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David Megarrity

DAVID MEGARRITY   

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

DAVID MEGARRITY

3G

1st Produced:

The Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane

2006

Company:

La Boite Theatre Company

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#67201

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Genre:

short play One Act

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Two people reminisce about a relationship that has been mediated by mobile phones.

Further Reference:

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DAVID MEGARRITY

Backseat Drivers

1st Produced:

Queensland Theatre Company/Queensland Performing Arts Centre

2000

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#19231

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Genre:

comedy/theatre for children Comedy

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

1b 1g

Notes:

-

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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DAVID MEGARRITY

Bitter Streak

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

The Australian Script Centre >>>, 2000

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#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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DAVID MEGARRITY

Cello Day

1st Produced:

- - -

- - -

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#67203

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Genre:

Adult Drama Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

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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DAVID MEGARRITY

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:

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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.

Further Reference:

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DAVID MEGARRITY

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

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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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DAVID MEGARRITY

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:

-

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#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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DAVID MEGARRITY

Show

1st Produced:

Queensland Theatre Company

2003

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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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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DAVID MEGARRITY

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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DAVID MEGARRITY

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

-

Parts other:

-

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.
- (This blurb is from the 2006 production program notes)

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