-18) from the Hepburn Shire. The group wanted the play to focus on issues dealing with belonging, home, moving on and death. They wanted it to be humorous, colourful, exciting and involve a variety of performance mediums. They wanted something that would appeal to children, teenagers and adults. The final shows involved fire twirling, actors arriving on boats, songs, dance, music, party people dressed in lavish silver fabric and was staged on the banks of Lake Daylesford. Six local musicians gave their time and talents voluntarily to the project in order to create 'The Angels' band. The audience arrived at dusk with picnic baskets, bottles of wine and blankets and sat on the steps of the old dressing sheds to watch the show. This was the first time that the lake had been used for a theatrical event. Many of the participants in Calling All Angels have gone on to work with Rebecca in a variety of performances, workshops and classes.

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Genre:
semi-naturalistic comedy 70 min

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Gloucester Street

Synopsis:
Set in an ordinary street in an ordinary Australian city, Gloucester Street tells the story of a small group of people: an aging couple who have lived in the same house all their married lives; a single mother with five children; a busybody shop keeper; an isolated young man; three people trying to make their share house work; a lonely single woman; a couple of runaways hiding out in the squat. The only thing they have in common is their desire to call the terrace houses of Gloucester Street home. . .So when the mayor and his business associates decide to tear down the terraces in order to build a new high-rise residential building, the welfare of the residents is suddenly at stake.

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Originally written for the Hepburn Shir's 'No Place Like Home' community youth arts project, Gloucester Street has a large cast for predominantly young actors (aged 1218) and is an opportunity for an innovative set design and a variety of music and rap.

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Genre:
2 act 150 mins realist drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  16            Other:  -

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HERE

Synopsis:
A forbidding town, an unforgiving climate. . .HERE. A glimpse into the lives of three rurally isolated women, all wrestling with the HERE of heart, mind and place.

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1st Produced:
Anvil Studio, 2A Curran St, North Melbourne    14 Nov 2015

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play

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hope

Synopsis:
Hope explored themes of belonging, bullying, acceptance and leadership and was staged at the Daylesford Town Hall.

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ope was a major theatre project commissioned by Daylesford Primary School and funded via Arts Victoria's Artists in Schools program. Approximately 60 students from grades 5 and 6 were involved in the project that combined acting, circus, dance and music.

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  9+            Female:  9+            Other:  -

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If I Should Die Before I Wake

Synopsis:
The story of three womena mother and her two adult daughters. Joan, at 75, has recently been diagnosed with cancer. She has always cared for Gillian, her intellectually disabled daughter, but now she and her other daughter, Isabelle, have to face the inevitable question of Gillian's long-term welfare.

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1st Produced:
Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, VIC    02 Sep 2004

Organisations:
Sky Tiger Productions

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Genre:
2 act 90 mins naturalistic drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65882

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In Darkness and in Secrecy

Synopsis:
In Darkness and In Secrecy is based on the 1864 murder of Margaret Graham, which unfolded in the towns of Daylesford, Castlemaine and Ballarat. This was the thirteenth murder in thirteen years on the Daylesford Gold Fields. The person who stood trial and was subsequently found guilty and hanged for the murder in 1866 was a vagabond traveler named David Young. Young was the first person to be hanged at the Castlemaine Gaol. This story has always created community debate as to whether Young was in fact guilty. According to community folklore and the newspaper of the time, The Daylesford Mercury, Margarets husband George allegedly confessed to the murder on his deathbed.

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Old Castlemaine Gaol as part of the Castlemaine Fringe Festival.    -

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Genre:
site specific

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Sausages

Synopsis:
The butcher's window display brings signs of love for Sophie.

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1st Produced:
ReAction Theatre, At the water's edge, Palais Theatre, St Kilda    14 Nov 2012

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Through The Mist

Synopsis:
Set in an ordinary street in an ordinary Australian city, Gloucester Street tells the story of a small group of people: an aging couple who have lived in the same house all their married lives; a single mother with five children; a busybody shop keeper; an isolated young man; three people trying to make their share house work; a lonely single woman; a couple of runaways hiding out in the squat. The only thing they have in common is their desire to call the terrace houses of Gloucester Street home. . .So when the mayor and his business associates decide to tear down the terraces in order to build a new high-rise residential building, the welfare of the residents is suddenly at stake.

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In 2006 she won an AWGIE award (Community and Youth Theatre category) for her play Through the Mist.

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Genre:
naturalistic drama with video 160 min

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Male:  8            Female:  15            Other:  -

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