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Munarra is a black woman, thrown from the skies into the Dreaming so that she may heal her land, the mighty river Dhungula and her people. In the present day, the Yorta Yorta people are in court, fighting for a right to their land. Yanagai! Yanagai! is a war cry, the first recorded Yorta Yorta words spoken to the white men who went onto their land uninvited.
When George Hobbes—scientific genius—dies, his widow, Meridee, hosts a lunch for three friends. As secrets unravel through their reminiscences, Meridee's genteel Blue Mountains idyll dissolves into a battleground.
Playwright, novelist and screenwriter Louis Nowrasays Walkabout ‘destroyed the cliché of the dead heart and made us Australians see it from a unique perspective’.
Inspired by true events that occurred in a south-western NSW town, Skate is about a group of kids battling their local council to get a skate park built in their home town of Narragindi.
In 1931, Alice, a white station owner, goes riding with her Aboriginal head stockman and friend, Jim. They come to an agreement about the running and ownership of the property. But many years later, Alice's great nephew Lon receives a letter announcing a native title claim in the area.
In a moment of glory at the 1968 Olympics, an Australian rowing team known as 'The Four Amigos' won bronze. Thirty-five years later, only two of the Amigos keep in touch. Then, the third Amigo turns up, ready to expose all about their past. And so the games begin…
If history is told by the victors, the story of war is usually told by the blokes. Now it's the ‘sheilas' turn. Nearly a thousand Australian women had a part in the Vietnam War as entertainers, typists, consular staff and army nurses.
When the National Rugby League thought they could jettison the Rabbitohs to streamline their competition they were in for a shock. South Sydney, a proud club that had won more premierships than any other, refused to lie down.
In this lively and honest account, writer and broadcasterNell Schofield recalls how she won the role of Debbie in Puberty Blues and what it was like on the set.
An anthology of writings and commentary from Australia’s foremost theatre writer and Currency Press founder. Not Wrong, Just Different traces the development of theatre in Australia from the time that Katharine Brisbane joined the staff of The Australian in mid-1967 right up to today’s state of the performing arts.
Three lost children discover an abandoned orphanage in the bush and become trapped in a timeless world, haunted by spirits of the past and tormented by the ominous Black Skirt, a cruel governess harbouring a mysterious past.
Mr Bailey's Minder is a funny and deeply moving play about friendship, ego, art and the secret longing for a better life.
1965 and nothing much is going on in the ranks of the South Bendigo Communist Party. Even the presence of young recruit Martin Porter hasn’t changed anything. But Martin is an ASIO spy and he’s about to get his new friends into serious trouble.
Edgy, provocative and emotionally honest, each of the twelve plays of Roulette explores the nuances and subtleties involved when two people meet. Based on the ancient Chinese cosmology, The Twelve Branches of Life, the plays are a revealing mosaic of human interaction across a range of emotional landscapes.
Based on the acting methods of great masters such as Stanislavski, Hagen and Meisner, Ivana Chubbuck's technique incorporates psychology and behavioural science.
Two Brothers is a story about what happens when two powerful, passionate and socially committed brothers encounter deadly conflict.
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.
Adapted by Dickon Oxenburgh and Andrew Ross from Randolph Stow's classic novel, The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea captures the restless spirit of post-war Australia.
When a woman disappears, four marriages become entangled in a web of love, deceit, sex and death. Who will survive?
Each night two hoods ride a train to a wrecking yard on the outskirts of the city. Here, in this cemetery of stories, they are storytellers with the power to fast forward, pause and rewind. Tonight, they tell the story of three kids left in a car.
Four country children waiting in the rain for the school bus take turns telling stories. In an unusual twist, Anna's story takes the children to Nazi Germany and an intriguing tale about Heidi, a young girl caught in the turmoil of World War II, whose father was one of the most dreaded men in history.
In this gripping adventure, the world is turned upside down in a disastrous and comic sequence of events. Seven different characters give a fresh twist of perspective – all played by one performer.
Tim and Angela are on the edge of something irrevocable. A stranger's accusation of infidelity has turned their perfect urban dream into a nightmare. Enter private eye, Dick, who may be exactly what the situation requires.
In 1880 the widowed, and mute, Ada and her young daughter, Flora leave their native Scotland and travel to New Zealand’s remote South Island. With the piano left on the beach, Stewart’s neighbour Baines makes a deal with Stewart for the piano and lessons with Ada, which has dire repercussions for them all.
Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia?
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