DARREN BREALEY   (1969 - )


Darren Brealey
   Nationality:
Australian
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Plays by Darren Brealey

DARREN BREALEY
Champagne Ladies
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: These two darlings are the epitome of all that is offensive with the society set. Preened, primped, cut and set, the pair meets at one of the 'in' places to see and be seen. Keeping an eye out for their well-heeled colleagues and guzzling down champagne, we are privileged to an insight of our high society pages and ladies of the high-class set. The correct social functions, birthdays, opening nights at the Opera and the Ballet can prove to be hell. One must make sure the correct attire is worn in hats, gloves, shoes, jewellery and shawls to mix and match.
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DARREN BREALEY
Chicks, The
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: This is a seriously scary look at filthy, outer suburb, cigarette-smoking scrags Jenny, Amanda and Sheryl. If you thought boys were crude and disgusting when they mob together, these three dirty skanks will have you dry wrenching into your stubbie-holder from the word go. Jenny, Amanda and Sheryl could have been the school captain, vice president of the local council or even a shopkeeper. However, their antics with their boyfriends, Peanut, Booga and Pigface somehow distract them from their futures as anything but middle class. Meeting at the local cinema for their weekly ritual of movie going, the three young girls come together to fester their outwardly disgusting habits, language and home secrets.
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DARREN BREALEY
Comfort Zone
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
2006
Company:
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: written by Darren Brealey and Stuart Pursell
Synopsis: The Arts Minister's coming and the media's on their way, but still there's not enough balloons for the launch of next year's theatre season! In the upstairs office of a small inner city theatre an ugly battle for ultimate power is in full swing. The Artistic Director, the Yes-man, the writer and God forbid, even the cleaning lady are slamming doors and opening windows in this fast paced, action-packed tour de farce that takes a knife to this incestuous theatre industry. Comfort Zone tells the story of a woman with more power than she deserves, whose lost touch with the reality of the industry she claims to have single-handedly created. Deirdre James is a protagonist clinging to the last bastion of power (let alone integrity) and in between programming her friend's work and shagging the Art's Minister's PA, she flaunts herself with an air of superiority wrapped round a Greenroom Award. This is a woman who can make or break the drug and alcohol addictions of many aspiring playwrights.
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DARREN BREALEY
Couple Of S.N.A.G.s, A
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise
(below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies
Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: The Arts Minister's coming and the media's on their way, but still there's not enough balloons for the launch of next year's theatre season! In the upstairs office of a small inner city theatre an ugly battle for ultimate power is in full swing. The Artistic Director, the Yes-man, the writer and God forbid, even the cleaning lady are slamming doors and opening windows in this fast paced, action-packed tour de farce that takes a knife to this incestuous theatre industry.Comfort Zone tells the story of a woman with more power than she deserves, whose lost touch with the reality of the industry she claims to have single-handedly created. Deirdre James is a protagonist clinging to the last bastion of power (let alone integrity) and in between programming her friend's work and shagging the Art's Minister's PA, she flaunts herself with an air of superiority wrapped round a Greenroom Award. This is a woman who can make or break the drug and alcohol addictions of many aspiring playwrights.
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DARREN BREALEY
Disturbing Mavis
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Set in a nursing home, this is a practical look at the subject of growing old and the not-so-attractive consequences. Mavis is a lonely soul who finds solidarity in comforting her husband, Alfred. She fills the boredom of her days by reading and engaging in one-sided arguments with an inert Alfred. When the Ambulance Officers arrive to take Alfred away, we discover the reason for Alfred's inertia and witness Mavis's frustration and helplessness.
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DARREN BREALEY
Evangeline
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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DARREN BREALEY
Fergus' Envy
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
2004
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: In the days when older women took on the role of turning a young girl into a lady, these lunatic women find any excuse for a party. Titiana can't find an unlocked door as she attempts her escape when she wakes up. Falling asleep from Narcolepsy, not remembering where she is or why she is there is something she has difficult with. Day three of Lord Florien Thrust's house party, thrown in honour of Fergus, his valium medicated dog, Gertrude attempts to save Titiana from herself, and lure Florien into donating a large sum of money to her 'cause'. Lucinda attempts to lure Florien into the same fate, yet he dismisses their attempts. Florien falls smitten for Titiana when she says she likes Fergus. Yet, there is a mystery to be unravelled, before Titana falls victim to her Narcolepsy.
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DARREN BREALEY
Mechanics, The
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Meet old school, all knowing tradesman, Norbet who works hard at keeping ahead of the next crisis in the car repair workshop. He generously takes new kid, Colin under his wing, tutoring him in the sacred arts of mechanic ethics, love and relationships. Norbet knows a lot of things. He knows. In fact, sometimes, he will tell you too many times what he knows. Norbet attempts to educate Colin about the games men and woman play (or at least the games men think women want them to play.) Colin proves he isn't as stupid as appearances initially indicate.
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DARREN BREALEY
Meeting Place, The
1st Produced:
The East Melbourne Hotel (E.M.H.), Melbourne, Australia
1996
Company:
1st Published:
Athena Press
2006
To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Who do you find living in a tree lined suburban street? A suburban family of five, as Craig and Sheryl apathetically deal with the death of their love. Their three children, David, Michelle and Rick relentlessly struggle with denial, contempt and rebellion. The sibling rivalry abounds with our protagonist David, openly discussing his sexuality within the realms of his family home. Whilst his father is never home to behold a view on leadership and with his mother abstaining from the truth, David struggles to hold his own place in the world. His circle of friends comfort him, however his longing for acceptance from his family remains poignant
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DARREN BREALEY
Stair, The
1st Produced:
Melbourne, Australia
1998
Company:
1st Published:
-
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: The age old story of office politics, red tape and justification of jobs held by employees in power. Mr Green is the company boss. He meets Carson in the stairwell. It's lunchtime, Mr Green is incredibly busy and the lift is broken. Through the two protagonist's conversation, we learn that the task of getting the lift repaired is anything but a simple one. Finding a simple solution via meetings, faxes, memos, voice mail and the trappings of bureaucracy couldn't be easier. Could it? The lift is stuck and we meet in the stairwell.
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