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TRAVIS COTTON
Nationality: Australianemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: Jenny Darling and Associates
Travis Cotton is a writer, director and actor. Travis directed two of his own plays, god, the devil, and the true history of mankind and The Fifth at Randwick, at the Store Room in 2006. His other plays include: This Blasted Earth (co written with Toby Schmitz) and Rites of Evil. Travis won the Naked Theatre Companys Top Shorts competition with his first two plays.
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5th At Radwick, The God, The Devil And The True History Of Mankind Rites Of Evil, The Robots Vs Art This Blasted Earth5th At Radwick, The
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Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo, NSW 2003
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Top of PageGod, The Devil And The True History Of Mankind
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God and Jesus summon Santa Claus to Heaven - he is not sure why. The three of them get rather drunk
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part of The three winning short plays from Naked Theatre Company's Write Now competition: "God, the Devil and the True History of Mankind" by Travis Cotton; "Domestic Bliss" by Damon Lockwood; "Shakespearialsim" by Joshua Lawson.
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Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo, NSW 24 Nov 2005
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/68006
Top of PageRites Of Evil, The
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Xavier and Easter are chance acquaintances on the nether side of life, troubled and unstable misfits for whom elaborate conspiracy theories offer the only haven of certainty in a world that offers them so little. When Xavier unwittingly tries to help his new friend he sets in motion a course of action that threatens catastrophe for them both. Travis Cotton's endearing, surreal and strangely funny portrait of paranoia, isolation and friendship against the odds shows how delusion becomes infectious in the land of the lost.
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Red Stitch Actors Theatre, St Kilda, VIC 02 Sep 2009
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drama
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/89209
Top of PageRobots Vs Art
When Robots start thinking for themselves, they decree planet earth will not survive unless all humans are destroyed. They execute 90% of them and send the rest to work in underground sustainable mines. But when Executive Producer Master Bot writes a play, Giles, a human theatre director, is sent up from the mines in the hope that robots will be able to calculate the formula of art. But because Executive can't feel, he can't enjoy the perfect art he makes. So he makes a deal with Giles: if Giles is capable of putting on a play that can make robots feel, he will allow the human race to coexist with robots, if he can't, he will be executed in front of his cast.
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Currency Press, Australia (2013) >>> 978-0-86819-986-3
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comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageThis Blasted Earth
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This Blasted Earth is a classic Australian colonial theatre story. The McShandy family struggle to eke out a living at their sulfur farm in rural Victoria in 1815. The years have not been good and they are at breaking point what with the lack of sulfur, the raping, the emaciated crow for Christmas lunch and that bastard Howard doing everything he can to destroy an honest, hard-working families dreams. Enter long lost son Stan to save the day and lead the family to dreams of gold and prosperity in Tasmania.
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Written by Travis Cotton And Toby Schmitz
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Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo, NSW 21 Nov 2004
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Tamarama Rock Surfers
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comedy
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Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: -
Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65349
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