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Alison Rooke

ALISON ROOKE

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Alison Rooke's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Political Hearts of Children         Sharks Can Smell Fear         Stories from the 428         View from Moving Windows, A

Political Hearts of Children

Synopsis:
The Political Hearts of Children is made from the actors' own stories. First installment of the Table Talk Trilogy

Notes:
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1st Produced:
TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW     11 Apr 2013

Organisations:
Subtlenuance

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
storytelling

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/110137

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Sharks Can Smell Fear

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Part of Bare Boards Brave heart: Sharks Can Smell Fear by Alison Rooke, So It's That Kind Of Quest by David Finnigan, It's Ok to Ask by Carol Dance, Unsex Me devised by Nick Atkins and Michal Imielski, The Line We Draw by Skye Loneragan, From a Great Height by Mark Konik

1st Produced:
The Drill Hall, Rushcutters Bay, Nsw     21 Jun 2011

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/93753

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Stories from the 428

Synopsis:
A group of new short plays based on the playwrights' experiences of travelling the 428 bus route from Circular Quay to Canterbury.

Notes:
written by Donna Abela; Vanessa Bates; Kit Brookman; Rebecca Clarke; Tahli Corin; Matthew Edgerton; Joanna Erskine; Lexi Freiman; Noelle Janaczewska; Sime Knezevic; Patrick Lenton; Ned Manning; Jasper Marlow; Brooke Robinson; Alison Rooke; Phil Spencer

1st Produced:
Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville, Nsw     24 Mar 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  varies

Further Reference:
-

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View from Moving Windows, A

Synopsis:
Harnessing the creative talents of some of Sydney's most dynamic and prestigious playwrights, A View From Moving Windows is inspired by train travel to and from the thriving and vibrant geographical centre of Sydney, Parramatta. Specifically written for True West, each the nine short plays promises to be revealing and highly entertaining. Directed by Augusta Supple, one of Sydney's most passionate promoters of new theatre, this is a theatre event that mines the sublime in the every day to present Sydney's west as you've never seen it before.

Notes:
written by Donna Abela, Vanessa Bates, Jessica Bellamy, John Fraser, Noelle Janaczewska, Nicholas Parsons, Teik Kim Pok, Angela Quinn and Alison Rooke

1st Produced:
Rafferty's Theatre, Parramatta, Nsw     18 Oct 2012

Organisations:
True West Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  varies

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/82632

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