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DAVID MEGARRITY |
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Nationality: Australian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Existing at the intersection of music, dance, design, projected image and drama, David Megarrity's theatre works for children have been produced by both major theatre companies in Queensland, played at the Sydney Opera House and toured overseas. They are often non-text based and incorporate projected image of which David has also been the writer and co-filmmaker. Adult works created in 2006 include the short play '3G', performed at La Boite, the shortlisting of CELLO DAY in the Queensland Premier's Drama Award, the adaptation of the Roger McGough poem cycle 'UNLUCKY FOR SOME' for the stage, and a co-write of LILY CAN'T SLEEP (QTC/QPAC) for the Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood. He performed at UKULELELAND in Sydney, with a musical slideshow. A compilation of his first band FRIENDS OF THE IGUANA titled COLLECTED RECORDINGS was also released. David is produced, published, released, awarded and broadcast as a writer and director of theatre and performance, composer/musician for film and live performance, writer/director of shopping lists and films including the short 'STOP' which was an Official Selection in Competition at Cannes 2000. His recent short film, 'THE FIGURES' was selected for Base-Court, Lausanne, Switzerland in 2006. His picture book THE EMPTY CITY will be published by Lothian in 2007. Current band THE GOODBYE NOTES are currently preparing to record their second album. His soundtrack works with Brett Collery have been compiled on the newly released SONIC LOOM CD. David's areas of research include collaborative creativity and the relationship between music and performance. His professional career as an artist combines productively with his academic teaching as an Associate Lecturer in Drama at QUT.
Plays by David Megarrity
3G | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane | 2006 | ||||
Company: | La Boite Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67201 | |||
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Genre: | short play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Two people reminisce about a relationship that has been mediated by mobile phones. | |||||
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Backseat Drivers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Queensland Theatre Company/Queensland Performing Arts Centre | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #19231 | |||
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Genre: | comedy/theatre for children Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1b 1g | |||||
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Synopsis: | Set entirely in the backseat of a car, with the road behind appearing on a rear-projection screen, Backseat Driver is the story of two very different children battling the fingerdrumming, motor-humming boredom of a long car trip. Using non-verbal performance, video projection and the music of Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley and the Shadows, backseat Driver is a comedy for anyone who has ever asked the question "are we there yet?". Exploring the power of creative play, Backseat Driver has enjoyed three productions, including a season for Korean audiences at the Seoul Arts Centre in 2001. | |||||
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Bitter Streak | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #52632 | |||
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Genre: | Full-Length 70 mins Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4 actors + | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young, disillusioned actor has lost faith in theatre. A chance meeting with an old mate from school results in the creation of a new form of arts terrorism - theatre streaking. A four-handed [or more], fast paced, kaleidoscopic satire, Bitter Streak asks the question: Is it possible to change a dying art form for the better by 'stripping it bare' - or is it past salvation? | |||||
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Cello Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67203 | |||
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Genre: | Adult Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Shortlisted Queensland Premier's Drama Award 2005 | |||||
Synopsis: | CELLO DAY is the story of Rob, a cello teacher whose peaceful, sad little world is disturbed by the appearance of Helen, a troubled teen, who's been forced to attend cello lessons once a week. Cello Day. The problem is, she won't talk to him, let alone touch the cello. Helen's presence forces Rob into acknowledging his failings as a teacher, musician and person, and realise that it might be possible to be all three at the same time. | |||||
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Gate 38 | ||
| 1st Produced: | TBC, Brisbane | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Commissioned by MacGregor State high School as part of the Queensland Theatre Company's Artists in Schools Program | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67202 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A music theatre piece incorporating pop songs selected by the cast. | |||||
Synopsis: | Several groups of young people convene at an airport, each for their own reasons. As telecommunications fail they understand that after today, everything will change. A touching, comic musical set at the end of the world. | |||||
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Lily Can't Sleep | ||
| 1st Produced: | QPAC Concert Hall | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Queenland theatre company/Queensland Performing Arts Centre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67204 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | childrens Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | a sheep | |||||
Notes: | Written by David Megarrity, Bridget Boyle and Liz Skitch. 2006 Season followed by tour to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Victoria, and regional Queensland | |||||
Synopsis: | New day. New school. New house. New room. Everything's changing for Lily. Night falls and she's got a lot on her mind. No wonder she can't get to sleep. Her mum tells her to count sheep, but what good is that when one of them is running amok in your room? This hilarious and sweet performance explores how you can dream up ways to put what's worrying you to bed. | |||||
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Oh Dear! or Stranded Santa | ||
| 1st Produced: | Outdoor Event, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Southbank Corporation | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67205 | |||
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Genre: | Pantomime | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Up to 20 (chorus of reindeer + Santa) | |||||
Notes: | An absurd pantomime incorporating original songs and a chorus of dancing reindeer | |||||
Synopsis: | Four native animals are mystified by the appearance of a sleigh and panicked reindeer in the Australian rainforest. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Show | ||
| 1st Produced: | Queensland Theatre Company | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #19229 | |||
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Genre: | comedy/theatre for children Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2004 | |||||
Synopsis: | Imagine you threw a birthday party and nobody showed up. Nobody except the coolest girl at school. And she hates you. You're both trapped in the rumpus room for the rainy afternoon, with nothing much but a record player and each other for company. And it's 1975. What a nightmare! SHOW is the story of two radically different girls negotiating their way towards friendship their relationship through creative play. Together they put on a show within a show, using the music and the objects in the room; and through showing off, begin to show eachother who they really are. SHOW is a 45 minute non-verbal comedy. It's a two- hander, set in the seventies. | |||||
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Ukulele Mekulele | ||
| 1st Produced: | La Boite Theatre/Queensland Performing Arts Centre | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #18940 | |||
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Genre: | comedy/theatre for children Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | gorilla | |||||
Notes: | performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2004 | |||||
Synopsis: | Ukulele Man, a tall, mean fellow, claims the ukulele is the King of Instruments.Sick of playing second fiddle, quiet little Double Bass Man does his best to resist, but what's a dancing Gorilla going to do about it? A music theatre show that focuses on the ukulele and double bass to explore themes of bullying and mediation, Ukulele Mekulele is a comedy for children with echoes of vaudeville, King Kong and Tiny Tim.Bigger? Better? Smaller? Taller? Ukulele Mekulele is an hilarious little show packed with big ideas. | |||||
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Unlucky for Some | ||
| 1st Produced: | Woodward Theatre, Brisbane | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Queensland University of Technology | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67200 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | An authorized adaptation of Roger Mc Gough's 'Unlucky For Some' poems. | |||||
Synopsis: | Unlucky for Some concerns the homeless, the drifters, the lost - people who aren't on the edge of society, they're right in front of us. They are us. A play for young audiences inspired by and featuring the poetry of Roger McGough, Unlucky for Some is spare, minimalistic and gripping. Keep sipping that latte at your sidewalk cafe. We're all pretty close to the gutter when you think about it. | |||||
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