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  • A Tribute of Sorts

    by Benjamin Schostakowski

    ‘Flabbergastingly damaged and unstoppably hilarious’ – Australian Stage

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    Black Comedy, Cabaret, Comedy, Digital Publications, Drama, Epic Theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Non-Linear, Playlab Indie
    Benjamin Schostakowski
  • Absorption

    by Hayley Lawson-Smith

    A group of women take part in an experiment to observe the independence of their children. But all is not ...

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    Digital Publications, Linear, New Releases, Playlab Indie, Thriller
    Hayley Lawson-Smith
  • All The Rage

    by John Fraser

    All the Rage is a blistering comedy that does what many larger plays on larger stages can't do.

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    Black Comedy, Cabaret, Comedy, Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Playlab Indie, Thriller
    John AD Fraser
  • Anna Robi And The House Of Dogs

    by Maxine Mellor

    "Maxine Mellor is an audacious talent with an apparently boundless imagination and will to explore the nooks and crannies of...

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    Black Comedy, Cabaret, Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Playlab Indie
    Maxine Mellor
  • Bartleby

    by Julian Hobba

    "Bartleby is theatre at its best" - Canberra Critic Circle, July 2014

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    Black Comedy, Comedy, Digital Publications, Playlab Indie
    Julian Hobba
  • Bloke

    by Margaret Hickey

    "Far from stoic and rugged men of the bush, Hickey’s blokes are flawed, foolish and vulnerable. It is these ...

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Playlab Indie
    Margaret Hickey
  • Blood Pressure

    by Mark Rogers

    "Rogers has achieved more than the merely moving, he's drilled down and hit a nerve that will twitch in everyone ...

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    Black Comedy, Digital Publications, Drama, Playlab Indie
    Mark Rogers
  • Chasing the Lollyman

    by Mark Sheppard

    Chasing the Lollyman is a one-man show created by one of Queensland’s most dynamic and funny Indigenous performers, Mark ...

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    Comedy, Digital Publications, Indigenous Themes, LGBTQIA +, Playlab Indie, Theatre for Social Comment
    Mark Sheppard
  • Combat Fatigue

    by Alison Rooke

    “'Combat Fatigue' can boast some pretty impressive dialogue. Rooke has a hypnotic way of mixing words that makes even the ...

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    Australian Gothic Theatre, Digital Publications, Drama, Playlab Indie, Thriller
    Alison Rooke
  • Cough

    by Emily Calder

    In an anonymous childcare centre, somewhere in the city, there's a nasty cough going around.

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    Comedy, Digital Publications, Drama, Fantasy, Playlab Indie
    Emily Calder
  • Crushed

    by Melita Rowston

    "A bold and emphatic production of a very polished play, 'Crushed' is a provocative and poignant entertainment" — Sydney Arts...

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Playlab Indie
    Melita Rowston
  • Dropped

    by Katy Warner

    “Dropped provides a theatre experience that is not to be missed ... satisfying entertainment for theatre-goers who are up for the...

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    Absurdist, Digital Publications, Playlab Indie, Theatre of the Absurd
    Katy Warner
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    by Margi Brown Ash

    "A brilliant concept, and a brilliant performance, but more than that, a piece of theatre that comforts and reassures us, ...

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    Digital Publications, Drama, Magical Realism, Playlab Indie
    Margi Brown-Ash
  • Hanako

    by Katherine Lyall-Watson and Caroline Dunphy

    Hanako plunges the audience into the hyper-realistic fantasy of a young Japanese girl journeying from the pages of a traditional ...

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    $14.00

    Digital Publications, Drama, Epic Theatre
    Caroline Dunphy, Katherine Lyall-Watson
  • Duty Free

    by David Megarrity

    Off on a journey to find yourself? Bon Voyage. There you are.

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    $14.00

    Comedy, Digital Publications, Education
    David Megarrity
  • In a Heart Beat

    by Jo Turner

    In a Heart Beat follows the story of Jamie, a frustrated teenager with big ideas to leave his ...

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    $14.00

    Digital Publications, Education, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Reflect: Magical Realism
    Jo Turner
  • The Surgeon's Hands

    by Alison Mann

    The Surgeon wanted the perfect daughter, so he made her.

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    $9.95

    Black Comedy, Linear, New Releases, Playlab Indie, Reflect: Realism
    Alison Mann
  • Scandalous Boy

    by David Atfield

    "it’s hugely entertaining, informative and refreshing." — Bill Stephens, Arts Review

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, Drama, LGBTQIA +, Playlab Indie
    David Atfield
  • The Bushrangers

    by Henry Melville

    In Australia's wild woods, notorious bushrangers rule the land. They'll take a man for every penny and knock his brain ...

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    $9.95

    Digital Publications, New Vintage
    Henry Melville
  • Female Monologue Collection Volume 2

    Monologues are a right of passage. A test of an actor's metal. A tool to sharpen one's teeth with. A ...

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    $12.95

    Digital Publications, Education
    Multiple playwrights
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