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Jonathan Gavin

JONATHAN GAVIN

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Literary Agent:    RGM Artist Group  

Jonathan Gavin has an Honours degree in Literature from the aNU and graduated from the WaaPa acting Course in 1998. Since then he has worked constantly as a writer and actor with independent Theatre companies in Sydney and CanberrA. He has toured nationally and internationally in Captain Corelli's Mandolin with Musica Viva and 2 Pianos 4 Hands with Marquis entertainment. His writing includes aperture and Bender for the Tamarama Rock Surfers, Schmaltz for elbow Theatre, Sleepless Night for the Practical Theatre Company, and a Moment on the Lips for Maelstrom, for which he was awarded the 2003 Philip Parsons Young Playwrights award.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/6387

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         Bang         Breast Wishes         Brief History Of Western Drama         Business, The         ID         Moment On the Lips, A         Schmaltz         Sleepless Night         Special Occasions         Spring         Story Always Old And Always New         Suburban Epic         Tiger Country         Waiting For Boris And Bender

Bang

Synopsis:
a young woman stands on the platform of a suburban railway station. She is waiting for the 6.45pm train. She has a mission.

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1st Produced:
Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW    09 Jun 2010

Organisations:
B Sharp

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/90599

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Breast Wishes

Synopsis:
Breast Wishes is an all Australian musical about love, life, loss and silicon; a witty and heart-warming journey of courage and determination through laughter to triumph.

Notes:
written by Merridy eastman, Jonathan Gavin, Richard Glover, Wendy Harmer, Sheridan Jobbins, James Millar, Debra Oswald. Lyrics by Bruce brown

1st Produced:
Everest Theatre, Chippendale, Nsw    15 Apr 2009

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Genre:
musical theatre

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/97905

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Brief History Of Western Drama

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Genre:
Short play

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Business, The

Business, The
In 1909 Maxim Gorky wrote Vassa Zheleznova, a savage comedy about a Russian family at war over money, entitlement and the march of progress. But Vassa Zheleznova also relates to one of the great Australian themes: how we hauled ourselves out of our working class past and set out on the road to a relaxed and comfortable future.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Maxim Gorky. Based on Vassa Zheleznova

1st Produced:
Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney    27 Apr 2011

Organisations:
Belvoir

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Genre:
comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/90534

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ID

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Griffin's showcase of new Australian writings starts with the presentation of the 11th Griffin Award, and then rehearsed readings of Bloodwood by Nicki Bloom, I.D. by Jonathan Gavin and Strange Attractor by Sue Smith.

1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst, Nsw    26 Aug 2008

Organisations:
Griffin Searchlight

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Music:
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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/77425

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Moment On the Lips, A

Synopsis:
Victoria is a painter facing creative stagnation; Jenny is Victoria's elder sister and patron, a barrister trying to make it as a woman in a man's world; Rowena, Jenny's lover, is completing her PhD in Women's Studies; Rowena's adopted Indian sister Bridget is a health professional working with dying patients; anne is at home all day with a young daughter; Emma is television's most popular newsreader; and Dominique has re-entered their lives after a bitter period of estrangement. as the play moves backward and forwards in time, sisters and friends confront their long-standing rivalries, jealousies and resentments. and all the while, one of the seven moves unknowingly towards her own death. a Moment on the Lips is about the difficult search for meaning and fulfilment in life, our ability to rise to the challenges life throws at us, and the powers we all have for transformation.

Notes:
Winner of the 2003 Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award

1st Produced:
Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, Woolloomooloo, NSW    10 Jan 2003

Organisations:
Maelstrom Productions

1st Published:
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Genre:
2 act 115 mins Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/22251

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Schmaltz

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1st Produced:
Elbow Theatre, Canberra    -

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Sleepless Night

Synopsis:
the search for love takes Simon around the world - but he passes his 30th birthday alon.

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

Organisations:
Short and Sweet 2006 Week 3

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/76056

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Special Occasions

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Spring

Spring
Over three years, Australia's new writing theatre, Griffin theatre Company, presented fourteen unique short plays across its mainstage season. Seen for one night only, the fates, Seasons and the Seven Needs were three play cycles provoked by the classical mythology of man's inescapable destiny, the seasonal patterns and Maslow's Pyramid of Human Needs. Now , this eclectic and fascinating collection of ten minute plays by some of the country's most established and emerging playwrights becomes Short Circuit.

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Griffin Theatre Company

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Genre:
Ten Min

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 m/f

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Story Always Old And Always New

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Genre:
Short play

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Suburban Epic

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Tiger Country

Synopsis:
In the outer reaches of Sydney, where the city bleeds into the bush, a tiger is on the loose. Meet the Unwins. Rachelle has made her special dessert. Eddie is home from a stint at Silverwater. His teenaged wife Kylie is about to give birth. Howl is dealing drugs again. Mum's on the brink of cardiac arrest. Six year old Xavier has a penchant for guns and Chuckles is five ours late for Christmas lunch. They don't call it the Silly Season for nothing. "Tiger Country" is a comedy of sex, drugs and the ugly secrets that weld a family together

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1st Produced:
Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW    28 Nov 2007

Organisations:
2007 Griffin Stablemates Season

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/71202

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Waiting For Boris And Bender

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