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Christos Tsiolkas

CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS

  (1965 - )
Nationality:    Greek/Australian
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Christos Tsiolkas is a published author, playwright and film script writer. His books are 'Loaded' (1995), 'Jump Cuts' (1996), 'The Jesus Man' (1999) and 'Dead Europe' (2003). He has written five plays including 'Viewing Blue Poles' (1999), 'Electra AD' (1999), 'Dead Caucasians' (2000) and the collaborations 'Who's Afraid of the Working Class' (1998) and 'Fever' (2002). He has worked in film as a writer and director.

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         Carburettor         Dead Caucasians         Elektra Ad         Fever         Non Parlo Di Salo         Tenderness         Ugly         Viewing Blue Poles         Who's Afraid Of the Working Class

Carburettor

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part of "Six Pack". A season of new short plays about love in all its forms, from the sublime to the simply weird and everything in between. "Carburettor" by Christos Tsiolkas; "Dentistry After Braque" by Timothy Daly; "Us" by Francesca Rendle-Short and Felicity Packard, "No Strings Attached" devised by Catherine Langman and, P J Williams and Barb Barnett; "'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky" by Adam Hadley; "Fugue" by Rosemary Fitzgerald and Catherine Langman

1st Produced:
The Street Theatre, Acton, ACT    22 Sep 2005

Organisations:
The Street Theatre 2005

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Genre:
short play

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/66488

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Dead Caucasians

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Elektra Ad

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1st Produced:
Australia    2000

Organisations:
La Mama Theatre @ the Carlton Courthouse

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Fever

Synopsis:
Fever is made up of four plays The Chair, Blunt, Savant and Psalms, and a composition, The River. The Chair: In a desolated house, a lonely woman is confronted by an intruder. She ties him to a chair, but gives him the chance to win his freedom by moving her with his story. Savant: The members of a deeply depressed and morbid little community gather nightly to eat fish and chips and whinge about how good things used to be. They come to believe their malaise can be traced to an evil baby born to a frightened pair of teenagers. Psalms: Two young men, childhood friends, quickly become enemies when their country is plunged into civil war. In a landscape of unrelenting horror, one finds himself haunted by the ghost of the other, who is asking back for the heart, tongue and genitals that were taken from him. Blunt: A group of women live on a desolate and stinking landscape where nothing good grows anymore. They fetch a baby out of the river, save it, give it every chance. And what does it do? The ungrateful little shit goes and dies on them.

Notes:
written by Christos Tsiolkas, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius, Andrew Bovell

1st Produced:
Trades Hall, Carlton South, VIC    16 Sep 2002

Organisations:
Melbourne Workers Theatre

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Genre:
one act plays

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/81122

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Non Parlo Di Salo

Synopsis:
A young Italian Australian wants to make a film about the banning of Pier Paulo Pasolini's film "Salo" in Australia, this production examines art, censorship and consumerism in the context of contemporary Australian society

Notes:
written by Christos Tsiolkas and Spiro Economopoulos

1st Produced:
Trades Hall New Ballroom, Carlton South , VIC    13 Jul 2005

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67533

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Tenderness

Synopsis:
Lolita is crowned the queen of sluts. And no matter how much a girl thinks her life's her own and thinks she can do whatever she wants, a slut's a slut. A mob of young women take a stick to the pinata and watch Lolita's final devastating fall. 'source: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com - Information extracted from AustLit: http://www.austlit.edu.au

Notes:
part of An original double-bill, 'slut' written by Patricia Cornelius And 'Ugly' by Christos Tsiolkas

1st Produced:
fortyfivedownstairs,45 Flinders Lane Melbourne    2008

Organisations:
Platform Youth Theatre Tenderness

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Ugly

Synopsis:
Slim and Slade love Sil. Sil loves them both. Friendship is the only thing they possess that isn t ugly, the one thing they have which is beautiful. then Slim plunges into a desperate course of action that marks them all. Source: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com - Information extracted from AustLit: http://www.austlit.edu.au

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part of An original double-bill, Slut written by Patricia Cornelius And Ugly by Christos Tsiolkas

1st Produced:
fortyfivedownstairs,45 Flinders Lane Melbourne    2008

Organisations:
Platform Youth Theatre Tenderness

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Viewing Blue Poles

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Who's Afraid Of the Working Class

Synopsis:
Melbourne at the end of the twentieth century. . . modern economic miracle or a society imploding with savage politics and despair? the characters in these plays have been crushed, frustrated, isolated, as well as battered by the grim consumerism of the 1990s. But they are survivors, resilient to the end. This collection presents a gritty portrayal of real life in an urban wasteland.

Notes:
written with Andrew Bovell/Patricia Cornelius/Melissa Reeves/Christos Tsiolkas And Irene Vela. Part of Melborne Tales

1st Produced:
Trades Hall, Carlton South, VIC    01 May 1998

Organisations:
Melbourne Workers Theatre,

1st Published:
in Melborne Tales, Currency Press, Sydney,    -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/33092

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