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Hellie Turner

HELLIE TURNER

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Hellie Turner is an established West Australian playwright with numerous awards and production credits to her name (main-house, independent, community & youth). Her work has been seen by audiences in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. In addition to her freelance work, she has been the resident playwright for kompany M, a professional WA theatre ensemble, since 2005. Her awards include: Short-listed WA Premier's Book Award "Windows" 2001; Winner of WA Premiers Book Award (scripts) 2002 Bench; Nomination for Best Play 2003 Equity Guild Awards, Bench; Runner Up for "Bone Dry" script; Dogswood Playwrights Initiative QLD 2004; Winner of WA Premiers Book Award (scripts) 2006 "Sardines"; Winner (inaugural) of Maj Monologues 2006 "Billy Windlock"; Nomination for Best Play 2006 Equity Guild Awards Billy Windlock; Finalist in WA Theatre Development Initiative (Mad Fred) 2009 WATDI; WA nominee for the Society of Women Writers 2010 Alice Literary Award

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/236916

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

         Anytown         Bench         Billy Windlock         Mesh         Next of Kin         Paperbark Shoe, The         Road Train         Sardines         Thicker Than Water         Welcome to Dullsville         Windows

Anytown

Synopsis:
This poignant black comedy, featuring a slew of popular Perth actors, represents a return to award-winning playwright Hellie Turner's absurdist theatre origins. Anytown is a sweet delusion, a constant craving and an open wound oozing with suppressed desires. Anytown is every town. Tinged with addiction, it will touch you where you yearn.

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1st Produced:
The Blue Room Theatre, Northbridge, WA    10 May 2011

Organisations:
Kick The Dog

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/95920

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Bench

Synopsis:
Three elderly women all with secrets meet on a park bench

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Darlinghurst Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW    Sep 2002

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

Music:
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Genre:
2 Act 90 mins Realistic black comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/23321

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Billy Windlock

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC    13 Dec 2006

Organisations:
Short and Sweet 2006 Week 3

1st Published:
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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/76051

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Mesh

Synopsis:
Late May in a northern outback town, the kids are running wild and the patience of at least one member of the community has all but run out. Co-op owner, Mick (third generation of the infamous Morrison family) is totally pissed off at the continuous stream of break-ins and graffiti - not to mention the mindless vandalising of his long-time hero and role model, John Wayne. One night, he coerces a couple of 'born-and-bred' mates, to join him at his shop, in order to lay in wait for the offenders. The moderate Darce has knocked around with Mick since they were kids. He's more than a bit over Mick's particular brand of arrogance. Lammy just does what he's told - same as he always has. Poor intellect hasn't equipped him so well to defend himself against Mick's demands and abuse. Over the course of the night, ignited by booze and bullshit - the tensions of bad ancient history between the would-be vigilantes are fired up. The night is littered with a passing parade of Mick's damaged relationships. Carmel - the sweetest root of his life. Raelene - his haggard and emotionally broken young wife. Ginger - town cop and once close friend. And Jodie - the best kept secret in town. When the gung-ho Mick exacts a little 'eye-for-an-eye' revenge, the rot really sets in and Micky-boy gets a taste of his own not-so-sweet medicine. And then. . .the ultimate act of payback.

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

Music:
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Genre:
Dramatic realism with comic elements 75 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Next of Kin

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Paperbark Shoe, The

Synopsis:
Adapted from the novel by Goldie Goldbloom, Gin, a refined albino woman, marries to escape the confines of an asylum. Toad, a collector of ladies corsetry, marries to prove his manhood. Together they are freaks - feared and ridiculed by the local townspeople. Into their lives come two Italian POWs bringing music, sensuality and a love that will fan the flames of small town bigotry. Set during World War II in a remote West Australian farming community, this new Australian Drama features a cast of brilliantly eccentric and unforgettable characters and is a richly rewarding and powerful love quadrangle' story by one of WA's leading playwrights, Hellie Turner.

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1st Produced:
national play festival, Perth    23 Feb 2013

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Road Train

Synopsis:
the truckers of Australia

Notes:
Written by Hellie Turner And John Taylor

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
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Further Reference:
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Sardines

Synopsis:
It is New Year's Eve ...Jason is a teenage offender with too many batteries and a major aversion to confined places. Gloria is thirty-plus and a long-term agoraphobic. She doesn't like people ... especially people who talk too much. And Jason talks way too much. When Jason rolls in through the window of the Gloria's bed-sit, with a mind to committing a little burglary, the night becomes rather interesting for both of them. Throughout the ensuing hours, the space between them gradually changes shape ... from blatant shared mistrust, into a strange-but-tender form of caring. With the morning light of a brand new year, comes hope. Maybe ... if they both try ... they can help each other to heal the scars of the past ... and survive the potential perils of the future. Maybe ...

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

Music:
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Genre:
Gentle black comedy 85 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Thicker Than Water

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Further Reference:
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Welcome 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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Windows

Synopsis:
Behind a set of window panes lurk six lonely souls. Our guide to their often hilarious inner lives is Groundfloor Gordon, window cleaner extraordinaire. Meet Bambi, the renovation queen of St. John's Wood, Loretta, the neighbourhood stalker, the Saturday night Cinderella, Albert the world's best 8 year old cigarette smoker, Felicia, the transexual in trouble and Wesley, the man on the ledge.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/   -

Music:
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Genre:
Realistic black comedy monologues 75 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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