We also have two
special offers exclusive to our newsletter subscribers: Get any title of the Australian Screen Classics backlist for only $10 each!
Find out how.
And buy your tickets to Hannie Rayson’s
Life after George, currently playing at the New Theatre in Newtown, for $20 only!
Find out more.
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Sue Smith is Currency’s author of the month for May. Her latest work
Bastard Boys – a mini series about the waterfront dispute in 1998 – will premiere on the ABC on Sunday 13 and Monday 14 May at 8:30pm.
Currency Press has published the screenplay and invited Sue to talk about
Bastard Boys, screenwriting and her future projects. To read the interview and to find out more about the screenplay click here. |
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* Currency Press is proud sponsor of the panel discussion Reading and Writing Australian Screen Culture at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. Gail Jones, Tony Moore and Nell Schofield, all contributors to Currency’s Australian Screen Classics series, discuss their favourite films with Jane Mills. Event 197, 2 June, 1:30–2:30pm, Sydney Dance Company, Studio 4. Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay. Free entry.
In
The Piano, the latest title in our Australian Screen Classics series, Gail Jones brings a fresh and original vision to this acclaimed film. Her essay will be published in time for the panel discussion at the SWF. For a preview, have a look on our website.
Special offer for subscribers: Order any of the Australian Screen Classics backlist titles online and pay only $10 each! Simply quote "May offer" in the Extra Notes box when ordering and the discount will be applied when we process your order. To see all titles in the series click here.
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* Romulus, My Father premieres on Tuesday 29 May, 6:30–9:30pm in the Sydney Theatre. Preceding the screening, Raimond Gaita, screenwriter Nick Drake, director Richard Roxburgh, producer Robert Connolly and actor Eric Bana will discuss the adaptation process of the story from text to screenplay to film with Annette Shun Wah. For bookings call 9250 1988.
A further screening and discussion with screenwriter Nick Drake will take place at the Bowral New Empire Theatre on Friday 1 June, 7-10pm. For bookings call 1300 657 559.
Currency Press has published the screenplay which will be released in time for the premiere. Have a look at our website to find out more. For a preview of the movie, go to www.romulusmyfather.com.au
* In memory of Alex Buzo, the Westfield/Waverley Library Award for Literature Committee presents a conversation about his plays with John McCallum, Aarne Neeme, Sandy Gore and Andrea Stretton. Event 293, Sunday 3 June, 2-3:30pm, Bangarra Theatre.
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The Boyce Trilogy
Louis Nowra
From one of Australia’s most acclaimed playwrights comes a story of dynasty, and the money, love and madness that lie within.
The trilogy includes
The Woman With Dog’s Eyes,
The Marvellous Boy and
The Emperor of Sydney which premiered over three consecutive years at Sydney’s Griffin Theatre.
To read more about
The Boyce Trilogy and to order your copy, go to our website.
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Told with Debra Oswald’s trademark warmth, humour and understanding, The Peach Season is a wonderfully moving play about first love and the love between a mother and her daughter.
The virtue of Oswald’s funny and tender play is that it’s deeply caring of people, irrespective of the mess they create or get themselves into.
Sydney Morning Herald
To read more about
The Peach Season and to order your copy, go to our website.
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A stranger’s ominous threat has turned Tim and Angela’s perfect urban dream into a nightmare. Now, every corner of their inner-city apartment hides a menacing secret, every step outside is a step into the unknown.
Enter Dick – private eye. Though he charges by the hour and his approach is definitely unconventional, Dick may be exactly what the situation requires. But just how far are Tim and Angela willing to go to ensure their personal safety?
October is the latest title in our Currency-Griffin series. To read more about the series and to order your copy, go to our website.
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Shrimp
Dominic Hong Duc Golding
Vietnamese war-baby Dominic Hong Duc Golding was airlifted out of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War and adopted into an Australian family in Mount Gambier. In 1999, he returned to Vietnam for his own tour of duty.
A co-production by La Mama and Melbourne Workers Theatre,
Shrimp takes us to the streets of war-torn Saigon, the wet pastures of Mount Gambier and the varied landscapes of modern Vietnam where Dom returns to find his family.
To read more about
Shrimp and to order your copy, go to our website.
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An adulterous husband, a meddlesome neighbour and a dropped ice-cream cone are among the circumstances that combine to shatter the life of suburban housewife Rhonda Russell. As the intrigue unfolds, seven different characters give a fresh twist of perspective – all played by one multifaceted performer.
To read more about
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead and to order your copy, go to our website. |
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There are lots of great productions coming up or currently playing, so have a look at what’s on onstage:
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Special offer for subscribers only:
New Theatre continues its 75th Anniversary season with
Life after George
by Hannie Rayson and offers Currency Press supporters a special price of $20 for any remaining performance - but you must book before 11 May! Simply call MCA Ticketing on 1300 306 776 and quote “Currency Press Offer”. Season ends 26 May.
To see all of Hannie Rayson’s plays published by Currency Press, click
here.
* Ian Wilding’s
October is playing at the Griffin Theatre until 26 May. For an intriguing night of theatre book your tickets
here. Buy your copy of the script at the theatre or if you can’t get to the show, have a look at our
website.
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The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead tours Canberra and regional South Australia in June, starring Jacki Weaver. If you don’t want to miss out on this fabulous one woman show, book you tickets early.
Canberra 1 -7 June,
SA tour 14-20 June. For your copy of the play click
here.
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Shrimp will be playing at La Mama, Melbourne from 23 May – 9 June. Venue is the Carlton Courthouse. To book your tickets go to
lamama.com.au, to purchase your copy of the play visit our
website.
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Paul by Howard Brenton is currently showing upstairs at Belvoir Street Theatre. Season ends 3 June. For more information and to book your tickets go to
www.belvoir.com.au. To see all of Howard Brenton’s plays distributed by Currency Press click
here.
* Griffin Theatre Company’s
Holding the Man is coming to the Sydney Opera House for a limited season from 9 – 26 May. For tickets call Sydney Opera House on 9250 7777 or
book online. To purchase your copy of Tommy Murphy’s masterful adaptation click
here.
* Following the success of last year’s premiere season in Melbourne, Ron Elisha’s
Controlled Crying
is currently showing at Sydney’s Seymour Centre. Season ends 12 May 2007. For tickets click
here; to have a look at Ron Elisha’s plays published by Currency Press, visit our
website.
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata by Australian writer John Misto will play at Glen Street Theatre from 17 May for five performances only. To book your tickets go to
www.glenstreet.com.au, to order your copy of the play click
here.
* Due to its great success, the season of
Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons
has been extended until 2 June. For tickets, go to
www.sydneytheatre.com.au, to purchase your copy of the play go to our
website.
There are plenty more plays by Currency playwrights on stage around Australia coming up this year. Check out our Productions Page and find out whether the best of Australian drama is coming to your local theatre.
AUTHOR NEWS / AWARDS
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Tommy Murphy and
Debra Oswald have been shortlisted for the Play Award of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards for their plays
Holding the Man and
The Peach Season.
Further Currency authors amongst the nominees are
Campion Decent for
Embers (Play Award),
Tony Ayres for
The Home Song Stories,
Marc Rosenberg for
The December Boys,
Katherine Thomson for
Answered by Fire - Part Two (Script Writing Award),
Michael Gurr for
Days Like These (Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction) and
Gail Jones for
Dreams of Speaking (Christina Stead Prize for fiction). Gail has also been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Currency Press congratulates all nominees.
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Patricia Cornelius and
Katherine Thomson have been shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award. The winner of the Award will be announced by Robyn Nevin, Artistic Director of STC on Saturday 2 June at 2:15pm. The winning play will then be presented in a rehearsed reading by STC artists in association with the Sydney Writers Festival. Bookings essential (tickets $5), call (02) 9250 1777. For further information click
here.
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