DAVID MEGARRITY
| Nationality: | Australian |
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Plays by David Megarrity
3G |
| 1st Produced: | The Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane | 2006 | ||
| Company: | La Boite Theatre 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: | 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. | ||||
Backseat Drivers |
| 1st Produced: | Queensland Theatre Company/Queensland Performing Arts Centre | 2000 | ||
| 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: | 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. | ||||
Bitter Streak |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 2000 | |||
| 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: | 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? | ||||
Cello Day |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| 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: | 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. | ||||
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: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | 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. | ||||
Lily Can't Sleep |
| 1st Produced: | QPAC Concert Hall | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Queenland theatre company/Queensland Performing Arts Centre | |||
| 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: | 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. | ||||
Oh Dear! or Stranded Santa |
| 1st Produced: | Outdoor Event, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane | 2001 | ||
| Company: | Southbank Corporation | |||
| 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: | - | 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. | ||||
Show |
| 1st Produced: | Queensland Theatre Company | 2003 | ||
| 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: | 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. | ||||
Ukulele Mekulele |
| 1st Produced: | La Boite Theatre/Queensland Performing Arts Centre | 2002 | ||
| 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: | 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. | ||||
Unlucky for Some |
| 1st Produced: | Woodward Theatre, Brisbane | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Queensland University of Technology | |||
| 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: | - | - | 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) | ||||