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48 Shades of Brown
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48 Shades of Brown

Philip Dean
In his final year at school, and with his parents overseas, Dan is forced to grow up fast when he moves in with his 22-year-old aunt Jacq and her eccentric friend Naomi. Light-hearted and funny, with a definite twist of insanity. Adapted from Nick Earls’ novel.

To read an extract of the play click on this PDF
Cast : 4M, 6F
Performance Rights : Kubler Auckland Management
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-652-7 | PB
After Dinner
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After Dinner

Andrew Bovell
In a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night three office workers – Dympie, Paula and Monika – are desperately seeking a good night out. At an adjoining table are Gordon, recently abandoned by his wife, and Stephen, looking for something more than the usual one night stand. As the night proceeds, inhibitions and social restraint disappear, exposing the foibles, pain and humour of the characters' inner lives. 

An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour.

‘An Australian comedy of sharp and black social comment, full of wry insights.’ Sun-Herald

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Cast : 2M, 3F
Performance Rights : HLA Management Pty Ltd
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-518-6 | PB
After January
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After January

Philip Dean
Alex is marking time while awaiting his school results—body surfing, watching TV and playing pool are meanwhile his primary concerns. So he’s not prepared for the girl with the nose-ring who cuts past him on a wave and draws him into a new way of looking at the world. Adapted from a novel by Nick Earls.
Cast : 4M, 3F
Performance Rights : Kubler Auckland Management www.kublerauckland.com
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-636-7 | PB
After the Ball
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After the Ball

David Williamson
Stephen has, with ill grace, returned home to his mother’s deathbed. As he and his sister rake through the family photographs and childhood memories, they find conflicting versions of their parents’ unhappy marriage.
Cast : 3M, 6F
Performance Rights : Cameron Cresswell Management www.cameronsmanagement.com.au
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-537-7 | PB
Aftershocks
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Aftershocks

Paul Brown and the Workers Cultural Action Committee
A moving documentary play drawn from the traumatic recollections of members of the Newcastle Workers' Club, which was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake.

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Paul Brown's take on verbatim theatre in Australia, the role of the writer, journalistic function, meaning and context.

Set Designer  Brian Thomson on his design for the Belvoir production.
Cast : Cast: 7M, 9F
Performance Rights : Performance rights: permissions@currency.com.au
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-650-3 | PB
Albert Names Edward
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Albert Names Edward

Louis Nowra

A black comedy that demonstrates Nowra's early preoccupation with isolation and the exercise of power through imagination. An amnesiac takes shelter with an urban hermit.

Published with Inner Voices

Cast : 2M
Performance Rights : HLA Management Pty Ltd www.hlamanagement.com.au
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-078-5 | PB
Aliwa!
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Aliwa!

Dallas Winmar
Traces the true story of three Aboriginal sisters whose mother was determined to keep her children when officials wanted to remove them following the death of their father.

The story is that of the three sisters of the playwright Jack Davis.

'Humanity and humour are at the fore in [ Aliwa!] … It is a gentle and vibrant evocation of an Aboriginal family’s relationship with each other and the land on which they struggle to live.'
Bryce Hallett, Sydney Morning Herald
Cast : 2M, 4F
Performance Rights : Currency Press
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-688-6 | PB
All Stops Out
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All Stops Out

Michael Gow

Studying comes naturally to Sam, but Danny finds it more difficult. Linda thinks Jenny is wasting her time whilst Cathy regrets not working harder.

And all the parents are anxious...

In All Stops Out, Michael Gow reveals different attitudes towards the dreaded end of year exams.

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Cast : 4M, 4F
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-310-6 | PB
Amigos
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Amigos

David Williamson

In a moment of glory at the 1968 Olympics, an Australian rowing team known as 'The Four Amigos' won bronze. It was lifetime bonding material.

Or so it seemed. Thirty-five years later only two of the Amigos keep in touch. Jim is a wealthy banker with a young, beautiful wife and seems to have it all. His friend Dick, a heart surgeon, has something that Jim covets: a sterling reputation. When the two mates meet up in Port Douglas with their wives, they have competing personal agendas. Then Steven, a third Amigo, turns up, ready to expose the past.

A savagely funny play that hinges on the subtle aggression and unacknowledged dependencies of male friendship — and the angst and irritation created for those on the sidelines.

Cast : 3M, 2F
Performance Rights : Cameron Cresswell Management www.cameronsmanagement.com.au
Currency Press | 978-0-86819-746-3 | PB
Antigone
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Antigone

Currency Classics

Sophocles (adapted by Eamon Flack)
‘What a great piece of theatre! The adaptation by Eamon Flack retains the power of the original, while making it not so much up to date, as timeless.’ ArtsHub

Polyneices and Eteocles, two brothers leading opposite sides in Thebes’ civil war, have both been killed in battle. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, has declared that Eteocles will be honoured and Polyneices disgraced. The rebel brother’s body will not be sanctified by holy rites, and will lay unburied to become the food of carrion animals. Defying Creon’s edict Antigone buries her brother and in so doing unleashes a terrible tragedy.

Antigone is part of a new series,  CURRENCY CLASSICS, a series of Australian adaptations of classic plays.

To read an extract from Antigone go to this PDF

CAST: 4F 4M

Currency Press | 978-0-86819-880-4 | PB
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