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Sam and Kelly live out west, waiting desperately life to begin. Bored one recess, the girls escape through a hole in the fence. Hanging out at the truck stop, a truck pulls up. The truckie's young. And hot. Sam issues Kelly a dare ...
Namatjira and Ngapartji Ngapartji go right to the heart of the intersection between Indigenous and non-Indigenous experience. These stories of family, friendship, land, myth, life and death are contextualised within the social and political framework of their times. They resonate universally, yet at the same time capture unique moments in Australian history and experience.
The First Garden touches on key narratives in modern Australian identity, seamlessly incorporating Aboriginal rights, environmentalism, the Gallipoli legend and feminism into its gentle rhythmic tone. This reflects a maturation of our society, where we are prepared not only to acknowledge but also to reconcile.
A disparate group of seven work colleagues in a local government office struggle to hold onto their dreams, as they desperately attempt to prevent being completely paralysed by their workplace, and by themselves.
Three verbatim plays by Version 1.0 dealing with the ‘children overboard’ Senate inquiry; the pretext for Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war; and the Wheat for Weapons scandal.
This is the story of Thom and Alethea―two neighbours trying to keep their lives from falling apart. This is also the story of the interconnecting Wall that has decided they belong together. Being an inanimate object, matchmaking proves difficult.
One of Australia’s Living National Treasures and its best known and most widely performed playwright, David Williamson brings us five of his latest works. Age has not wearied him, and indeed this collection exemplifies Williamson’s uncanny ability to be timely, relevant and thoroughly modern.
At Sea, Staring Up is a richly poetic magical relationship drama that follows the journeys of five characters, all motivated by love, across three continents.
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.
Fearless begins at this juncture where redemption, recovery, release or relapse is but an inch from each person's grasp.
Savage Grace: Dr Tex Cladakis, an American HIV specialist, meets bioethics professor Robert Bavaro. They clash over ethical issues, but a passionate sexual affair develops between them.
Love Potions: Three couples negotiate their way into intimacy, aided by tea, wine and chocolate.
When wealthy property developer Michael Devine goes missing, his wife Anne and daughter Amy fear the worst. As the pieces of Michael’s disappearance start falling into place, the picture reveals a scandalous secret.
Jandamarra is a legend of the Bunuba people. He led one of the longest and most successful campaigns to defend Aboriginal country in Australian history.
In the countdown to Christmas the disappearance of a young girl rocks a small town community instigating a chain of events that will alter the lives of everyone involved.
Whimsical, sensual and charmingly humorous, The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars is a a delightfully debaucherous fairytale for adults. It will lure you into an orgy of antiquity, cupcakes and beachside frivolity.
Out of Place is a beautifully crafted collection of seven-minute monologues presenting young characters who laugh, tease and tell stories to make your toes curl.
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.
Robots take over the world, brutally execute most of the human race, and force the survivors to work extracting minerals. A very funny play about a robot-driven apocalypse.
Singing the Lonely Heart depicts an unconventional Southern upbringing and its inevitable clash with the narrow-minded attitudes of small town America—particularly its racial and sexual prejudices.
In Ozone, a man has been stripped of his skin just as the world is being stripped of its protective membrane of life-saving ozone.
The first of its kind, this timely anthology brings together six contemporary Australian plays that offer a range of narratives and perspectives on asylum seekers. A vexed issue within the Australian community—particularly among politicians, who often use asylum seekers to further their own ends—this collection contributes to Australia's ongoing discourse on unauthorised asylum seekers, immigration detention, border control and the right to belong.
Cyberbile is a verbatim-based drama about children’s relationships to the online community and the bullying that modern technology can unleash.
In Grounded we meet Farrah, a young Novocastrian with a fascination for Newcastle’s industrial port, a fascination none of her peers share or comprehend.
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.
History is about the heroes. Rainbow's End chronicles the lives of three generations of Koori women —unsung heroes who fight the good fight every day from their humpy on Yorta Yorta country.
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.
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.
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