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Old Nick Theatre Company, Peacock Theatre Hobart

2000

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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100 min

Musical

8

6

Aussie Rules ~ The Musical is scored for six instruments; keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, cello and saxophone/clarinet.

Notes: With music and arrangements written by Tasmanian musician Fran Armstrong and the book and lyrics by Daryl Peebles,

Synopsis: Aussie Rules ~ The Musical is attracting a lot of attention in the broader Australian theatre community. Aussie Rules ~ But Aussie Rules ~ The Musical never loses its emphasis on fun, music, dance and most of all &hope!

Old Nick Company, Peacock Theatre, Hobart

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1997

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100 min

Play/Drama

5

5

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Notes: -

Synopsis: Barbecue is a play about many things including the Australian cultural ritual, the "barby". It is intended to be performed in a space where audience members can feel they are an integral part of the event. Sausages (or other inexpensive goodies) are cooked on a gas or electric barbecue throughout the play. These are intended for audience and performer consumption, probably served with such "up-market" side dishes as bread and tomato sauce or mustard. A story line centres on a family who unexpectedly find themselves financially well off, and move from their working-class suburb to a "ritzy" suburb. Implications of a "class-based" society in Australia and societal pressure for change and conformity are explored in a mostly humorous way. The concept need not be restricted to simply providing the audience with a sausage. A low-cost theatre-restaurant show could be staged with the audience being fed a range of salads to go with barbecued delicacies. This would be served buffet-style on the set, between acts. Desserts and coffees could be served in the same way after the show with "in-character" mingling by cast and crew. As is traditional at an Aussie barbecue, the audience may be encouraged to have a couple of drinks during the performance . . .. in moderation of course!!

Tasmanian Drama Festival, Deloraine

2000

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1999

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Play, 30 min

One Act

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3

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Synopsis: Bethany is set in 1830 in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). It is the story of a young woman transported from England for a menial crime and now in the service of exploitative land-owners in the new colony. The play looks at the way three different women cope (or do not cope) with the abuses in their lives.

Writers Fringe Festival, Peacock Theatre, Hobart

1996

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1994

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Play, 25 min

One Act

1

1

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Synopsis: Life is full of people who are running away from something. In so doing, they often collide with other people hurtling toward the very same thing from which they are escaping. Marriage is a classic example! Carnival Man is the story of a young woman's dream of becoming a circus performer and the attempts by her hero, a past master of the high-wire, to dissuade her.

Tasmanian Drama Festival, Deloraine

1993

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1993

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15 min

One Act

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1

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Notes: -

Synopsis: Although she grew up in a secure, wealthy and "loving" Catholic family, Theresa now lives on the edge of society and at the edge of sanity. This once devoutly religious young woman now displays homicidal and suicidal tendencies as her existence oscillates between the hopelessness of her present and the horrors of her past. This disturbing play explores the emerging contemporary societal problem of the adult manifestations of child abuse by people in positions of authority.

Tasmanian Drama Festival

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1993

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Play, 30 min

One Act

1

1

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Notes: -

Synopsis: Kathy and Stephen have just returned from their daughter's wedding to their comfortable middle class existence. The wedding stimulates reminiscences of their own wedding and reflections of their own past. Kathy is keen to retain or recapture some of the excitement their youth; growing up in the sixties. Stephen however, appears to be content with his career and middle class conservative life style which has evolved over the past thirty years of their lives. But all that can change, and does so with Kathy using a couple of "change agents" from their past.

Backspace Theatre, (Larrikan Productions)

1993

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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

90 min

Play/Drama

4

2

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Synopsis: The church council are meeting in the vicarage of the small parish of Pewkesbury in rural Australia. The previous parson, Rev. Phillips, has passed away in recent weeks. His widow has relocated to a retirement village. Together, they had ministered their flock in this district for forty years. The parish council, faced with finding a new vicar, have had one response to their many "calls". That is from Rev. Nigel Rose. But the council are unsure as to his suitability. He is city-bred, only twenty-eight years old and, heaven forbid, still single! What can this mean?

Tasmanian Drama Festival, Deloraine

1996

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play, 20 min

One Act

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2

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Notes: -

Synopsis: People need other people in a variety of circumstances. Keeper of the Light tells of the interdependency of a fisherman and a lighthouse keeper and the consequences of not being there when needed. The play includes poetic monologues.

Theatrix

1993

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1993

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25 min

One Act

1

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Synopsis: Marching for Marco looks at the concept of acceptance. Marco is the son of post-war European immigrants and is caught between the traditional culture of his parents and that of his country, Australia. Marco dreams of representing Australia in sport or playing in a VFL (now AFL) Grand Final. His opportunity to represent Australia does not come through sport however, but through Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war. As a returned veteran of that unfortunate experience, Marco again faces his old dilemma, acceptance.

Tasmanian Drama Festival, Deloraine

1997

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play, 20 min

One Act

1

3

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Notes: -

Synopsis: The action takes place in the Ladies toilet during an ambassadorial reception in an up-market reception-centre or hotel located in Australia, probably Canberra. A situation arises which requires leadership and resolve, but not necessarily with the eventual outcomes of this scenario.

Tasmanian Drama Festival, Deloraine

1992

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18 min

One Act

1

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Synopsis: Robert and Brenda have been separated for a couple of years leaving Robert living a lonely, single life with his dog Rambone. The initial disagreement between Robert and Brenda finished with an exchange of vitriolic letters, which Robert reads and re-reads with Rambone as his confidant. Robert's power comes from the fact that Brenda's final letter remains unopened. He feels that in leaving it unread for two years, he has denied her the opportunity for final abuse. On the second anniversary of their separation, Robert feels psychologically strong enough to open and read the final letter . . .. . ...

Playhouse Theatre, Hobart

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1995

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Play, 25 min

One Act

2

2

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Notes: -

Synopsis: Vicki and Neville have been married for 12 years. Vicki was convinced that Neville was unfaithful, less-than-honest, a slob, a yob and otherwise undesirable. But after one incredible jolt to the foundation of their marriage, when Vicki found Nev in bed with another woman, she has finally left him. This has come as a bit of a shock for poor old Nev who thought he had Vicki around his little finger - like all the other women in his life. Nev's one last desperate effort to win Vicki back, is tonight. He has chosen a romantic candle-lit dinner for two as the perfect vehicle. After all, he is still the charming old Nev! So how could she refuse??

Saloon Bar, Catch-A-Rising-Star Restaurant, and Port Huon Holiday Village, Tasmania

1993

Hip Pocket Productions

1994

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75 min

Play/Drama

3

3

doubling

Notes: Three acts of approx 25 minutes each geared to having a three course meal served in breaks.

Synopsis: Shenanigan's Wake is written as a pub-theatre/theatre-restaurant production. Like Jack Hibberd's "Dimboola", it examines an Australian celebration; this one imported with the masses of Irish immigrants who have been gravitating to these shores since the First Fleet. That celebration is, of course, the wake. Seamus Shenanigan has recently died, the most likely cause being liver failure. It was his wish that "his mates from the boozer" should send him on his way in a manner that befitted his life. This wake is a most suitable send off. His "boozer mates" unfortunately are the audience; the paying public! If only they knew!!!

Tasmanian Drama Festival,

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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

20 min

One Act

1

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Synopsis: This Old Man is the fourth in a series of one-act monologues. It looks at the world through the fading eyes of an elderly person, partially reliving the old times through reminisces and partially fearing and trying to rationalise the future. After its debut at the Deloraine Drama Festival, the adjudicator wrote, "An effective piece of writing which is both humorous and poignant. Well performed and well directed."

Tasmanian Drama Festival

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1991

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Play, 25 min

One Act

2

2

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Synopsis: Sandra and Doug are on their honeymoon. They are mid-journey when they find themselves stranded by an airline industrial dispute. Also affected by this dispute are Arthur and Simone who theoretically are going to a conference although Arthur is gearing up for a "dirty weekend". The dispute escalates and the airport public address system announcements act like a Greek chorus to advance the plot. As the industrial crisis worsens so to do the relationships between the characters. The play has as its emotional thread, an exploration of attitudes and values. It uses the country virtues of the newly wed Doug to contrast with the "worldliness" of the much older and oft- married car salesman, Arthur.