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VIVIENNE WALSHE
Nationality: Australian
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Vivienne Walshe graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 1997 and is also an actor. She is a recipient of Malcolm Robertson Prize and the inaugural Max Afford Award and has recently completed a novel.
Research: http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/230502
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below is a list of Vivienne Walshe's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
God's Last Acre Nowheresville This is Where We LiveGod's Last Acre
A woman and her children are forced to take refuge with the mother of the man who abandoned them
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1st Produced:
CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC 12 Mar 2003
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1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney, 978-0868197036
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Lyrical, naturalistic, family drama 100 min
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Male: 1 Female: 4 Other: The male roles double up
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/23004
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"Love comes like a slow wheeze instead. Punctured at the top of my head, every cell divided and there is no one thing that will be whole again. I'm in two places at once. I'm in Nowheresville." Chloe was born on the wrong side of the tracks, and has the scars to prove it. Her mum has decided it's time for a new start in a new town with a new dad. But the town is Nowheresville, and here it's kill or be killed. Dark, viceral and lyrical, Nowheresville is the searingly poetic tale of young lives on the edge.
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One Act
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Hardened from a life filled with bullies, dead-beat boyfriends and no sense of hope, Chloe uses her sexuality as her armour and her weapon. Chris's sexuality is utterly under-used. Always on the wrong side of cool, he's living a very different version of hell. But when 'Odd Boy' Chris meets 'Chloe from the Underworld', an intense connection is formed. Suddenly, a different life seems possible. Winner of the 2012 Griffin Award, This is Where We Live is a love story that conjures Orpheus leading his Eurydice out from the underworld of small town hell. Francesca Smith unleashes Vivienne Walshe's unique poetic language in this vivid, dark and inventive new Australian play.
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winner of the 2012 Griffin Award
1st Produced:
SBW Stables Theatre, Sysney 19 Jun 2013
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Griffin Theatre Company
1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/ 978-0992383824
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Play/Drama
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