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Ian Wilding

IAN WILDING  

 Nationality:    Australian
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Ian Wilding studied Drama in London at Queen Mary and Westfield College and the Central School of Speech and Drama. His play Below won the Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting in 2000, and in 2003 he received the Patrick White Playwrights' Award for Even Amongst Dogs. Torrez premiered the following year playing in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The Carnivores won the Griffin Award in 2005 and was produced in Perth the following year. He lives in Perth.

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below is a list of Ian Wilding's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Below         Carnivores, The         Even Amongst Dogs         October         Quack         Rare Earth         Torrez         Water Carriers

Below

Synopsis:
Two British migrant brothers arrive in an outback town. They think that they can earn some easy money by entering a boxing contest

Notes:
Winner of the Griffin/Arnotts Award for new Australian Playwrighting

1st Produced:
Australia    2003

Company:
La Mama Theatre

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
Full-Length 90 mins Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Carnivores, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
won the Griffin Award in 2005

1st Produced:
Perth    2006

Company:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Even Amongst Dogs

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Patrick White Playwrights' Award, 2003

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Company:
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Music:
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October

Ian Wilding
Tim, an airline pilot and Angela, his young, beautiful wife, live the successful urban dream in a streamlined apartment in the inner city. One night a friend of Angela's, Dez, pays them a visit. There's just one problem: Angela flatly denies she's ever met him, and despite Dez's growing protestations, she wants him out. Rejected and humiliated, Dez leaves. But not before making some seemingly ominous threats. Now Angela and Tim are having trouble readjusting. Dez has thrown their comfortable lives out of kilter and fear of future incursions escalates. Enter Dick, private eye  smarmy and menacing by turns, a Man who Makes Things Happen. Though he charges by the hour and his approach is definitely unconventional, Dick may be exactly what the situation requires. . .

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1st Published:
Currency Press   978-0868198026

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Quack

Ian Wilding
Somewhere in middle Australia, the townsfolk of a small town are sick and looking for someone to blame. That is, until a man emerges from their midst. He is on a mission, and with skills as a surgeon, physician and pharmacist, he begins to fire up the townsfolk with his promises (for he is a great orator too). Only he can cure the disease, providing the townsfolk follow his direction without deviation. As he sets about his task of healing the town with an evangelical zeal, almost all are convinced. Except, not everyone is happy. The cure also carries strange side-effects. The pub is empty, the brothel is going out of business, the two-up ring is silent, food is bland, the horses don't race, the football remains un-kicked, arguments are not had, sex has become stale. Truth be told, the men have become dull and proud, the women hard and distant. Is it really better to be cured and living like this? A small minority begins to emerge. They don't want to be cured by the Doctor and have a plan to save themselves. But the majority will not be shifted. All must be cured. Blisteringly funny and provoking in equal measures, Quack is a salient reminder that we alone create our own destiny and our own demons.

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1st Produced:

Company:
Griffin Theatre Comany

1st Published:
Currency Press, Australia (2010) >>>    978-0-86819-873-6

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Rare Earth

Synopsis:
Sydney 2061: Ewan has just busted out of prison. Branded a war criminal he's out to clear his name. Stepping into a post-greenhouse world of biotech monstrosities, technologically super-charged idealism and corporate-government hybrids, Ewan vows to stop a cargo-load of humans apparently destined for off-planet mining. With most of the planet either dug-up or burnt-up is Ewan saving humanity or hastening its damnation? Ewan may have picked the wrong day to break out of prison.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Parade Space, Sydney    19 Oct 2011

Company:
commissioned by NIDA; supported by the NIDA Foundation Trust

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

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Torrez

Ian Wilding
Torrez knows how to kick a football. But at thirty-something hes on the wrong side of his playing career. His frazzled manager Foxy believes a media career beckons, but there may be one too many skeletons in the Torrez closet to get this sporting legend on primetime in the way theyd like. And then theres the terrible possibility that one of the skeletons has fallen out of the closet and is waiting at the front door for an autograph. A raucously funny expose of the world of celebrity and sport, and the longings at the heart of Australian masculinity. Features two of the worst-behaved men seen on the Australian stage for a long time.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sydney    2004

Company:
-

1st Published:
Currency Press   978-0868197340

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Water Carriers

Synopsis:
Dave reckons hes quite the ladies man. With Barry White on the stereo and a bottle of tequila on the shelf, he knows how to create a mood. But Kate, the hairdresser he meets one night in his karaoke bar and brings back to his place, is a hard case. Shes deep, shes defensive, shes troubled. Sure, Dave can break through, but can he deal with what is on the other side?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The MTC Theatre, Lawler Studio, Southbank VIC    22 Jun 2011

Company:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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