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Philip Brophy
‘A road movie in a frock’ is one way this much acclaimed, award-winning movie has been described.
Three showgirls with a difference set off in a bus across the Australian desert to play a cabaret engagement in Alice Springs. As they cut a swathe of satin and tulle across the country, there are chance encounters, some disappointments, a surprise revelation and much hilarity.
'... a wickedly engaging non-linear analysis of the film that pulses with odd juxtapositions and unexpected associations connecting up disparate elements into a 'map' of the film and the culture it conjures and from which it has grown'
Keith Gallasch, Real Time No.85, June-July 2008
To read the full review, click here.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is the seventh title in Currency's Australian Screen Classics Series.
For background information and an extract from the introduction to
Priscilla, visit Philip Brophy's website: www.philipbrophy.com
You might also be interested in Al Clark's production memoir
The Lavender Bus: How a Hit Movie was Made and Sold. For more information, click here.
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-821-7 | PB
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Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness
A C Grayling
Do religions have an inherent right to be respected? Is atheism itself a form of religion, and can there be such a thing as a ‘fundamentalist atheist’? Are we witnessing a global revival in religious zeal, or do the signs point instead to religion’s ultimate decline?
In a series of bold, unsparing polemics, world renowned philosopher A C Grayling tackles these questions head on, exposing the dangerous unreason he sees at the heart of religious faith and highlighting the urgent need we have to reject it in all its forms, without compromise. In its place, he argues for a set of values based on reason, reflection and sympathy, taking his cue from the great ethical tradition of western philosophy.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-840027-27-3 | HB
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Catharine Lumby
‘A wonderful read: I feel like I've been excavated and carbon dated.’
Graeme Blundell
One of the seminal films of the 1970s,
Alvin Purple depicts Alvin’s struggles with his irresistibility to women—from his school days and time as a waterbed salesman to his short-lived career as a sex therapist. The ‘definitive ocker comedy’,
Alvin Purple survived a critical mauling and went on to become the most commercially successful Australian film of the 1970s.
Catharine Lumby takes a fresh look at the film, the social and political era in which it was made and the forces that fuelled its success. She revisits claims that the movie is little more than an exercise in sexploitation and argues that the film is far more complex than its detractors have allowed.
Interviews and reviews:
To read our author interview with Catharine Lumby, click here.
An extract of Catharine Lumby's critique has been published in the
Australian. To read, click here.
To read Philip O'Brien's article for the
Canberra Times, click here.
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-844-6 | PB
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Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington’s solo show about Anton Chekhov has taken London’s ‘Russian Actor’ from the Trans-Siberian Railway to Soviet and post-Soviet Moscow, into the repertoires of the National Theatre and the Old Vic, and across Europe.
Are You There, Crocodile? also includes accounts of his work on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy’s Strider among other Russian projects, as well as searching essays on how Chekhov’s four masterpieces actually work in the theatre. This book is a study of the great writer, a partial autobiography, and, centrally, an actor’s search for identification with the elusive Anton Chekhov himself.
'It is fortunate that so remarkable a man and writer has attracted so remarkable an actor'
Sunday Telegraph (UK)
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Oberon Books | 978-1-840021-92-9 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | HB
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Staging The Philip Pullman Trilogy
Robert Butler
Philip Pullman’s trilogy
His Dark Materials is an ambitious and magical theatrical event.
In
The Art of Darkness: Staging the Philip Pullman Trilogy, Robert Butler tells the story of this theatrical epic, from its first rehearsal to opening night, taking the reader on a backstage journey of a production unrivalled in its narrative scope and staging.
His Dark Materials involves technologies old and new and
The Art of Darkness presents a unique inside account of how the magic of Philip Pullman’s world is created on stage. This book will make you feel involved in the play, whether you saw it produced or not.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-840024-14-2 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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And Other Writings on the Theatre
J B Priestley
‘Why do we go to the theatre? What is it we enjoy there? If
we go to follow the fortunes of imaginary characters, why do we trouble
ourselves about the actors? If we go to enjoy the actors, why should the
quality of the play worry us?’
So begins J.B. Priestley’s landmark Old Vic lecture,
The Art
of the Dramatist, which examines and celebrates the playwright’s craft. He
shows how a theatrical experience relies on the ‘delicate balance between
belief and disbelief’ and addresses the tools with which a dramatist shapes a
play.
These passionate and witty essays distil Priestley’s experience
as a playwright, producer, director and—just once—actor. Published as a
companion volume to Priestley's plays, this new collection is part defence of
theatre, part incisive criticism. The
anthology is introduced by Tom Priestley, the playwright’s son.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-840022-94-0 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Murray Melvin (Editor)
The publication of this title coincides with a major exhibition at the National Theatre in London. This is a photographic record of the work of Joan Littlewood's famous Theatre Workshop, based at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East.
In the 1950's and 60's the company was responsible for some of the most famous and influential work of modern British theatre such as
The Quare Fellow and
The Hostage both by Brendan Behan;
A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney;
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be by Frank Norman, music by Lionel Bart; and the massive success of
Oh, What a Lovely War.
Joan Littlewood, considered
‘one of the great creative forces of British theatre in the 1950s and 1960s and one of the great figures of political theatre in this country [UK]’, left an enduring legacy which is celebrated in this volume.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-840026-91-7 | PB
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Tony Moore
When
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie burst onto the Australian screen in 1972 it created a furore. With ‘Bazza’ (Barry Crocker), the chundering, Fosters-sucking innocent abroad, Barry Humphries and Bruce Beres | |