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DAVID MENCE
Nationality: Australian
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David is a writer, director and Dramaturge. As Artistic Director of White Whale Theatre his credits include Macbeth Re-Arisen, Convict 002, Melburnalia, Melburnalia No. 2 , Othello (Bell Shakespeare) and Blackbird (MTC). David has been a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, a winner of the Edward F. Albee Foundation Scholarship, and has had stories published in Meanjin and Best Australian Stories 2010.
Research: http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/421790
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Blackbird Convict 002 Convincing Ground Gully, The Macbeth Re-Arisen Meant To Be SpokenBlackbird
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Top of PageConvict 002
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Transposed from the 1800s to the present time.
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Based on "For the Term of His Natural Life" by Marcus Clark
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Northcote Town Hall, Northcote, Vic 26 Sep 2007
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White Whale Theatre; Melbourne Fringe Festival
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adaptation
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/73049
Top of PageConvincing Ground
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Western Victoria, 1878. William Dutton staggers around in his old whalers hut, dead drunk, in a world of his own. Each night he is visited by his long dead Aboriginal wife, Renanghi, and together they rake over their tumultuous years at Portland Bay. He cannot tell if she is a ghost or a figment of his imagination, and in his dilapidated condition, he no longer cares. But tonight is different. He senses the end is nigh, and before he dies, he must speak the truth about the night they last saw each other - the night the Convincing Ground got its name. Convincing Ground is a gothic love story about Australias early sealers and whalers and their often fraught relationships with Aboriginal women.
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Naturalistic drama 60 min
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Top of PageGully, The
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Australia, 2109. Catastrophic environmental collapse has rendered the continent a parched wasteland. Civilisation has all but dried up. Marauding bands of crows' roam the wastes making life nasty, brutish and short. Yet in an old stone hut, hidden in a ravine, three men eke out an existence. they have stumbled onto a miracle: a freshwater creek. It is a secret that they will kill to preserve. We'd say welcome to the Gully, but the truth is, you're not welcome. . . No one is.
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short listed for the 2011 Griffin Award.
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[Reading] Lawler Studio, Southbank, Vic 19 Nov 2010
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Melbourne Theatre Company
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Post-apocalyptic comedy 90 min
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Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/88983
Top of PageMacbeth Re-Arisen
Macbeth - the Sequel! Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have joined the legions of the Undead and are on the march with their zombie army.
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Based on the play by William Shakespeare
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Guild Theatre, Melbourne 2004
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Schlock Elizabethan tragi-comedy 120 min
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Male: 7 Female: 5 Other: Variable cast - 27 roles
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Top of PageMeant To Be Spoken
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Some of Melbourne's most exciting playwrights present their own work in a Sunday afternoon celebration of new Australian playwriting. Featuring: Adam Cass, Patricia Cornelius, David Mence, Declan Green, Tee O'Neill, Hannie Rayson and Amelia Roper, hosted by Robert Reid.
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Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Vic 21 Feb 2010
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2010 Searchlight Festival
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short Drama
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/90312
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