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Sven Swenson

SVEN SWENSON

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    Kubler Auckland Management  

Dubbed the 'Bard of Brisbane' by fellow playwright Michael Gow, Sven Swenson is acclaimed for works within his interconnected series, the Sundial Plays, including Vertigo & the Virginia (Queensland Theatre Company, 1999), In Lieu of Flowers (Queensland Theatre Company, 2001), Road to the She-Devil's Salon, inaugural winner of the Queensland Premier's Drama Award and a Matilda Award for writing (Queensland Theatre Company, 2003), Heavenly Bodies, Beautiful Souls (Metro Arts 2006, the Beckett Theatre, New York, the Hudson Theatre, Los Angeles, 2007). the Truth about Kookaburras (Metro Arts Independents, 2009) earned him a Matilda Award was reshaped and remounted with La Boite Indie in June, 2012. the Bitterling (La Boite Indie, 2010) was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award and won a Matilda Award for Best New Australian Play. Sven juggles being a Theatre-maker with his role as a single dad and fulltime carer for his son who has multiple disabilities.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/238900

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

         Bitterling, The         Grass Widow's Doom         Heavenly Bodies, Beautiful Souls         In Lieu Of Flowers         Road To the She Devil's Salon         Siren's Kiss         Stiff, The         Truth About Kookaburras, The         Vertigo and the Virginia         Wiredancer's Waltz

Bitterling, The

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shortlisted for the Queensland Premiers Literary Award And won A Matilda Award for Best New Australian Play.

1st Produced:
Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove, QLD    17 Mar 2010

Organisations:
La Boite Indie

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drama

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/105727

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Grass Widow's Doom

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Heavenly Bodies, Beautiful Souls

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Metro Arts    2006

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In Lieu Of Flowers

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part of "Dirt"

1st Produced:
Cremorne Theatre, South Brisbane, QLD    21 May 2001

Organisations:
Queensland Theatre Company

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Genre:
short play

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/4222

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Road To the She Devil's Salon

Road To the She Devil's Salon
Five decades of a Brisbane fruit and vegetable company. An engagingly funny and powerfully moving Queensland story, this family saga covers five decades of Brisbane history. the play tells the story of a family-run fruit and vegetable business, and explores the shifting nature of character, values, social justice and the cityscape itself.

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inaugural winner of the Queensland Premiers Drama Award And A Matilda Award for writing

1st Produced:
Bille Brown Studio, Brisbane, QLD    07 Apr 2003

Organisations:
Queensland Theatre Company

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Contained in "Road To the She-Devil's Salon" published by Currency Press   978-0868197135

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/24252

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Siren's Kiss

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Stiff, The

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Truth About Kookaburras, The

Truth About Kookaburras, The
Kookaburras Football Club - the players have a booze filled party that uncovers hidden secrets and leaves one of them dead. It's party-time tonight in the testosterone-drenched change-rooms of AFL underdogs the Gold Coast Kookaburras. they're celebrating a big win, the booze is free-flowing and a stripper has been booked as a buck's party surprise for one of the players. But tainting the air is a bizarre secret held by the entire team. By tomorrow, the secret will be national news, lives will be torn apart and homicide cops will be combing the change-room for clues.

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earned him A Matilda Award was reshaped And remounted with La Boite Indie in June, 2012

1st Produced:
Sue Benner Theatre, Brisbane, QLD    20 May 2009

Organisations:
Metro Arts Independents

1st Published:
Playlab Press   978-1921390128

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Genre:
full length Drama

Parts:
Male:  24            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/84759

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Vertigo and the Virginia

Vertigo and the Virginia
A teenage boy delves into family secrets. Nineteen-year-old Caylam has stumbled upon a family mystery, which he believes may hold the key to his strained relationship with his mother. His pursuit of the truth leads him through her childhood in a quaint Australian country town that is flooded in the name of progress.

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1995 George Landen Dann Award (shortlist)

1st Produced:
Cremorne Theatre, South Brisbane, QLD    05 Jul 1999

Organisations:
Queensland Theatre Company

1st Published:
Contained in "Road To the She-Devil's Salon" published by Currency Press   978-0868197135

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Genre:
full length Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/22995

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Wiredancer's Waltz

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Elderly, deaf Artie Fuchs leaves his door key out each day for home helpers. Today he's not only old and deaf, but he's dead as well. When Frank, the food deliverer, and his pregnant wife Judi find Artie on his kitchen floor, they sit and wait for help to arrive. As they talk of parenthood over and around Artie, and the occasional doctor and ambo, they meditate on mortality and embark on a vitriolic feud about the future. Can they, indeed should they, make a life'? A shocking and funny play on sexual politics, the puzzle of reproduction and the astonishing depth of parental love.

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Genre:
100 min comedy Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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