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The human and political story of the last man to be executed in Australia, Remember Ronald Ryan won the 1995 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. This edition includes a new monologue spoken from Ryan’s perspective that ‘speaks to a new audience from his poor and unmarked grave’.

Norm and Ahmed
Alex Buzo

Still alarmingly relevant in the 21st century, Norm and Ahmed has earned its place as a classic of Australian theatre due to its timeless themes and the heightened language, performance style and concern with the behaviour of Australians, its origins and causes that characterised the New Wave.

Parramatta Girls
Alana Valentine

Based on the testimony of dozens of old-girls from the Parramatta Girls Training School, this vibrant play is a joyous and harrowing dramatisation of the experiences of eight inmates and their reunion, 40 years later. 

Parramatta Girls is based on the testimony of dozens of GTS old-girls. This vibrant play is a joyous and harrowing dramatisation of the experiences of eight inmates and their reunion 40 years later.

Eyes to the Floor chronicles the experience of girls sent from Parramatta Girls Home to the Hay Girls Home for even more brutal, punitive treatment. 

The Secret River
Andrew Bovell, Kate Grenville

Convict William Thornhill and his family seek to establish themselves in unfamiliar territory, they find that they are not the only ones to lay a claim to the land. The Hawkesbury is already home to a family of Dharug people, who are reluctant to leave on account of these intruders.

Rupert
David Williamson

In his latest play, Rupert, Australia’s best known and multi-award winning playwright David Williamson tackles the rise and rise of ex-Australian citizen and one of the planet’s most powerful, influential and feared men, Rupert Murdoch.

Kelly
Matthew Ryan

Ned Kelly is about to hang for his crimes. During his final night in prison, his brother Dan arrives. Dan wants to forget his past and move north to Queensland but needs Ned’s blessing and forgiveness. So begins a brutal confrontation.

Black Medea
Wesley Enoch, Euripides

A richly poetic adaptation of Euripides' Medea that blends the cultures of Ancient Greek and Indigenous storytelling to weave a bold and breathtaking commentary on contemporary experience.

Windmill Baby
David Milroy

Set on an abandoned cattle station in the Kimberley landscape, this one-woman play combines the poetry of a campfire story with the comedy of a great yarn.

Forget Me Not
Tom Holloway

Gerry is almost 60, and he is going to meet his mother for the first time since he was three. His daughter Sally has had it up to here with him and his problems. The old lady lives somewhere in the UK. So Gerry is going there to find out what made him who he is.

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