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Jennie Swain

JENNIE SWAIN

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Jennie Swain's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/227943

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

         Baggy Pants         Dry Water         Outside In         Pills - I Love 'Em To Death         There Goes The Neighbourhood

Baggy Pants

Synopsis:
Baggy Pants' is a show about clothing...tapping into the unique and intimate relationship we have with our clothes. But it is children's relationships here. . .the heroine, so to speak, is a singlet, and the hero a pair of baggy pants.

Notes:
composer: Jennie Swain

1st Produced:
Arts House Meat Market , North Melbourne, VIC    29 Jun 2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
puppetry

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65659

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Dry Water

Synopsis:
Dr y Water is a puppet per formance designed and created with the kids from Footscray City Primary School. Musical boats, a musical box and gorgeous puppets make a dr y water journey inspired by local tales of boats, sea crossings and outrageous adventures.

Notes:
composer: Jennie Swain

1st Produced:
Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, VIC    29 Nov 2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
puppetry

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/96032

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Outside In

Synopsis:
'Outside In' invites Festival audiences to discover life in a high-rise public housing estate....Set in four flats, refurbished by the residents themselves, 'Outside In' vividly recalls each decade since 1960 and the changing realities of life in Melbourne....Now home to 3,000 residents, there are more than 40 cultural and linguistic groups at Atherton Gardens.

Notes:
musical director: Jennie Swain

1st Produced:
Atherton Gardens Public Housing Estate, Fitzroy, VIC    15 Oct 2004

Organisations:
Melbourne International Arts Festival 2004

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
performance piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/66026

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Pills - I Love 'Em To Death

Synopsis:
Jennie Swain delivers a dazzling performance, dramatising issues of heath, self, and image for women in the (1990s). - Geoff Sharrock, Melbourne Times, 19 September 1990

Notes:
Was part of the Carlton Courthouse's Women's Season, and the New Short Works Season at the Universal.

1st Produced:
Universal Theatre, North Fitzroy, VIC    25 Sep 1990

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
solo piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/12555

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There Goes The Neighbourhood

Synopsis:
A neighbourhood watcher becomes convinced her neighbour is mad

Notes:
Winner Of the Abc Ian Reed Award For Radio Drama

1st Produced:
La Mama, Carlton, VIC    01 Jun 1994

Organisations:
La Mama Theatre

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Full-Length 100 mins musical comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/24790

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