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David Milroy

DAVID MILROY

  (1957 - )
Nationality:    Australian
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David Milroy was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1957. David's family links are with the Yindjibarndi and Palku people of the PilbarA. Formerly Artistic Director of Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre, David has been involved in Theatre in Western Australia for a number of years as a musician, director and writer. His writing/directing credits include: Windmill Baby, King Hit, Runumuk, One Day in '67 and No Shame. He provided musical direction for Sistergirl and Dead Heart (Black Swan Theatre Company) and Perth Theatre Company's production of Wild Cat Falling. He co-wrote and directed Sally Morgan's hit play Cruel Wild Woman and Barking Gecko's production of Own Worst Enemy for the Festival of Perth.

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

         Cruel Wild Woman         King Hit         Waltzing the Wilarra         Windmill Baby

Cruel Wild Woman

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King Hit

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strikes at the very heart of the Stolen Generations, exploring the impact on an individual and a culture when relationships are brutally broken

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written by David Milroy And Geoffrey Narkle

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Dolphin Theatre, Nedlands    1997

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Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

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Waltzing the Wilarra

Waltzing the Wilarra
Charlie, Elsa and Fay take you on a musical journey back to 1940's post-war Perth. Against a backdrop of curfews, and the fear of arrest for consorting, White and Black manage to form their own club. For a night they can forget their worries and experience rare happy times singing, dancing, listening to music, and with a little luck. . .romance. Forty years on, as the club faces demolition, our three characters meet once again to stage a musical reunion and protest in an attempt to save their old stomping ground. As the trio reflects upon loves lost and found, old arguments and alliances re-surface. Dark secrets and ghosts that have lingered for more than half a century are revealed, and we discover that reconciliation is more than saying sorry.

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Subiaco Theatre Centre, Perth    2011

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Currency Press, Australia, 2011   978-0-86819-909-2

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Windmill Baby

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With the poetry of a campfire storyteller and the comedy of a great yarn, comes this tale set on an abandoned cattle station in the surreal Kimberley landscape of azure skies and red dirt. Winner of the 2003 Patrick White Award, it was commended by the judging panel as 'hard as quartz, sadly poignant and hilarious all on the one page'.

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Subiaco Theatre Centre, Perth    2005

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Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

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