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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Synopsis: A gentle, evocative puppet play adapted from Tim Winton's fable of the same name, BLUEBACK tells the story of an inquistive boy's journey into adulthood, and his friendship with a grand old fish. BLUEBACK celebrates the magic and mysteries of the sea, and has been described as "a fable for all ages, bringing to life issues of personal maturation, conservation, and the power of place."

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2 Acts for upper primary and secondary students 90 min

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Synopsis: This follows the journey of thirteen year old Ziggy Baddeley as she discovers a new sense of self. After the breakdown of her parent's marriage, Ziggy, her baby brother and her mother, Clare, move to a new suburb to begin again. In order to deal with the loss of security and all the changes thrust upon her, Ziggy decides to re-invent herself. She plans to start at her new school as a 'more colourful, more interesting person'. At the new school, she meets two other teenagers, and becomes embroiled in the drama of their lives. Theo Casella is struggling to discover himself after years of living in the shadow of a highly successful older brother. Karen Fischer, a champion diver, is drowning beneath the weight of her father's ambitions and expectations. This play takes a comic look at the manly influences, pressures and choices faced by young people as they strive to develop their identities and strengthen their self-esteem.

Terrapin Puppet Theatre

1990

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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

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Notes: 3 puppeteers minimum / primary school puppet play / the five central characters are represented by multiples of each puppet and one character is ultimately played by an actor puppeteer.

Synopsis: H.B. Flopp, the youngest member of a travelling circus family is preparing for his debut and must master "the trick of tricks". He must confront his fear of the dark and of the trick that one day caused his father to disappear forever. He must also control his imaginary friend, Hector Bully who threatens to ruin everything.

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Synopsis: You can do terrible things to animals and they still love you. It takes a lot to break an animal's heart.. Julie and Carl's lives are falling apart. They say they are in love but the whole marriage thing is just not working. Raised voices and strained tempers make for ugly scenes. Violence has entered the home and struck at its very heart. With Julie scared and Carl striving for perfection in an imperfect world, they're both caught up in the cause and effect of what society demands. But how do they tell the people they love they're living a domestic nightmare? The guilt of hitting her. The shame of letting it happen again and again. Behind close doors lie the best kept secrets.

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2 Act 100 mins

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Synopsis: This play tells the story of Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) and the Noonuccal people. Set against four decades of a changing nation, it is the story of a woman's search for her own voice. From the ti-trees of Stradbroke in the 1920's, through Brisbane in the Depression and World War II, into the Menzies dominated fifties and then to the heady days of the Civil Rights Movement in the sixties; one woman saw it all from an unique perspective and wrote what she saw.

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1992

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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

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Synopsis: Meg is an independent woman who loves to eat and loves to cook. At the age of 42, she finds herself sharing a kitchen with her mother, Laurel, a glamorous 70 year old who carries a can opener in her handbag. A recipe for disaster? 'Salt' takes us to the heart of the matter in five courses cooked on stage, to ask: What nourishes? What starves? Who feeds? Who is fed? A play about love and memory, emptiness and fullness, motherhood and ageing, SALT is a poetic tribute to the ties that bind and the perils and pleasures of the table.

Peacock Theatre, Hobart, Australia (revival)

1996

Terrapin Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Synopsis: touchingly caricatures the eternal female server of others, always giving but never to herself

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Currency Press, Sydney

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2 Acts for 10-15 year olds

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Synopsis: 'Spitting Chips' is a comedy about grief, loss and anger for younger audiences. The play charts the changing relationship between Sybil (also known as Spud) Adams and her well-meaning, but work-aholic father, as she begins to come to terms with the death of her mother and the inevitability of change.

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1990

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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

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Synopsis: Set in a lecture theatre where three dying people are giving a formal presentation to a conference audience. Based on research in a hospice, it examines the hospice philosophy and community attitudes to death and dying through the eyes of the patients, their relatives and those who care for them professionally. The play is stylised and based upon image rather than conventional narrative and despite the weighty subject matter it is warm, funny and never morbid.

Courtyard West Yorkshire

1991

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Currency Press, Sydney

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Synopsis: Wallflowering traces the uncertain steps of Cliff and Peg Small, an ordinary couple, as they attempt to save their marriage. One time prize-winning ballroom dancers, they now find themselves out of step with each other, and with the changing values of the world around them. Through the metaphor of dance, the play examines the dynamics of an evolving relationship. It looks at the impact on relationships when individuals embrace growth and change, and begin to tell the truth.