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IAN MEADOWS
Nationality: Australianemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: HLA Management Pty Ltd
Ian Meadows studied as an actor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 2005. Prior to this he studied Creative Writing and Performance at Curtin University in Western Australia. Ian has been seen on television in East West 101, Rush, Underbelly and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo. He has written for both seasons of Spirited and Offspring and has written award-winning screenplays for short films. He is currently developing two drama series with Southern Star.
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Between Two Waves Four Deaths In The Life Of Ronaldo Abok Heartbreak HotelBetween Two Waves
"You think we're like, actually all fucked? Like rising seas, and hurricanes and judgement and shit?" Having lost a lifetime of research in the worst floods Sydney has witnessed, Daniel - a climatologist and advisor to the government - isn't in the mood for appreciating the irony of what he should have predicted. Paralysed by the knowledge that the world is consuming itself, Daniel takes little joy in planning for his future - somewhat of a problem for his spirited other half, Fiona. When Fiona tells Daniel they're about to start a family, Daniel must choose between what he knows and what he loves. Between Two Waves asks an anxious, warming world: how do we find happiness in the face of an uncertain future?
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Griffin Theatre company
1st Published:
Currency Press, Australia (2012) >>> 978-0-86819-949-8
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Genre:
political/social drama
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 937278
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In June 2011, Ronaldo Abok's life is in chaos. It should be a time for joyous celebration - South Sudan, the homeland he was forced from is about to be become the world's newest nation. But Ronaldo is torn in too many directions. He's studying filmmaking, working his part-time job at the cinema, ferrying Aunt Mary and her kids around town and visiting Uncle Atem in hospital. And although Ronaldo's certain he's the next Tarantino, he can't get his films off the ground - in Australia you need English to have a voice. Then he meets Rachel - a girl who knows her mind but questions whether Ronaldo knows his. Will he be a Lost Boy forever, or will he find peace? Four Deaths in the Life of Ronaldo Abok is a funny, moving and beautifully uplifting new work from local playwright Ian Meadows. This is Ian's debut Sydney production before his mainstage premiere of Between Two Waves at Griffin Theatre Company in 2012. At the heart of the work are a team of Southern Sudanese Australian artists who have passionately contributed stories, history, song and dance through a series of development workshops facilitated by Small Things Productions. (Source: Riverside Theatres website)
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Riverside Theatre, Parramatta 17 Nov 2011
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Play/Drama
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Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 941586
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Synopsis:
Popping up for one night only at the Stables theatre - walk down a lonely street to the Heartbreak Hotel. An exploration of the human heart, and the nooks and crannies of the theatre, the Hotel is a full-on sensory, immersive and transformative happening. Developed by the Griffin Studio in response to the public's submission of objects and tales of woe, the Hotel promises to deliver guests an evening of cathartic entertainment. What find you in the land of heartbreak? Unburden yourself in the Crazy Break-up Behaviour confession booth, healing apace in a one-on-one counseling session with famed Agony Aunt, Glace Chase. Take a trip down memory lane to schoolyard love in Kate Mulvany's Yes, No, Maybe. For the curious, stimulation physical and emotional in the Sensory Sound Lock (specializing, conversely, in unlocking repressed memories of heartache/break with Macaroons, feathers etc). Enter the Teen Love Crush for a whisper of love unrequited and excruciating rhyming couplets. Ramp up the melodrama in Sands Through the Hour Glass - a contemporary performance duo examining a hotel murder, and the marriage that started it all. Acknowledging, though, that sometimes people should really just Shut Up, and that physical and facial expression really can say it all, some of the Hotel's residents will be exploring the shattering of dreams in movement. Finally, keeping it real, Ian Meadow's will be placing Dummy somewhere so secret in the hotel, even the concierge is ignorant of its whereabouts.... Source: www.griffintheatre.com.au/
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written by Meadows, Ian and Mulvany, Kate
1st Produced:
SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney 08 Jun 2011
Organisations:
Griffin Theatre company
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
Further Reference:
AustLit BRN: 923051
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