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DAVID RYDING
Nationality: Australian
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David Ryding has worked as a director, dramaturg and Arts worker, working consistently with new Australian scripts and new Australian writers. He was most recently Artistic Director for Mainstreet Theatre Company, a company dedicated to new Australian writing about regional Australia. Prior to his role with Mainstreet, he was Associate Director for Barking Gecko, for whom he wrote 'Sarenas Song', 'Hot Dogs' and 'Littlest Bird', which toured Western Australia in 2004. Other writing credits include 'The Three' for ABC Radio National, 'Myra' for Australian Theatre for Young Peoples 'RE: MacBeth', 'Nesmith' for the Blue Room and the screenplay 'Ant's Hills' (winner of a ScreenWest New Screenwriters' Grant). He also wrote 'Shift Swapping' (Audax Productions) and 'Chat' (Skimpy Theatre), and his short play 'The City of Lights' was part of 'Dullsville' (Perth Theatre Company)
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Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby Hot Dogs Littlest Bird, The Shift Swapping Three, The Welcome to DullsvilleBaby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Synopsis:
An exploration on fame, seen through the eyes of a young mother, thrust into the world of celebrity due to the birth of her quintuplets
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1st Produced:
Perth, Western Australia 2003
Organisations:
Capgun productions
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 20 min
Parts:
Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Synopsis:
A humorous look at identity and community told through the stories of three "dogs' hiding in a back alley in a big city
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1st Produced:
Perth, Western Australia 2003
Organisations:
Barking Gecko
1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/ -
Music:
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Genre:
Children's Youth Audience 55 min
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Synopsis:
A children's play looking at the loneliness and isolation some children encounter when they move schools, told through the story of Kate who moves to a school in Remote rural Australia and her interactions with Dee the towns eccentric
Notes:
Involves Puppetry
1st Produced:
Perth, Western Australia 2004
Organisations:
Barking Gecko
1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/ -
Music:
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Genre:
Children's Youth Audience 55 min
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageShift Swapping
Synopsis:
Shift Swapping is a dark comedy/Drama about four women who worked together as teenagers at 'Chicken Spot', reuniting after a decade to celebrate and reminisce. they struggle to come to terms with the women they were and the women they have become, the changes to the friendships they once held so dear, and the tricks that memory can play. . .. . .and the fact that one of them may not be who she claims to be. . .
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1st Produced:
Perth, Western Australia 2004
Organisations:
Blue Room Theatre
1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/ -
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: - Female: 4 Other: -
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Synopsis:
A comedic look at the realities of having three wishes granted.
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1st Produced:
Perth, Western Australia 1998
Organisations:
ABC Radio National
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageWelcome to Dullsville
Synopsis:
15 of WA's hottest playwrights have been invited to take an intriguing look at what it's like to live in the most isolated capital city in the world: Perth - the city you love to hate, love to love, or both . . .
Notes:
A collaboration of writers in the Perth Theatre Company Writers' Lab.
1st Produced:
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Northbridge, WA 17 Nov 2005
Organisations:
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67982
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