WAYNE TUNKS (1975 - )
| Nationality: | Australian |
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Plays by Wayne Tunks
Beyond the Door |
| 1st Produced: | Mad Monkey Studios, Sydney | 2000 | ||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: One of the world's biggest quandaries has always been, what happens when we die? Is there really a heaven or hell? And if so, which way will you head? Six young people are about to find out when they suddenly find themselves in the waiting room of the Pearly Gates. As they form friendships and make foes, they begin to discover the true meaning of their own existence and they wait to be taken away individually for their judgement through the ominous door that sits behind them. | ||||
Birthdays, Christmas & other family disasters |
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Theatre, Sydney | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | family drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Follow one year in the life of the Church family as they celebrate Christmas, Birthdays and all kinds of family events that we all know only too well. There's Mum who just wants her family with her, and Dad who's happy to have his family around if they just shut up! Oldest son David is a successful record executive and he and his ex model wife, Abi, seem to have it all, while his sister Kate and her husband Martin are living hand to mouth. Sister Janine has just returned from two years in India with a new vow of celibacy and a baby bump and youngest child Peter is just trying to avoid the taunts of his older siblings. Throw in the neighbour, Kenny, who always seems to turn up during family get togethers. But this year something will happen that will change them all. You'll never look at your family get togethers the same way again. | ||||
Bridesmaid Must Die!, The |
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Theatre, Sydney | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | black comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: For 2006 Season was re-written with three alternate endings, the show became interactive and the audience got to choose which bridesmaid died. | ||||
Synopsis: Welcome to the society wedding of the year. Tomorrow Yasmine will marry Caleb, hoping the press will gatecrash. But tonight, Yasmine with her mother and her three bridesmaids have some celebrating to do. When the drinks start flowing, so do the secrets. Matron of honour Bree is secretly conducting an affair with the groom. Phillipa is being stalked by her very unstable ex, Lucas; and Yasmine's sister is a suicidal, lesbian, beatnik poet. This isn't a whodunit, it's a who's gonna get it! | ||||
Chain of Fools |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | political drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Chain of Fools is an IR (Industrial Relations) law inspired drama about an inner city supermarket about to be swallowed by a larger chain. With nowhere else to turn, the employees fight back the only way they know how. But will gaffer tape, rope and Anna Coren just get them into more trouble? This play will get you cheering for the underdog. | ||||
Girl from the West of the City, The |
| 1st Produced: | Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, NSW, Australia | 2008 | ||
| Company: | Catalyst 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: | murder mystery | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | 1 non speaking female role | |||
Notes: The play contains filmed multi media elements | ||||
Synopsis: The murder of a beautiful young woman is just the start. This is a murder mystery cum social drama set in the heartland of Penrith. These are six stories of the people left behind and how they deal with their grief, their love and their suspicion. The parents, the fiance, the flat mates and the boy next door whose obsession for her was reaching worrying heights. See their stories and find out which one killed the girl from the west of the city. | ||||
Go West |
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Theatre, Sydney | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Please note that in the production two of the male roles were played by the same actor | ||||
Synopsis: Go West puts the spotlight onto the urban landscape and takes a close look at the inner workings of a dysfunctional Westie family. The Burns family will never win family of the year. Mother Donna became an alcoholic after the death of her husband and her five children don't seem to be fairing any better. This is best demonstrated by her twin seventeen-year-old sons, Kevin and Daniel. Kevin likes to get together with his mates and a baseball bat and beat up gay men. While Daniel, a straight A student and his family's only real hope, has just fallen in love with the boy he works with at his local record store. As Daniel and Ben's relationship starts to become serious, discovery by his family seems inevitable, and the results will be devastating. | ||||
Green in Mrs White, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | black comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: The Green in Mrs White is an hilarious 1950's melodramatic black comedy. Mrs White rules a small country town with fear and baking, but when a new family arrives threatening to topple Mrs White's rule, she won't be going down without a fight. You'll be dying to taste her sponge! | ||||
Hell Hath No Fury |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | Bittersweet Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 16 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Beware a woman scorned! The play follows hairdresser Roberta and the staff and patrons of her successful hairdressing salon. When life turns difficult, the women can only rely on each other for friendship and support. Featuring an amazing cast of sixteen women, this is a heartwarming drama about love, revenge and hair products. | ||||
Silvertop Ash |
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Theatre, Sydney | 2008 | ||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Was an official selection for the 30th Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras | ||||
Synopsis: Hamish is a 17 year old from Mittagong whose parents don't seem to understand him. The school bully seems to be gunning for him and his best friend Aaron wants more from him than he may be able to give. "Silvertop Ash" is the story of one boy's struggle for acceptance. | ||||
Subtle Art of Flirting, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | romantic comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: When eight Sydney singletons lives begin to become intertwined, they discover the in and outs of "The Subtle Art of Flirting". Can you really find someone decent at a laundromat? Is charging your trolley into someone else's considered flirting? What is the best pick up line to use at a funeral? These questions and more will be posed and answered in this romantic comedy for the stage. | ||||
Tupperware |
| 1st Produced: | Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio, Melbourne | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Short and Sweet Festival | |||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Unrequited |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | Bittersweet Drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1 non speaking woman role | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Why do the ones we love never seem to love us in return? A group of recent University graduates can't seem to leave the past behind. Falling in and out of love, but still holding on to the one flame they have always held. And fuelled by one tension filled evening, secrets will be shared, friendships will end, love will be discovered and one man must say goodbye to the only love he has ever known. But true unrequited love will never die. | ||||
We'll Always Have Wagga |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | romantic comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Bella had it all while attending Uni at Wagga: a promising acting career and the love of her life, Adrian. Ten years later she's back in Sydney, single and working in a café. Her latest ex-boyfriend Sonny is stalking her, her heavily pregnant ex-best friend Gina won't let her forget her woes and her co-worker Daria - an ex-cult member with serious mental problems - is no help at all! Her only salvation is her best friend Heath, who can't seem to stop telling people exactly what he thinks of them! Bella's life is ready to explode when Adrian walks into her café - and back into her life - with his fiancée, Josephine, in-tow. Life, love and the biggest inland city in NSW. | ||||
Words Like Freedom, Love & Betrayal |
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Theatre, Sydney | 2001 | ||
| Company: | Tunks Productions | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Back in high school, these six friends were always together, but years later they have begun to drift apart. But now as the leader of the group Aaron is about to be released from prison, the friends will be brought back together to reveal the secrets that will change them. | ||||