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(Selected) Stories From The 428

(Selected) Stories from the 428 is a dynamic short play program which asked writers to find inspiration from the passengers, drivers and scenes from outside the bus window. With emerging and established writers such as Tahli Corin, Donna Abela and Joanna Erskine involved in this exciting theatre

Blackbird

BLACKBIRD by David Harrower.
Directed by Andrew Doyle, Starring Jo Little and Andrew Doyle.

Two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. Ray is confronted with his past when Una arrives unannounced at his office. Guilt, rage and raw emotions run

Burnt by the Sun

BURNT BY THE SUN
by Peter Flannery
After the screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov

The Australian premiere of an acclaimed new play

Based on the 1994 OSCAR® winner for ‘Best Foreign Language Film’, this political thriller is both a

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

Dancing at Lughnasa
by Brian Friel

Directed by Abi Rayment

Memories of an Irish summer .....and dancing

It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal, Ireland. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live the five Mundy sisters, barely making

Fool for Love

SAVAGE PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH B SHARP PRESENTS

FOOL FOR LOVE

WRITTEN BY: SAM SHEPARD
DIRECTED BY: IMARA SAVAGE

BELVOIR ST DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE
30 SEPTEMBER – 24 OCTOBER 2010

WITH: ALAN FLOWER, EMMA JACKSON, TERRY SERIO AND JUSTIN

Gwen in Purgatory

A co-production with La Boite Theatre Company
Written by Tommy Murphy
Directed by Neil Armfield
90-year old Gwen is in the process of settling her affairs before she dies. She has sold the family home to move into a brand new house on the edge of an estate in Queanbeyan,

In a pink tutu

As part of the Sydney Fringe Festival, comes the new and quirky musical, In a Pink Tutu playing at the Seymour Centre from September 20 to 25. Best described as South Park meets Spelling Bee with a touch of Into the Woods thrown in, this hilarious black comedy tells the tale of what happens when

Leviathan

Leviathan

Adapted and directed by Stefo Nantsou

Based on the book Leviathan – The Unauthorized Biography of Sydney by John Birmingham

Sydney Theatre Company, together with Hurstville and Liverpool City Councils, is delighted to announce a partnership that

Lotte's Gift

Lotte’s Gift

By David Williamson

Cast: Karin Schaupp
Directed by: Aarne Neeme
Designer: Graham Maclean
Styling: Matthew Aberline
Lighting Designer: Nicholas Higgins
Running Time: 90 minutes, no interval.

Based on the memoirs and

Lotte’s Gift

International classical guitarist Karin Schaupp brings to City Recital Hall Angel Place the courageous story of Lieslotte Reinke in Lotte’s Gift
Friday 12 November, 7.30pm
City Recital Hall Angel Place

International classical guitar sensation Karin Schaupp will take

NaGL (Not a Good Look)

NaGL (Not a Good Look)

Look out Sydney and get ready for an absurd journey into the everyday life of a not so ordinary Australian family. From a career spanning the globe in Australia, Poland and Japan, acclaimed writer, actor and director, Lech Mackiewicz brings this new Australian

Namatjira

A co-production with Big hART
Written by Scott Rankin
Co-directed by Wayne Blair and Scott Rankin
Company B Belvoir and Big hART team up to tell the story of Indigenous watercolourist Albert Namatjira, played by Trevor Jamieson. It follows his life from his birth in the desert to

Not Quite Out of the Woods

Written and created by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott

6 October to 12 December 2010. Opening Night 8 October 2010 at 8:15pm
Wharf 2, Sydney Theatre Company, Pier 4 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay

The ever-popular Wharf Revue returns in 2010, serving up

Panic

Following two successful seasons at Sydney Opera House, the 2002 Forecourt hit, Sticky and the 2006 Drama Theatre season of The Hanging Man, Britain’s Improbable theatre are back with their new production, PANIC, from 7 – 16 October.

Taking the title of their new work

Peace Train: The Cat Stevens Story

* Cast: Darren Coggan
The Firecats
* Directed by: John Saunders
* Original Concept: Peter Cox
* Running Time: 2 hours and 20-minutes including a 20-minute interval
* Written By: John Misto
Peter Cox
Darren Coggan
Neil Clugston
* Musical

Pearls Before Swine: An Evening With Orson Welles

A PRODIGY IN DECLINE - LOST IN THE WILDERNESS, AND IN THE PRIME OF HIS LIFE, ORSON WELLES TAKES CENTRE STAGE TO REVEAL ALL.

See this WORLD PREMIERE One-Man show, the story of the decline of Orson Welles - voice of the terrifying 'WAR OF THE WORLDS' Radio Broadcast, and creator of the

Quack By Ian Wilding

Fanny wants out. Her outback town is all mining and money, no one will read her short story about a stallion, and now the people of the town are getting sick. Old Doctor Littlewood’s reverse orchiectomies aren’t helping. But when the dashing and visionary Doctor Waterman turns up,

Rain Man

Rain Man
By Dan Gordon

* Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes including 20-minute interval.
* Cast: Alex Dimitriades
Daniel Mitchell
* Directed by: Sandra Bates

An intimate adaptation of the Oscar-winning film about two brothers who find themselves in

Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris

Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris by Shaun Charles

Are you afraid to die alone? I am. I am a single female looking for somebody to share the last moments on earth with. Somebody to talk to, laugh with, hold, and cry. I’m seeking a lover till the end. Will you be there with me?

The Diary of a Madman

Written by Nikolai Gogol
Adapted by David Holman with Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush
Directed by Neil Armfield
Starring Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush returns to his theatrical home to revive his landmark 1989 collaboration with Neil
Armfield:

The List Operators for Kids

Nominated ‘Best Show’ at the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The List Operators for Kids is a cool show for anyone aged 4-400 million (dinosaurs allowed).

"Take every child you know. If you don't know any - kidnap some" Aussietheatre.com

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The Schelling Point

Chester Productions presents
THE SCHELLING POINT
DIRECTED by Sarah Goodes WRITTEN by Ron Elisha
PERFORMED by David Callan, Daniel Cordeaux, Jonathan Elsom, Andrew Henry,
Jamie McGregor, Marshall Napier and introducing Miss Lauren La

Through These Lines

No Rest for the Wicked presents a World Premiere event

THROUGH THESE LINES
Written and Directed by Cheryl Ward

Based on original narratives and diaries of Australian Army Nurses serving in World War One, THROUGH THESE LINES follows the journey of one nurse, Sister

Van Park, a musical comedy

John Paul Young’s first number one hit 35 years ago charted a celebrity in decline and in a strange twist of fate the Australian music icon now finds himself playing an ageing, washed-up rocker in the off-the-wall musical comedy Van Park – on stage in September as part of the

Violent Delights

Cardboard Suitcase Productions and The Sydney Fringe Festival present....

VIOLENT DELIGHTS

We're back in the land of OZ after a Successful Season at the 2010 Phoenix Fringe Festival, Arizona in the U S of A. Haiving performed this delightful Show in Melbourne 2005 and

Willoughby Spring Festival presents: Jeral Puppets in Alice in Wonderland

Jeral Puppets in Alice in Wonderland:

For children 3-9 years, follow Alice down the rabbit hole into the topsy turvy world of Wonderland where she meets the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Blue Caterpillar, the Queen of Hearts and other crazy characters.

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Yellow Moon

B SHARP IN ASSOCIATION WITH WHITE BLACKBIRD PRESENTS
YELLOW MOON
THE BALLAD OF LEILA AND LEE

WRITTEN BY: DAVID GREIG
DIRECTED BY: SUSANNA DOWLING

BELVOIR ST DOWNSTAIRS THEATRE
2 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2010

WITH: DANIELLE CORMACK, LAYLA

Zetland

"Zetland" is the world premiere of a 50 minute play by Jasper Marlow at the Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville September 14, 15, 17 and 18th 8pm and 19th 5pm. It tells the story of two brothers- Josh and Ross and their house mate Kez who are trying to live together amid a swamp of poverty,