Playography 2012
PlayWriting Australia supported scripts
The following projects are supported by PlayWriting Australia in 2012
National Play Festival
Destination Australia Plays
Thérèse Raquin by Gary Abrahams (VIC)
Every Second by Vanessa Bates (NSW)
The Sun & the Other Stars by Nicki Bloom (SA)
Faces Look Ugly by Tom Holloway (VIC)
One Scientific Mystery, or, why did the aborigines eat Captain Cook? by Victoria Haralabidou (NSW)
Red Eye Special presented by MKA
The Economist by Tobias Manderson-Galvin (VIC)
Truck Stop by Lachlan Philpott (NSW)
The Unspoken Word is (Joe) by Zoey Dawson (VIC)
Triangle by Glyn Roberts (VIC)
Information about the National Play Festival scripts will be available online from July 2012 at australianplays.org
State Exchange Fund
The Sea Project by Elise Hearst (VIC) in collaboration with director Paige Rattray and dramaturg Amelia Evans (NSW) to develop the project in Launceston (TAS)
Tales of the Underground by Angela Betzien (VIC), Victoria Carless (VIC) and Rod Ainsworth (QLD)
National Script Workshop
Scowl by Angus Cerini (VIC)
The Bull, the Moon and the Coronet of Stars by Van Badham (VIC)
PlayWriting Australia writers on stage in 2012
The following projects have been supported by PlayWriting Australia and can be seen on stage in 2012
Cautionary Tales for Children by Claudia O’Doherty (State Exchange 2011)
Presented by Arena Theatre at the Arts Centre Melbourne, from 4 – 7 February 2012
I’m Your Man by Roslyn Oades (State Exchange 2011)
Presented by Belvoir Street Theatre, in partnership with Bankstown Youth Development Service and as part of the Sydney Festival, from 12 January – 5 February 2012.
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Here, In the Sugarcane by Erin Kelly (RE-GEN Script Workshop 2011)
Presented at the Studio 246 in Brunswick, Victoria, until 11 February 2012
Tales of the Underground by Angela Betzien, Victoria Carless and Rod Ainsworth (State Exchange 2012)
Presented at the World Theatre Festival by Creative Regions, from 18 – 25 February 2012.
Brisbane Powerhouse
The Trouble With Harry by Lachlan Philpott (National Script Workshop 2011)
Presented at the World Theatre Festival by Cre8ion, from 22 – 24 February 2012
Brisbane Powerhouse
Porn. Cake. by Vanessa Bates (National Script Workshop 2010)
Presented by Michael Sieders and Griffin Independent, from 20 June – 14 July 2012.
Directed by Shannon Murphy.
Vanessa Bates is also a PlayWriting Australia Resident Playwright at Griffin Theatre.
A Hoax by Rick Viede (National Play Festival 2011 – Kicking Down the Doors)
Presented by Griffin Theatre in co-production with La Boite Theatre Company.
Directed by Lee Lewis.
Roundhouse Theatre: 5-26 May
The Stables Theatre: 20 July-1 September
Starchaser by Lally Katz (National Script Workshop 2010)
Arena Theatre at the Arts Centre Melbourne
Directed by Christian Leavesley
29 May to 1 June 2012
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Helicopter by Angela Betzien (National Script Workshop 2011)
Commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company and presented in association with Real TV as part of the MTC Education Season 2012.
Directed by Leticia Caceres
Lawler Theatre, from 2 – 17 August 2012
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The Sea Project by Elise Hearst (State Exchange 2012)
Presented in the Griffin Independent Season by Arthur Company.
Directed by Paige Rattray
From 5 – 29 September 2012
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Pompeii LA by Declan Greene (National Script Workshop 2010)
Presented by Malthouse Theatre
Directed by Matthew Lutton
16 November – 9 December 2012
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